Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] did [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those problems have not been solved — just as we said that they would not be — because the Government did not take the issue seriously enough and did not press as they should have pressed for the substantial reforms that were needed . |
| 2 | Alan and Maryon both felt that six weeks would probably be enough and did not think he could manage to continue on this diet for another three weeks . |
| 3 | They did n't use their feet much and did n't handle my style of bowling very well . |
| 4 | I loved him very much and did n't like him going away . |
| 5 | He saw an unknown reporter alone and did not check the copy . |
| 6 | The diathermy loop was used when the neosquamocolumnar junction could be visualised entirely and did not extend up into the canal more than 5 mm from the anatomical os externum . |
| 7 | They took one last look at the newly laid keel and walked back along East Street together , Harry and Ann arm in arm , but Sam and Martha holding hands , because they were still like lovebirds together and did n't mind the world knowing it . |
| 8 | They missed his knack of threading the play together and did n't produce their usual rhythm . |
| 9 | But she clamped her lips together and did n't rise to the bait . |
| 10 | After tea , Clare pulled the sitting-room curtains together but did n't switch on the light ; she preferred to watch the firelight flick shadows over the walls . |
| 11 | This was in front of the cameras , and I thought , ‘ You two-faced bitch ’ , because if I ever tried to talk to her she 'd either be sarcastic or looked through you , looked away or did n't want to know . |
| 12 | Gabriel looked hopelessly away and did not reply . |
| 13 | property which the deceased gave away but nevertheless reserved a benefit with respect thereto ; and 2. property which he gave away and did not survive the gift by seven years . |
| 14 | Dad just turned away and did n't reply . |
| 15 | He did ; without a word he walked away and did n't look back . |
| 16 | It also emerged that the oil was a light crude , which meant it dispersed more easily and did not soak into sandy beaches or adhere to birds ' feathers in the way that the heavy crude of the Exxon Valdez had done . |
| 17 | The effect of the introduction of the 1987 expanded AIDS case definition was much less in England and Wales than elsewhere and did not result in a sharp rise in incidence among homosexual/bisexual men ( figure ) . |
| 18 | Yeah well I mean I was there and all they did was they did n't say anything to each other , in the same room , just acted totally normally but did n't say anything to each other . |
| 19 | She said they had n't organised themselves properly and did n't listen to advise and instructions . |
| 20 | I disliked these two intensely and did n't like being told off for being rude to them , so I told her peevishly that I was n't staying while they were there and kicked off the slippers , put on my clogs and ran out banging the door behind me . |
| 21 | Or perhaps the universe , or the agency that created it , existed forever and did n't need to be created . |
| 22 | No doubt we both worked quickly and did n't keep our rhythm uniform . |
| 23 | Fone , who is on bail , sat at the side of the court yesterday and did not enter the dock . |
| 24 | He said it had petered out because Eliot did not want him to go any further and did not have a plan to use the information already gathered . |
| 25 | We all just sat there like Mickey Mouse was dead or something , and then we got on the train and went back home and did n't say anything to each other , and all the kids at school thought I 'd made the whole thing up . |
| 26 | Er I I us I used to go by half past five , have my tea early and did n't come out till about nine o'clock . |
| 27 | She got out of bed at once and did not finish her breakfast . |
| 28 | Because of the prosecution of his early pamphlets the complete edition of the ‘ Books of Nameless Love ’ could only be sold underground and did not appear until 1913 . |
| 29 | If we also consider thoughts about them qua spectacles , then we would say that I have not succeeded in thinking about them unless I am thinking about artefacts , thinking about items that can be worn on the nose , that aid vision , that are more-or-less breakable , that did not exist a thousand years ago , that this pair existed yesterday but did not exist in 1983 , and so on . |
| 30 | ‘ He said he 'd seen the film once an' did n't want to see it agen . ’ |