Example sentences of "[verb] n't [vb infin] [det] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were sceptical about packets , though , and did n't think all the powder would dissolve , but it seems to be fine . ’ |
| 2 | That 's right , Chairman , we did , we wanted to inform people of what was erm , and they would au obviously have a right to comment , but we did n't regard that a , a formal consultation basis . |
| 3 | But she just did n't realise all the publicity that was going on . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Well , put it like this , ’ replied Billy guardedly , ‘ it means they did n't eat all the deer during the war . ’ |
| 5 | He opened the door , but he did n't step all the way through . |
| 6 | ‘ I wanted to keep a Victorian flavour but I did n't want all the dark , heavy aspects of a Victorian house . |
| 7 | That 's because we did n't want half an hour and he wanted half an a hour . |
| 8 | This is not to say that we did n't experience all the anguish you expect in your schooldays , the pains of unpopularity or difficulties with hated subjects . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's true , ’ says the former crackshot , ‘ but they did n't open all the letters . |
| 10 | But she did n't study all the time . |
| 11 | In the end part of there specific bequest had to be used to pay the balance of bills but there was a complaint about how long it had taken to sort out , and it taken long to sort out because it was a home made will that did n't make all the right provisions . |
| 12 | ‘ If he did n't make such a fuss about it , make you feel guilty if you did n't go , I would never go to one of Uncle Willi 's parties ever again . ’ |
| 13 | Getting out did n't make such an indelible impression as going in . |
| 14 | Last night 's accident did n't make this the time to start hurling accusations … |
| 15 | " I think they thought I did n't observe all the rules of protocol — but I did n't know them … |
| 16 | Despite the instruction often given by teachers to emphasise personal involvement towards the end of an essay , you should avoid the sort of over-personalised ending found in this essay : After reading the first paragraph , I did n't expect such an exciting story , but gradually I got more and more involved in the narrative and finally overwhelmed by this splendid spectacle , which I could vividly visualise . |
| 17 | I did n't notice that the microphone . |
| 18 | She said I did n't appreciate her , I took her for granted , I did n't notice all the little things she did and that I sulked if she made the slightest mistake . |
| 19 | Anna hated the Foundling Hospital , but she did n't cry all the time like Corrie Palmer . |
| 20 | If this did n't come all the way from the top , I 'd have you walk under a squad car on the way out of the building . |
| 21 | I did n't get all the names |
| 22 | Shall I sign it , er cos I did n't get all the names ? |
| 23 | bought his computer after me and he did n't get , he did n't get all the parts because it 's , should n't got it |
| 24 | I only got sixty and I did n't get any the last time . |
| 25 | have sixty but I did n't get any the last time . |
| 26 | We did n't get half the custom after they got revamped . |
| 27 | Richard had only been climbing a few months , but he was as strong as an ox and had no respect for tradition ( he did n't know all the horror stories ) . |
| 28 | She wished that people would not interfere , would leave her alone , especially people who did n't know all the facts . |
| 29 | learning all this but you did n't know all the |
| 30 | Heaven knows who we used to see at the Fitzroy Street parties : we did n't know half the people that were there : we only knew the family . |