Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb past] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CONSUMER inflation in America jumped an unexpected 1/2 p.c. last month , but economists said the figure was an aberration and did not shake their belief that inflation is moderating . |
| 2 | Of course it was only an experiment and did n't last long : by 1884 the Court Directory for London lists William as an engraver once more — this generation of Titfords seemed to lack the heart for such enterprises , which had been the speciality of their father , Benjamin the Silversmith . |
| 3 | The density of lamina propria lymphocytes was somewhat increased in most groups of coeliac patients , but this showed considerable variability and did not exhibit the same relationship to dietary status ( Table ) . |
| 4 | Every day when Dad came home from work he went into the bedroom and did n't come out . |
| 5 | Applying those rules to the facts of this case the Court of Appeal decided that the word " Practice " in the partnership agreement clearly meant practice as a general medical practitioner and did not mean anything wider . |
| 6 | This was also carried on a division ; the Government accepted their defeat and did not seek to reverse the decision . |
| 7 | Patsy 's brother Dennis also played for the club and did not appreciate the secretary 's habitual greeting : ‘ with me bleedin ’ ribs pokin ’ out of me skin , breakin ’ me neck to get at that six and eight ’ ( the initial sum dispensed by the Secretary ) , Dennis Hendren had not wintered well ’ and did not believe Middlesex looked after its players out of season . |
| 8 | I do n't even know whether she used the flat , or whether she changed her mind and did n't go for one reason or another . ’ |
| 9 | They drank their tea and did not talk to each other . |
| 10 | The rising generation of students were more optimistic about the future and did not carry the emotional burdens of the Cultural Revolution . |
| 11 | Patients receiving sulphasalazine at study entry ( cyclosporin group 75% , placebo group 90% ) continued to take the drug throughout the study and did not reduce the dose . |
| 12 | The Court was not asked to consider the effects of this violation and did not do so . |
| 13 | One day , when they were together and he had a good career , when he had his own house and a car and did n't need to walk and could afford taxis if he wanted them ; he 'd take that same route just for old times ' sake , try to recapture the uncertain ecstasies of that dark , early morning trek . |
| 14 | He walked to his car and did not look back or glance in her direction as he drove quickly out of the drive . |
| 15 | These cars already had conduit gear and did not need modification . |
| 16 | The tenant duly paid his rent and did not commit any breach of covenant . |
| 17 | The purpose of of these four orders , which I must say I greatly welcome , it is one of the , the most beneficial things to come out of the B C C I er disaster er and er i if I can say in in effectively in answer to everything the honourable gentleman for Great Grimsby said and he and I have debated on many occasions , if fact usually on the television not on the floor of the house , but er an an an an because of it for not quite so long either , er but erm th the point I would make to his is that really what he was saying was th that what went wrong with B C C I is that Price Waterhouse knew there was fraud and did n't say so and that wha what Lord Justice Bingham pointed out was that there is a clear conflict of interest between the interest of the client who they work for and the public interest and that what needed , what was needed was some amendment to the banking act to clarify that and that is precisely what er this order actually does and you ca n't really er Madam Deputy Speaker , expect anyone to really seriously criticise the government when in actual fact not only have they come up with the regulation to deal with that but they 've also gone further and said we will apply this to financial services and to building societies and to insurance companies as well , just to be absolutely sure . |
| 18 | The Passover Plot ( 1963 ) by Dr Hugh Schonfield argued that Jesus staged his own mock crucifixion and did not die on the cross ; the book became an international best-seller , with more than three million copies now in print . |
| 19 | Such a person may be believed when he says that he has only once tasted marijuana and did not inhale . |
| 20 | The stewards inquired into the running of Yahoo and accepted Tom Morgan 's explanation that : ‘ He lost his action and did n't feel right and there was nothing else I could do but pull him up . ’ |
| 21 | Me and Pam bet the same horse and did n't know , and we had a ten to one winner ! |
| 22 | It unfolded from a slim oblong into a sheet-sized square that flapped and fought in the wind and did n't bear much resemblance to what she 'd seen of the City so far . |
| 23 | He shouted something at Endill but he could n't hear because of the wind and did n't dare move or shout back , frightened he would upset the basket . |
| 24 | Maybe it was not direct aid and did not have a serious effect , but it seems difficult to imagine any sportsman , black or white , entering sport entirely unassisted . |
| 25 | The Wisharts , who lived in North London , were not looking forward to the long train journey one little bit ; being just after the war , the trains were run down , lacked essential maintenance and did n't keep very good time , so the Wisharts regarded the prospects of the journey with considerable misgivings . |
| 26 | She kept rabbits in a hutch in the back garden behind the rows of cabbages and the clump of rhubarb and did not mind at all that in winter she had to wash at night in a bowl set on a sheet of brown paper in front of the living room fire because there was no heater in the bathroom . |
| 27 | They did n't see marriage and did n't want to see it . |
| 28 | The other diner was plainly downstairs in the bar and did not appear during the whole of the lunchtime and had still not appeared by the time I had finished and paid my bill . |
| 29 | These images had what Alexander desired for his own work and did not have : authority . |
| 30 | The most serious trouble was in Suffolk , in the cloth-manufacturing area of Lavenham and Sudbury , where the dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk claimed that they were faced with a body of 4,000 men , who alleged that they had no work and did not know how to get their living . |