Example sentences of "did [not/n't] do [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also told the group and me that we did not do anything right . |
| 2 | Nicholson recognized later that Mud had given him his head ; he appreciated the responsibility and did not do anything too foolish ; irresponsibility came later when he was well outside of any parental influence . |
| 3 | If I sat still and did not do anything then nothing else could happen that I might have to cope with . |
| 4 | The tall dark-faced man seemed to have no problem managing his robes , though his haste did n't do him much good . |
| 5 | I want to look at your aluminium windows , let's say we did n't do them right |
| 6 | Well , it did n't do them much good May Lee came and rescued me In fact she seized me by the arm ‘ Well ? ’ she said |
| 7 | I 'm not — they 're all dirty , I did n't do them yesterday , they wo n't be dry . |
| 8 | An O S one to fifty thousand and that 's what I thought I 'd picked up this morning to take with me but when I looked it was Chester and Wrexham so it did n't do me much good . |
| 9 | ‘ I realised that if I did n't do something really quickly perhaps I would n't be able to . |
| 10 | I am irritated British Rail did n't do something then , ’ he added . |
| 11 | If she did n't do something now , he was going to screw everything up . |
| 12 | ‘ Perhaps , in retrospect , I should n't have gone out there because I did n't do myself any favours . |
| 13 | he says and then they did n't do nowt else . |
| 14 | Well when you 're a waitress and you mix you know with all sorts and you hear different people talking and what they did and what they did n't do you now and some had Doctor pills at that time in the nineteen thirties and some used the Indian bark . |
| 15 | ‘ They was always in a hurry , but they did n't do anything properly . |
| 16 | I mean , even if you did n't do anything else . |
| 17 | All I did was wash up and we did n't do anything else . |
| 18 | During field-work there was only one incident related to sexual abuse , and this was dealt with by policemen , and while they showed something of a blasé attitude towards it in feeling that the victim was ‘ hardly touched ’ and the offender ‘ did n't do anything anyway ’ ( FN 2/11/87 , pp. 5–6 ) , they pursued the case thoroughly . |
| 19 | No well I did n't do anything yesterday |
| 20 | I did n't do anything really John . |
| 21 | They did n't do anything really did they . |
| 22 | ‘ Chris and I appreciated it and we enjoyed the evening , but I think it 'd be better if we did n't do it again . |
| 23 | Erm I felt really organized cos Mr said that I was too hyperactive and I needed to have , I had to do something constructive so he sent me out posting well giving everyone their letters and I felt really I mean he did n't do it nastily , he just said I was flitting about and needed something to do and so it was really fun . |
| 24 | Well I 've done , did n't do it right did I ? |
| 25 | Presumably one reason why people doing something is they did n't do it enough the first time , or they did n't do it properly , or they did n't do it successfully and therefore they 've got ta keep doing it . |
| 26 | they did n't do it properly though . |
| 27 | in fact the girl who did the mailing for them did n't do it properly so in fact it 's unlikely to happen erm they asked me because I know that since she 's now leaving the Vice-Principal through network erm and and they were thinking of getting something together like that , I did n't write this that 's not my writing but just let me tell you I do n't write a twenty- four clock , twenty-four hour clock with full stops in it |
| 28 | But you did n't do it today anyway , so |
| 29 | Presumably one reason why people doing something is they did n't do it enough the first time , or they did n't do it properly , or they did n't do it successfully and therefore they 've got ta keep doing it . |
| 30 | And alas , I thought , my penitential journey over , they did n't do it separately in the first place . |