Example sentences of "did n't [vb infin] [Wh det] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | From time to time Mr Salmon used to read to me from his morning paper , but as he could never find a mention of the Royal Fusiliers I did n't discover what the old man was up to . |
| 2 | By now I did n't care what the soldier thought . |
| 3 | Horses , cards , roulette — he did n't care what the game was . |
| 4 | I still did n't realise what the trouble might be , although I dare say the germ of cancer may have nestled for the first time in my mind . |
| 5 | ‘ Yeh , ’ she said , knowing it did n't matter what the question had been . |
| 6 | I pointed out that it was silly to argue over such good fortune — that if she was getting so much pleasure , it did n't matter what the cause was ! |
| 7 | And it did n't matter what the music was like , it was just like a real person singing about how they feel . ’ |
| 8 | It did n't matter what the weather was like . |
| 9 | It did n't matter what the words were . |
| 10 | We did n't know what the risk factors were . |
| 11 | He did n't know what the medals were for . |
| 12 | The bemused Parisians did n't know what the fuck we were on about when we asked for the ‘ Adidas Centre ’ in several differing French accents . |
| 13 | It was also a lack of knowledge — 98 per cent of the people did n't know what the arguments were really about . |
| 14 | He said he did n't know what the UK operation would look like after the restructuring but said most resources would be concentrated in Switzerland : ‘ support and marketing is here , so there 's not much point in having it in the UK too . ’ |
| 15 | I did n't know what the two of yer was talkin' about , did I ? ’ he growled . |
| 16 | " I got fed up of seeing people 1 knew getting dressed up and going to pubs or discos , because I could n't and I did n't know what the latest was — and round here that matters a lot , " said a nineteen-year-old Wigan woman with a child . |
| 17 | I did n't know what the hell was going on . |
| 18 | Like on this one , you did n't know what the resistance was exactly , but you worked it out , well it 's going to be less than , your first thought was add it together of course . |
| 19 | I did n't know what the hell was happening , and I certainly did n't know how to cope with it ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I could n't for the life of me remember the English name for this vehicle and certainly did n't know what the Russian name was , so I asked him what he would call it . ’ |
| 21 | Perhaps he did n't know what the hell was happening to him . |
| 22 | Chatterton pulled their legs slightly and said they had better be careful not to get on the wrong side of you again and Glastonbury did n't know what the hell anyone was talking about . |
| 23 | What a good talking point , people did n't know what the G M B was , did n't know what they actually truly stood for with all the publicity what we do , all the good work we do lately , locally . |
| 24 | As she said , ‘ The audience did n't know what the f — we were on about and it went on for simply ages , but Ken could be very indulgent with that sort of manic streak . ’ |
| 25 | The January meeting of this committee , we did n't know what the arrangements would be . |
| 26 | Each time I got back to Rocamar Peter would say , ‘ Well ? ’ and I would shrug and pretend I did n't know what the hell he was talking about . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ But afterwards I did n't know what the hell I was going to do about it , about us . |
| 28 | No , because I did n't know what the |
| 29 | They did n't look very spectacular , I did n't know what the price was , but they certainly did n't look all that special . |
| 30 | Well I did n't know what the sort of , modus operandi is er |