Example sentences of "[noun pl] 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 Libyans did n't do that . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He reckoned that gentlemen did n't have such experiences . |
| 6 | Will 's sister Joan was married and had a little boy , but Will 's brothers did n't have any children . |
| 7 | And a lot of the shopkeepers did n't have any kind of insurance at all . |
| 8 | The parents did n't have any sympathy for people that joyrided , and they could n't understand why they did it . |
| 9 | Probably his parents did n't get more than half a dozen calls a week , Agnes realised . |
| 10 | Nearly all felt British companies did n't pay enough attention to the environment although they no longer regarded the chemical industry as the main threat , and recognised recent efforts to minimise damage . |
| 11 | Why does n't Ferry ask instead why some Western companies did n't buy these companies or develop those ideas ? |
| 12 | ‘ Darlington police even wanted us to talk to him but negotiators did n't think that would help . |
| 13 | A foreign accent is an unknown quantity ; you have to be rather good at languages to tell whether it 's common or not , and most of Nigel 's acquaintances did n't speak any other language well . |
| 14 | The films had a sense of urgency that the rest of mainstream British cinema at the time largely lacked , but their directors did n't have enough personal contact with the lives of their characters to offer visions that rang true . |
| 15 | We and customs did n't know much at all till you phoned last night with the stories about the lorries and the baggage handlers at Gatwick . ’ |
| 16 | Neil concluded that perhaps there was a problem with duty and , as customs did n't contradict this , Neil invited them to his work to sort things out . |
| 17 | Because the 1980s in the UK was a very favourable period for customers , UK retailers did n't see those developments : most of them spent the 1980s massaging their profits and margins , which they euphemistically called ‘ adding value ’ ’ . |
| 18 | Three years did n't seem such a long time when one of them had elapsed , and although Robyn was satisfied that she was highly valued by her colleagues , the talk at the University these days was all of further cuts , of tightening belts , deteriorating staff-student ratios . |
| 19 | The hot summer days did n't deter this reader from digging his own pond and creating a haven in his town garden |
| 20 | Many dealers did n't think much of their recorded lines either . |
| 21 | They tried to make the Social Work Department follow its guidelines , but some of the parents believed the social workers did n't know much about the document at all . |
| 22 | The conditions did n't help either team , the strong wind and the bumpy pitch ruling out a lot of good football . |
| 23 | Water Gypsy 's narrow let-down tables did n't present much of a barrier to those seated at them , and her proximity to Fen was torture to her senses . |
| 24 | Well remember though but the problem is with project managers did n't have any |
| 25 | But if farmers did n't have enough problems a potato disease previously unseen in Britain has been found in Oxfordshire . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't believe it , ’ Bernice said , coming to the conclusion that the khthons did n't have many cinemas . |
| 27 | Seventeen suppliers did n't give any details to measure water quality against , no information on maximum permitted levels and no data about how many samples exceeded the maximum . |
| 28 | Because these histories did n't have any singularities or any beginning or end , what happened in them would be determined entirely by the laws of physics . |
| 29 | Her little dog walked beside her , under the veil , but the Englishmen did n't see that . |
| 30 | The Maiden girls did n't know each other before the race but by the end many were firm friends . |