Example sentences of "[vb base] they [vb past] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think they 've filled it in yeah and they did it quite smooth , pity they did n't do this one as well while they were I did n't quite understand it |
| 2 | Pity they did n't do other stuff besides |
| 3 | Pity they did n't award the Order of the Garter to cooks . |
| 4 | Despite being very nicely presented in a slip binder with well printed manuals , shame they did n't follow the ‘ industry standard ’ for size , the first thing the new user sees is a license agreement that effectively disclaims all responsibility for anything . |
| 5 | They say they did n't tell the owners because it 's their policy not to do so . |
| 6 | The older generation say They did n't do the job this way . |
| 7 | Let it get gamey and he 's erm Chinese assistant the person who has been assigned to sort of look after him and do his do his translating and things like that took it down and buried it cause they did n't eat rotten meat they did |
| 8 | And most people were desperate to get stuff in them days , you know they did n't want to wait till the following week so they tried to get it paid as best they could |
| 9 | Not surprising really since they know they did n't do these things . |
| 10 | We know they did n't escape because we would have heard , the whole country would have heard . |
| 11 | And some people , you know they , they managed to , you know they did n't have their husbands there and they were going home and they were wonderfully relieved and for others obviously it was , you know there is still a lot of emotion . |
| 12 | You know they did n't get the , you know , they 've gone too far now . |
| 13 | Even that surprised me until I found out afterwards that George had known about it all along ; I suppose they did n't want to risk him bringing it up first . |
| 14 | Suppose they did n't bother with them . |
| 15 | Girls , it 's a shame really I also find they did n't need to , they do n't , did n't need to work as hard as the ones years ago . |
| 16 | Police believe they did n't get anything near what they were expecting . |
| 17 | I mean they did n't pay for that it cost us more money . |
| 18 | ‘ You mean they did n't tell you ? ’ |
| 19 | ( Rule of Life No. 279 : People who say , ‘ I hear what you 're saying , ’ really mean they did n't want you to raise the subject in the first place . ) |
| 20 | Now if you 'd got grudge against the bloke who was taking it off in the shop , in the farmyard , after when you got back home , of course you had to come I mean they did n't stick it in the field , like they do now . |
| 21 | And so they went to report to the , to the police but and th I mean they did n't believe them , they thought it was just like birds . |
| 22 | I mean they did n't know that do they ? |
| 23 | Erm well I mean they did n't know it was there you see . |
| 24 | I mean they did n't have them in those colours in those days , that was the true Arran . |
| 25 | Eh , and they , I mean they did n't say whether it was for one year or three years in that piece of paper anyway did they ? . |
| 26 | Perhaps you used to go and pawn the husbands suits or a anything like that till the following Saturday or Friday and fetch them out you see , and that cos there was very for people in them days , I mean they did n't get a deal of help from anywhere . |
| 27 | Mean they did n't let us know . |
| 28 | The cases of five men convicted in Nottinghamshire of crimes they claim they did n't commit are being highlighted as part of a campaign organized by human rights group . |
| 29 | I think they did n't like a lot of bright light in the house in the fifties , er and of course before that and er now that people they 've got such good lighting in the offices where they work that they feel that , well they ca n't bear to poor lighting at home and yet there are still people who will watch a colour television with er no lights on in the room at all |
| 30 | ‘ Well I presume they did n't wait until he was dead ? ’ |