Example sentences of "[vb past] n't [vb infin] such a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If he did n't make such a fuss about it , make you feel guilty if you did n't go , I would never go to one of Uncle Willi 's parties ever again . ’ |
| 2 | Getting out did n't make such an indelible impression as going in . |
| 3 | Despite the instruction often given by teachers to emphasise personal involvement towards the end of an essay , you should avoid the sort of over-personalised ending found in this essay : After reading the first paragraph , I did n't expect such an exciting story , but gradually I got more and more involved in the narrative and finally overwhelmed by this splendid spectacle , which I could vividly visualise . |
| 4 | But what we found was that the heavier breeds , the wine dots and the Rhode Island Reds , they did n't need such a high fence as what the leghorns or any of the lighter breeds needed . |
| 5 | Three years did n't seem such a long time when one of them had elapsed , and although Robyn was satisfied that she was highly valued by her colleagues , the talk at the University these days was all of further cuts , of tightening belts , deteriorating staff-student ratios . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'D MAKE this Single Of The Week if it did n't seem such a wilfully perverse thing to do . |
| 7 | At the time it did n't seem such a problem . |
| 8 | Suddenly , Testifying did n't seem such a big deal . |
| 9 | They would be dangerously close to having style over content if the songs were n't so good , and if singer Valerie Etienne did n't have such a heaven-sent voice . |
| 10 | ‘ That all hinges on Nigel Steen having a financial motive to kill his father , and , as you just observed , he very positively did n't have such a motive . ’ |
| 11 | It would seem that they did n't use such a device . ’ |