Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [adv] did n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jacklin himself might be able to quit for a well deserved rest but that is something which his side most certainly did n't want to do . |
| 2 | In fact , Shiona very nearly did n't make it in time . |
| 3 | But the second year with HRC very nearly did n't happen . |
| 4 | But Mrs Miniver very nearly did n't get beyond two years old , when a fall into a nearby river almost proved fatal . |
| 5 | The Captain fairly obviously did n't want it , but restricted himself to a wry grin . |
| 6 | I think you can read all you want and talk to people as often as you want but , in my case , my understanding of Europe just simply did n't exist before I went there . |
| 7 | Did us a favour there then did n't they ? |
| 8 | We ought to had Emma here now did n't we ? |
| 9 | Even the thought of lunch at Osborne House again tomorrow did n't seem too bad an idea , even if it did mean listening to Mama telling him how she heard nightingales in the garden at Pierremont House and how she walked all the way to Pegwell when she was twelve and ate shrimp paste at the Bellevue Tavern . |