Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb past] n't [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Well for instance a lot of people did n't even bother to erm make the kitchen floor into anything reasonable , but we did , we , we got some very good , very heavy
2 The money sloshing around allowed new wave companies to agglomerate , service the raiders and beneficiaries of Big Bang and create demands which people did n't even know they had .
3 People did n't even know most other people 's names let alone their dogs ' .
4 Because a lot of people did n't even know what they were entitled to .
5 If you kept that covered up , most people did n't even know it was there . ’
6 Most people did n't even know the nature of scientific explanation and things like that .
7 he was going both of them going , how 's your missus , some people did n't even know that you were pregnant again
8 ‘ In my day , ’ she was saying , ‘ New Year 's Eve was a family evening , young people did n't just suit themselves .
9 The only trouble was that intelligent people did n't willingly take a car into the heart of a city as busy as Milan on a weekday .
10 And the er if you did n't have your rubber soles which er a lot of people did n't really like , I think most people thought they were a bit effeminate , most men did anyway , and they used to have these little metal tips put on , you see , or a metal sort of cross section across the heel , that was to save your your shoes again .
11 So , when they 'd finished performing I 've Got My Mojo Working , I pointed out to David that these people did n't really appreciate their music and David , being the sensitive soul that he is , burst into tears .
12 People did n't often notice her when Nick was around .
13 it seems to me that often , especially with this committee er start at half ten we get to about half twelve and everyone starts shuffling and think of their lunch and often not so much recently , but in , in , in , over the last five years there have been issues I think it almost left you on because it was so close to lunch , er and people did n't then want to have to break for an hour , hour and a half and then come back , whereas if you start at two fifteen erm I think it 's easier to go on till half four , five seems to be to go to this psychological one o'clock barrier , seems to er upset people greatly agitation and er their argument is th th that er that in the afternoon
14 Meredith was disconcerted by his unsmiling reaction because people did n't usually stay immune to her friendly warmth .
15 The evil media did n't exactly rape poor innocent Manchester and its defenceless young pop stars — the whole shebang was a two-way transaction of mutual favours .
16 A bewildered staff did n't quite know what to do next as they were completely ignorant of the ongoing wrangle between Carter and the Stones over ‘ Ruby Tuesday ’ which , it seems , still has n't been sorted out .
17 you know , how that change has taken place and I as I say we we were we were compared to some we were well off , we 'd got a tap in the house.So many people had n't even got a tap they were in the yard , and that tap was shared by a dozen families .
18 Perhaps down here in the countryside the people had n't ever known who the enemy was .
19 The pair did n't even realise they were related when they met at a special course about the assassination at the University of Liverpool , which was held in the wake of the Oliver Stone film JFK .
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