Example sentences of "did n't [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were no longer groups of pupils in any one class who were against the school and were erm wanting to disrupt the teaching of their erm of their teachers , and really problems were reduced to individuals in teach class , one or two pupils , which erm did n't present the same massive problem to teachers as the bottom streamed groups had done previously . |
| 2 | There were no longer groups of pupils in any one class who were against the school and were wanting to disrupt the teaching of their teachers and really problems were reduced to individuals in each class , one or two pupils , which did n't present the same massive problem to teachers as the bottom streamed groups have done previously . |
| 3 | Bob took the point ; Morris did n't think the Western was funny . |
| 4 | ‘ But at the time , I did n't think the four years I had spent at Westminster Hotel School , learning to make classic garnishes , was right for the Golden Egg . |
| 5 | But just as quickly she remembered herself , barely thirteen , standing up in class and saying she did n't think the Catholic Church was fair and the nun , red in the face , asking who did she think she was to question the Pope 's teaching . |
| 6 | I did n't think the old stuff was that bad . |
| 7 | I also told Sam that I did n't think the main Benskin 's board would approve the switch to management . ’ |
| 8 | When Queenie talks about the increased expenditure on recreation from nineteen eighty to now , that 's quite right , there has been a huge increase in spending , and that 's because the Labour Council was committed to improving recreation facilities in the City , and it did n't continue the appalling record that the Conservative administration had had before of virtually no recreational facilities , it invested in recreation facilities — you listed them yourself — and of course those facilities have to be paid for and on when we have stood for election we 've always made it clear that we want to provide quality services , but of course that they have to be paid for , and so the second point that you then made was that , you know , our budget 's gone up beyond belief , well I mean this year it 's being cut by two million pounds , last year it was a standstill budget , and erm that has been done at a time when in fact Central Government has been transferring responsibilities from Central Government onto Local Government without increasing , indeed at the same time decreasing the amount of Central Government grant that 's gone to local councils . |
| 9 | Needless to say , these events did n't silence the persistent drumming , though they did sometimes drown it out . |
| 10 | Erm , but I did n't prime the previous speaker who spoke so nicely er , about N C V O even though we do seem to be in a mutual admiration society . |
| 11 | Even if his explanation was true , it did n't excuse the other counts against him . |
| 12 | I did n't discover the first snail or the first nettle that sprouted up on this planet . |
| 13 | Very likely he expects a bambina — even Constanza found they did n't speak the same language any more . |
| 14 | If that was true , it occurred to her that he had n't really believed what she had told him tonight , but whether he did nor not , it did n't alter the central fact that they were never going to be lovers . |
| 15 | The people around them did n't worship the one true God . |
| 16 | A final demand from the Gas Board and a threat from Glasgow Public Libraries if I did n't return The Maltese Falcon and pay my seventeen-and-six fine they 'd permanently withdraw my ticket and cut my left hand off . |
| 17 | And now there was rarely a day when she did n't walk the half mile over the headland to sit in Alice 's kitchen and talk and watch while she worked . |
| 18 | I indicated to the Bishop when I agreed to take the canonry that he did n't possess the personal qualities I require in my subordinates . |
| 19 | As Christmas and birthdays brought more Gortex , my confidence grew and developed into mild snootiness about people who did n't wear the right things on the hill . |
| 20 | However , this Harlequin did n't wear the customary mask . |
| 21 | He was good at his job and was always gentle and careful and did n't strike the same terror into me as other dentists . |
| 22 | Erm er I was concerned when my Noble Friend said that he 'd looked up Hallsbury but that it did n't contain the right words , er er I rather wonder whether he looked up so to speak the right version or the last version . |
| 23 | Men had always talked to her about need , and about love as well , but in a voice that did n't differentiate the two . |
| 24 | The steady burning of gas fire jets , the bars of an electric fire , or background radiator heat , may have warmed just as efficiently , but did n't create the same level of flickering flame comfort in our drab British winters . |
| 25 | But after the shower she did n't pass the usual scanner test . |
| 26 | got a very low test statistic either in terms of kie or F right so we have n't reached but the model is still a poor model because we do n't have erm er stable parameters , right , so you would actually reject this model as it stands , alright , because it did n't pass the diagnostic test statistics but there is no point generating parameters w if they , if they are not constant and you 're gon na say elastic demand is one point four six or really it it 's ranged between minus three plus , plus six over the sample , so you put estimate means so it must have constant parameters . |
| 27 | This looked fine and fair on the wall map down at the Town or County Hall but did n't reflect the real world where convenience of travel is n't always based on distance . |
| 28 | Some four and a half years ago when I was elected as a branch secretary of a fairly substantial branch in the Birmingham Region , I had two hours with the then finance officer and he said , well it did n't last the two hours , and he said er , well you know all there is to know now , about how to run this branch . |
| 29 | So the last time we had a break was er , well , actually , we did n't do the useful formulae , did we , last time ? |
| 30 | We we were brought up to believe that if you did n't do the right thing you would be punished . |