Example sentences of "[vb base] it did not [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 The Baughs checked the original offer letter carefully and they say it did not state clearly that once people have accepted , there was no way out and it certainly did not mention the excessive opt-out figure they were later quoted .
2 ‘ But you say it did not have the chain on it ? ’
3 I only hope it did not rain , as , for most of the daylight , it did here .
4 Gust becos I cud not spel It did not mean I was daft When the boys in school red my riting Some of them laffed But now I am the dictater They have to rite like me Utherwise they can not pas Ther GCSE Some of the girls wer ok But those who laffed a lot Have al bean rownded up And have recintly bean shot The teecher who corrected my speling As not been shot at al But four the last fifteen howers As bean standing up against a wal He has to stand ther until he can spel Figgymisgrugifooniyn the rite way I think he will stand ther forever I just inventid it today
5 Mr Honecker and his men , boasting confidently that their economy was so well run it did not need Soviet-style reforms , were banking on the expectation that Mr Gorbachev would fail .
6 He agreed and ordered Lady Kennedy 's counsel , Stephen Kamilish , to talk to her and ensure it did not continue .
7 Around him the usual Massgoers , Benedicta included , watched fascinated as Athelstan urged the soul to go out to meet his Christ , whilst he , Athelstan , priest of that church , summoned God 's army to meet this unfortunate man 's soul ; they were to lead it into Paradise and ensure it did not fall into the hands of Satan .
8 The most dazzling early feature of the Hanson affair was Smith New Court 's commitment to sell the company £250 million of ICI stock it did not own .
9 If they were down to the last dregs of their confidence after their Hillsborough defeat it did not show and it took Kelly 's superb reflexes to deny Newell after only three minutes .
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