Example sentences of "did n't [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The process did n't perturb him for the simple reason that it did n't repel Willie . |
| 2 | He did n't answer her for a moment ; when he did , it was quietly . |
| 3 | I had to go for a piss , so I did n't watch him for very long . |
| 4 | And whatever she did with her hair , it still , thought Henry , did n't do anything for her face — Maisie 's face was still there , round as a dinner plate . |
| 5 | ‘ We did n't do anything for a year because nothing was built , ’ she says . |
| 6 | ‘ We did n't do anything for a year to see what would come up , and we had constant , wonderful surprises . |
| 7 | It did n't do anything for the tenants of this city or did n't put any new proposals forward . |
| 8 | and they did n't do anything for me , so anyhow I 've started taking two , they have helped a bit |
| 9 | You see , and she did n't do anything for her birthday , the stupid cow . |
| 10 | And then , when he was about eighteen , reality of another kind intruded itself and he said aloud , ‘ I did n't do it for Alice , I did it for myself ’ , and thought how extraordinary it was that it had taken four years to discover that fact . |
| 11 | And they did n't do it for Germany . |
| 12 | They 've started recently , they d they did n't do it for years , we had n't been training anybody and that was unusual because when it was the big factory you were always bringing in the school leavers |
| 13 | You certainly did n't do it for the money . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , I did n't do it for me ! ’ he exclaimed . |
| 15 | ‘ You did n't do it for me ! |
| 16 | , well I did n't , I did n't do it for her |
| 17 | I did n't tell anyone for ages . |
| 18 | but yesterday morn he was , yesterday morning he started crying did n't he , I did n't leave him for any length of time |
| 19 | Generally , with education , I did n't recognize it for what it was . |
| 20 | ‘ Scheduling , ’ he repeated blandly with a patience that did n't fool her for an instant . |
| 21 | They did n't want me for pastoral and I 'm not head of department . |
| 22 | When he turned his head to look at her , his eyes flat and grey , she added in a little rush , ‘ I did n't feel anything for him . |
| 23 | ‘ We know what people are gon na do before they do it , so maybe Rod was right and he has brought you deliverance , though he did n't mean it for you . |
| 24 | I tried to tell him that I did n't blame him for deflowering me but he was n't listening . |
| 25 | With his guilt over Anthony , he felt that at least she loved him and did n't blame him for the death . |
| 26 | He did n't blame her for what she 'd done half as much as she blamed herself . |
| 27 | He did n't blame me for my desertion , but he spoke differently to Silver . |
| 28 | But she knew that telling things the way you wanted them to be rather than the way they were did n't change anything for longer than the moment of the lie . |
| 29 | But she did n't carry it for long , ’ Harriet drained her cup and set it down noisily on the tray . |
| 30 | Like because their account , you know , if you write , like if I wrote a cheque out to you today , and you did n't cash it for four weeks |