Example sentences of "it simply did " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to people who are not trained in science it simply did not seem possible that mankind 's puny factories , and even punier cars and refrigerators , could have an effect on the well-being of the entire world . |
| 2 | But what they were getting at was n't so much that the coverage was favouring one party over another but that it simply did n't relate to them , the actual voters in the constituency . |
| 3 | No problem — as out angling journalist colleagues found , it simply did n't work . ) |
| 4 | Stars could not shine were it not for particles — called neutrinos — that are so insubstantial that they have no mass at all and can travel right through a solid object like the Earth as if it simply did not exist . |
| 5 | But the Assembly itself was very much a talking shop ; it simply did not acquire powers that matched its proclaimed functions . |
| 6 | It simply did not , and does not , offer a framework on which to hang a convincing story … the geographer , when he analyses the material properties of the man-environment systems , must base himself on the central functions of that system , rather than on the traditional divisions of physical geography . |
| 7 | ‘ You mean it simply did n't cross your mind to inform me yesterday that you have no insurance ? ’ |
| 8 | Oh , it simply did n't make any kind of sense ! |
| 9 | In the remote period of human history which we have been discussing it simply did not exist . |