Example sentences of "[noun] did n't [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The voice always seemed to come from the shadows or from somewhere just aside from where he was looking ; and usually the words did n't make any sense , and they passed through his mind so quickly that they 'd gone before he could reach for them . |
| 2 | I told him that the Owsla 's privileges did n't mean all that much to me in any case and that a strong rabbit could always do just as well by leaving the warren . |
| 3 | The groom said one of her horses died of colic or some such recently , from eating the wrong things , and the trainer did n't want any more accidents , so he 'd made up the feeds himself . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Frankly , it 's amazing that Labour did n't make more of the current economic difficulties , ’ he said , expressing vigorous dissatisfaction at the intellectual content of the election campaign . |
| 5 | The Libyans did n't do that . ’ |
| 6 | Bernice did n't like this woman . |
| 7 | One journalist asked him about " The Love Life of J. Alfred Prufrock " and he replied gravely , " I 'm afraid that J. Alfred Prufrock did n't have much of a love life " . |
| 8 | Catriona did n't send that letter either . |
| 9 | The photograph did n't do much for the man . |
| 10 | David Hempleman Adams did n't need much help navigating his team from his base at Swindon to the House of Commons ; after all he 'd successfully managed to get them to the North Geomagnetic Pole . |
| 11 | David Hempleman Adams did n't need much help navigating his team from his base at Swindon to the House of Commons ; after all he 'd successfully managed to get them to the North Geomagnetic Pole . |
| 12 | But erm , the great pity of course is , that Freud did n't do this . |
| 13 | 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 ? ’ |
| 14 | Luke Scott did n't merit any explanation . |
| 15 | The central London postmark did n't give any clues , nor did the good quality envelope . |
| 16 | Stock , Aitken and Waterman had taken her under their protective wing and such master opportunities did n't need any convincing that the success of the soap could be translated into success in the record business . |
| 17 | Dot did n't want that . |
| 18 | Glancing from beneath her lashes , Lindsey studied his profile , and found it unnerving , or perhaps it was simply that the confining space of the small car did n't allow much distance between driver and passenger . |
| 19 | Paulie did n't get that on his own did he ? |
| 20 | He reckoned that gentlemen did n't have such experiences . |
| 21 | Our aircraft did n't have enough fuel to make Bangkok , so we called the Thai military base and Kamphaeng Saen and got permission to land . |
| 22 | Mummy did n't mean those things . |
| 23 | And now David did n't want any part of it , and she 'd been so looking forward to their sharing in the discoveries . |
| 24 | But David did n't have that any more . |
| 25 | David did n't say that , I said that |
| 26 | The setting did n't matter any more . |
| 27 | I 've got three folders in my bag one one 's this one , one 's my home economics one and one 's Becky 's home economics one Becky did n't have enough room in her bag . |
| 28 | Will 's sister Joan was married and had a little boy , but Will 's brothers did n't have any children . |
| 29 | Gustav did n't waste much time about … ’ |
| 30 | And a lot of the shopkeepers did n't have any kind of insurance at all . |