Example sentences of "did [adv] [pron] [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this new period brought with it a phase of Spenglerian pessimism after the long years of Victorian optimism , Toynbee did not himself assume that the West was in decline as such , but rather that paradoxically the globalization of Western civilization was being accompanied by a self-consciousness of its own cultural relativization , a process to which Toynbee 's own equally totalizing and relativizing history was designed to contribute . |
| 2 | It is not enough for the defendant to show that he was aware of the contents of what he was distributing or publishing , but did not himself think that it was insulting if the jury or magistrate should come to the conclusion that he suspected or had grounds to suspect otherwise . |
| 3 | When I said why did n't 'e go an' get it back 'isself , 'e said do n't ask questions . |
| 4 | Did n't we notice that her voice really was n't that strong when it went right up to the top storey ? |
| 5 | We went to breakfast and Mark Cox was sitting there and he asked us ‘ Did n't we know that there was coup in Russia ? ’ and he told us everything . |
| 6 | Why did n't they last when Edward tried to go further , she wondered ? |
| 7 | Did n't , did n't they mean that as in a period of time they 'd been stuck in the Ark . |
| 8 | Did n't they realise that mountaineering was a serious business ? |
| 9 | Why did n't they come and visit me , Mum and Dad ? |
| 10 | ‘ Did n't you realise that after five years it is n't possible to claim on someone 's estate ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Why did n't you go when I told you to ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Did n't you go and see her ? ’ |
| 13 | Well I know but did n't you go and buy some from that other shop ? |
| 14 | So why did n't you go and get some out ? |
| 15 | ‘ Did n't you mention that someone had asked to see me ? ’ |
| 16 | One day she cried out to Angel : ‘ Why did n't you stay and love me when I was sixteen … when you danced in Marlott ? |
| 17 | ‘ Someone was supposed to have come up to me and said , ‘ Did n't you know that there are many starving people in Ethiopia ? ’ to which I 'm supposed to have said , ‘ Yeah . |
| 18 | Did n't you know that these were not originally invented to wind yarn on to ? |
| 19 | Did n't you know that everything you learn , and everything you suffer , will come in useful at some time in your life ? " |
| 20 | ‘ Did n't you know that Venus holds sway over both of us ? |
| 21 | The other thing that 's annoying about that is it then forces you into a completely useless small conversation such as : is that so-and-so ? and they say ‘ yes ’ , and you then feel like , they say ‘ yes ’ , as much as to say ‘ Well , why did n't you know that anyway ’ , and then you feel like saying , ‘ Well why did n't you say so ! ’ and you start off on the wrong foot . |
| 22 | Why did n't you come and see me before ? ’ |
| 23 | Why did n't you come and report the damage to me ? |
| 24 | Why did n't you come and tell me ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Did n't you write that awfully clever play The Rate-payer ? ’ |
| 26 | Why did n't you write and tell me all this , Alice ? |
| 27 | ‘ Anne , ’ Christine said eagerly to the surprised Anne , ‘ did n't you say that your daddy could n't get enough mistletoe to sell this Christmas ? ’ |
| 28 | Did n't you say that he 'd expect you to tidy your bedroom every day before you went to school and at night before you went to bed , that everything had to be perfectly in place ? |
| 29 | Did n't you say that those youths who got their friend drunk the other Saturday were not the kind of visitors you liked here ? ’ |
| 30 | Now Edna said , did n't you say that the all the sideboards coming . |