Example sentences of "did [adv] [verb] [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter Thompson remembers that the band did not want Red Rhino to set up record-signing sessions at shops . |
| 2 | It did not make any sales . |
| 3 | The girl did not eat much fruit and was not keen on vegetables , said Dr Kevin McKenna . |
| 4 | From discussions with dealers , the central topic was the continuing importance of the fair as a forum for exposing new or foreign artists and for making contacts with collectors and curators , even if gallerists did not reap immediate sales from the latter . |
| 5 | Packages were expensive — in excess of £30,000 in 1982 terms — and in some cases did not offer on-line data entry facilities and were not cost justifiable particularly as all the facilities would not be required . |
| 6 | This suggests that the depth of measurement in our study did not exceed 2.4 mm , and that the measurements thus primarily represent mucosal perfusion , with a possible submucosal contribution attenuated by depth . |
| 7 | Surely people will ask us why , in 1991 , we did not recognise young people 's aspirations to travel and work abroad . |
| 8 | But the civil service structure of broadcasting did not allow such people to be employed on a full-time basis , and when funds were short the fees paid to freelance contributors of this kind were often the first items to be cut . |
| 9 | But other plants were allowed to develop because the unusual chemical composition of the soil did not allow aggressive species to take over . |
| 10 | HISTORIC war department buildings in Essex are being restored to their former glory.Jobless volunteers have started clearing overgrowth from around the wartime buildings at Beacon Hill , Harwich , paving the way for full restoration work in the future.The work is being organised by NACRO , the National Association for the Care and Rehabilitation of Offenders , on behalf of the Essex Training and Enterprise Council.Project supervisor Ray Rawlinson said the 18 people working at Beacon Hill were long-term unemployed and did not have criminal records.The buildings date back to the Napoleonic wars were updated during the first and second world wars . |
| 11 | Technical failures due to anaesthetic deaths , death due to haemorrhage during operation , or leakage from the stomach meant that a number of animals did not yield usable data . |
| 12 | As the communist terrorists lacked any real anti-aircraft defences , 1 Squadron did not lose any aircraft to hostile action whilst on operations . |
| 13 | Looking back , it seems remarkable that only in the 1950s did white people come to accept — grudgingly for the most part — that black people did not need white people in positions of authority to lead and guide them . |
| 14 | FX760 ‘ GA- ? ’ ( below ) replaced FX740 , again retaining my father 's ‘ ? ’ symbol and was then taken on charge by 112 on June 3 , 1944 and then being flown by S/L Attearne DFC and Reg Wild eventually being replaced on June 22 , 1944 by the incoming Mustangs , re-equipping the Squadron , thus disproving the news item on FX760 in August 's issue of FlyPast stating 112 did not operate this aircraft but 3 Squadron RAAF ! |
| 15 | By contrast , they implied that the unprejudiced personally did not mind black people ( some of their best friends were black … ) ’ but there were all sons of other reasons , beyond their personal feelings , why regrettably it was better if there were no black people in Britain . |
| 16 | What conclusions could have been usefully drawn from sales which did not include major works by Jackson Pollock , Willem de Kooning , Jasper Johns , Robert Rauschenberg , Francis Bacon and other masters by whom its temperature is usually gauged ? |
| 17 | Cleveland trading standards officer Eric Robinson who collated a file of complaints against SureStyle , said they wanted the Office of Fair Trading to take action against the directors of SureStyle to ensure they as individuals did not pursue these sales tactics in the future . |
| 18 | The income of the vicarage was an average £8 a year , and Carswalle 's successor , who presumably did not enjoy private means , got the more or less average assessment of £6 13s 4d . |
| 19 | I think most Prisoners would say that the sex problem worried them less than they had expected it to , but that is not to say that it did not worry most people some of the time and some people all the time . |
| 20 | The collapse of the coup was blamed by RAM on strong US support for Aquino , as well as their own failure to attract visible popular support , chiefly because they did not convince enough people that they had the experience to run the country . |
| 21 | In a rare interview , Arkan told me he did not despise Albanian people . |
| 22 | In tough conditions , Trower did well to record 1 hr. 8 mins. 22 secs. against the winner 's 1–3–54 and gain 18th place out of 52 starters . |
| 23 | When they first came to this country — like my mum , when she first came she said she could n't find a place to live because people did n't want black people on their premises . |
| 24 | I did n't blame other people for not being prepared to take the risk . |
| 25 | No , we did n't sack anybody who worked in children 's homes , we did n't sack anybody who was at the front line of s services and we certainly did n't expect other people to pay for our circus tickets . |
| 26 | of our officers who work in children 's homes , we did n't sack anybody who was at the front line of s services and we certainly did n't expect other people to pay for our circus tickets . |
| 27 | The nets , strangely , did n't produce many fish ( I reckon they were all round our boat ) and they were mostly leatherjackets . |
| 28 | I was so concerned that I also really did n't trust other people or stupid books to explain to me whereas usually , in most things I do , if I do n't understand them I 'll go to the library and get books and read about it and find out . |
| 29 | ‘ I did n't know many people and this seemed like a good opportunity . |
| 30 | The bell rang before she could open it and Jenna stood just inside the sitting-room in her long housecoat , wondering who on earth it could be ; the post had arrived over an hour ago and she did n't know enough people to be expecting visitors . |