Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb past] n't [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it does my house , in fact it come the other day when Kerry had to pick a battery up and I walked out the front with Kerry and he sat in the car and did n't even look at me |
| 2 | It was just on opening time , and I stood myself a drink in a City pub that did n't really want me — a woman was still vacuuming the bar . |
| 3 | And now , Brian , you expect us to trust in your psychic powers concerning the entertainment level of a second half that had n't even started . |
| 4 | She seemed to take no interest at all in his work and did n't even take care of him . |
| 5 | He appeared totally oblivious of her presence and did n't even look up as far as she was aware . |
| 6 | But when the time came to buy it , I heard he had ‘ invested ’ the money and had n't even paid the rent on our room . |
| 7 | I only contacted him because I 'd read the article and did n't much like being used . ’ |
| 8 | The letter has caused some concern in the Lower Ormeau area of Belfast as it would appear that outsiders were coming into the area after dark and running a carnival , during the week of our community festival and did n't even invite us . |
| 9 | She had drunk several glasses of wine and did n't really care at the moment . |
| 10 | I demonstrated the knitting of the ‘ sandwich ’ neckline but did n't actually sew it to the garment in class . |
| 11 | The main weakness of these republican reforms was that they threatened fundamental change but did n't fully implement it . |
| 12 | Seeing the smile that did n't quite reach the tired brown eyes , Lindsey shook her head . |
| 13 | They were eight-sided crystals set at regular intervals in the walls and ceiling , and they shed a rather unpleasant glow that did n't so much illuminate as outline the darkness . |
| 14 | He was a good PTI , he made PT fun and did n't just stick to PT and running — but there was no messing about either and he doubled them across the barracks to the football pitch , Where in the next half hour they worked as hard playing football as they would have done in the gymnasium . |
| 15 | Look what Jesus says here in Luke chapter thirteen , in verse twenty four , just let me pick a few phrases out , verse twenty four it says shall not be able in verse twenty five there was their cry Lord open to us and in verse twenty seven their response depart from me the result in verse twenty eight there was gon na be weeping it was n't gon na be universal , they were not all gon na be saved , they were not all just gon na be swept in in the last day and did n't really matter , you 're all buddies together now in heaven , not at all , this surely what Jesus says here makes it very clear that all will not be saved if at first we 've already mentioned in John er no sorry verse further on in John three this done verse thirty six he who believes in the son has eternal life , but he who does not obey the son shall not see life but the wrath of God abides upon him , there 's no suggestion there of being ultimately brought in to God 's heaven and ultimately being saved , no it is the wrath of God abideth upon that person . |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't know her then , ’ he said , repressively , uneasily conscious that he had given Francesca no thought at all that day and did n't much want to think about her now . |
| 17 | It was always like this these days — two colleagues who respected each other but did n't really have much to say . |
| 18 | Many feminists have become uncomfortable with this idea , but we have n't been able to find any other argument that did n't immediately pose a threat to our basic position that women must control their own bodies . |
| 19 | It had always been a moment of pure magic to him in the theatre , the consciousness of the huge rustling animal behind him , and the hush as the house lights went down , the pause of utter stillness , silence , and then as he brought his baton down , the incredible surge of excitement as music smashed the silence , created instantly the illusion of that otherworld that did n't really exist . |
| 20 | I have in mind a large ball , organised by and in aid of the Book Trade Benevolent Society ( since it failed to put on its annual Carol Service last month and did n't even bother to tell anyone ) , at which the whole book business could get together and celebrate the introduction of the new VAT regime as a way of warding off the post-Christmas blues . |
| 21 | Ken would be starring in the play opposite Dame Edith Evans , who was admittedly close to the end of her remarkable career and had n't yet lived down that famous interpretation of hers in the film of The Importance of Being Earnest . |
| 22 | She had quite expected him to stop the car on the way home and make a grab at her and she was all prepared to cope with it , had her little speech ready about what a wonderful evening she 'd had but at the moment she was concentrating on her career and did n't really want to waste time on that kind of thing . |
| 23 | HYWEL DAVIES ( Ghofar ) : ‘ He gave me a super ride but did n't quite get the trip . |
| 24 | He was in the middle of more grief than he could deal with , yet he was piling onto it the commonplace misery of subterfuge , as if he had to protect some clandestine happiness that did n't even exist . |
| 25 | I had to spend three days in bed and did n't really kick a ball in the build-up to the Highfield Road game . |
| 26 | The stink told me that the heaps were also depositories for organic matter that did n't even have the excuse of being fertilizer . |
| 27 | Not only had I proved myself a liar but I 'd not been much good at school and did n't even get my leaving certificate . |
| 28 | And I mean he took a lot of rehousing cos he come from a a a family that had n't really cared for him . |
| 29 | An old man , flab hoisted by plastiskin into the semblance of youthful buttocks and belly , strolled past in a scanty g-string but the game was given away by the static pads of fake muscle that did n't even twitch as he walked . |
| 30 | My mother was working class and did n't ever question what happened to her as a cancer patient and the motto I had in the family , in relation to health in particular , was ‘ Do as you 're told ’ . |