Example sentences of "did n't [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But it was only a detail , and it did n't alter the fact that no one but Ivy could have done it . |
| 32 | The success of Carry On Nurse in America did n't alter the fact that the fans were mostly in Britain and the Commonwealth , but the mail poured in from places as far apart as Kenya and Hong Kong . |
| 33 | Some time in the darkest hours of the night she had been forced to admit to herself that she was deeply attracted to David Markham , just as she now knew he was to her , but recognising that did n't alter the fact that the situation was impossible . |
| 34 | Even that did n't alter the respect they had for each other . |
| 35 | ‘ I did n't throw the drink , I tipped it , ’ she told me . |
| 36 | Pity they did n't award the Order of the Garter to cooks . |
| 37 | The figure stopped again , but did n't lower the grenade . |
| 38 | But the uncanny resemblance did n't bother the screen tough guys … after all , they know they 're hot shots in their own rights . |
| 39 | I was huddled under a bush and it started to snow — I could have got frostbite but that did n't bother the gaffer . |
| 40 | I did n't bother the milkman , but a lady kindly came and put in a little battery — and then the neighbours adjusted it and got it going . |
| 41 | Gregson did n't return the smile . |
| 42 | It 's a wonder you did n't blow the whole place up . |
| 43 | A shame Ocean did n't blow the whistle on it . |
| 44 | And it was quite true cos there were thirteen thousand of these little t Er he did n't explain the size , he just said Thirteen thousand fir trees . |
| 45 | er no , not , he did n't explain the urgency |
| 46 | Chopra wished he did n't possess the sight . |
| 47 | Winter injection used to be popular , until experts found that wet soil often did n't absorb the slurry properly and increased the danger of run-off . |
| 48 | And I can assure you that I did n't shine the torch on her longer than I needed to satisfy myself that she was beyond any help that I could give . ’ |
| 49 | Er public opinion did n't welcome the overthrow of of the Shah , it was immediately horrified and everyone gathered together to er try and bring about a re- establishment of the Shah . |
| 50 | We had to explain to them what a three-dimensional , you know , lock-up page was and why , you know , gutters were a certain width and if you had column rules and gutters , you know , why they were centered and why you could n't , if you had a wide margin below three columns of text why you did n't move the gutter beyond where the text was n't so white , or why you did n't move it down and have it join a rule here because it would have been a real pain in the arse to have to do that in metal , so you just sit and do it . |
| 51 | Piers did n't say anything , but he did n't press the point with her . |
| 52 | ‘ Please try and remember that I did n't create the situation you 're in but I do have more experience of it than you do . |
| 53 | If you did n't get the if you did n't pass the class exam you could stay on and try again . |
| 54 | His spirits were so high he did n't detect the chill of fear in Lucy . |
| 55 | Pretty deep there ; it 's a wonder it did n't slice the top of his head off . |
| 56 | That 'll be alright so cos he slid his my brief case and er I got all the way home , no problem at all , I 'd got newspaper under the back , so it did n't scratch the back when I come to come down Mill Road this lorry 's go , I mean I got the tail gate up and er I sort of looked in the mirror , I thought oh my goodness my tail gate , I could hear it so and I braked a bit sharp and that slid down and scratched along the dash board ! |
| 57 | So they did n't scratch the wall . |
| 58 | But the thing was , what I , what I was ge getting to last night , is that we did n't bring the name into it , the surname . |
| 59 | ‘ I find it strange you did n't bring the subject up . |
| 60 | British Telecom will disconnect your phone at the exchange while you are away , so that callers will hear the discontinued number tone , suggesting that you 've changed the number , did n't pay the bill , or there 's a fault on the line — BT wo n't tell them . |