Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] not do [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Libyans did n't do that . ’ |
| 2 | The photograph did n't do much for the man . |
| 3 | But erm , the great pity of course is , that Freud did n't do this . |
| 4 | She said then , very quickly , like a trick question to someone in the Yes/No interlude on the Michael Miles Quiz Show : ‘ Marriage Guidance did n't do much for your need to dump , did it ? ’ |
| 5 | In 1887 Peach and Horne did not do much field work as the former had sciatica and the latter suffered from what was described as inflammation . |
| 6 | It is that if governments did not do this kind of thing the probability of their interfering in the workings of the market economy would a that much greater . |
| 7 | The thief did n't do any damage to it , did he ? ’ |
| 8 | There were Christmas trees in all the windows except Doris 's and everyone was probably at home , though most people did not do much on the Eve . |
| 9 | But Ingard did n't do that — he bought and sold to himself , setting up company after company in the group to buy properties from one another . |
| 10 | But then father did n't do that because he was staying at home and he was expected to do his harvest on the farm so his money was five shillings . |
| 11 | The pilot did not do much to soften the trip . |
| 12 | In this case Dr Lusman did not do that and he took the sample by using his finger and a spatula , in what you might call a blind manner , and doing it by feeling . |
| 13 | The resonance of this fine building did not do much for the choir 's inaccurate diction , but made amends by enriching the gracious stone quality of the singing in Haydn 's Little Organ Mass and Faure 's Requiem . |
| 14 | Merlyn said : ‘ For heaven 's sake , Philippe , tell her Ben did n't do any such thing . ’ |
| 15 | But Jim did not do this . |
| 16 | Increasing the cost of bricks , timber and glass did not do much to lift the housing standards of the poor . |
| 17 | Faces did n't do that . |
| 18 | In these areas Gloucester 's appointment in 1480 as the king 's lieutenant in the north did not do much more than recognize existing realities . |
| 19 | In these areas Gloucester 's appointment in 1480 as the king 's lieutenant in the north did not do much more than recognize existing realities . |
| 20 | But other than that I do n't think , women did n't do much I mean even in shops , the men were the shop assistants nearly always . |
| 21 | Women did not do that kind of thing , even in cosmopolitan Cairo . |
| 22 | Mother did n't do any . |
| 23 | The pipes had frozen and the tiny electric fire did not do much good . |