Example sentences of "they did n't [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your magazine discovered they did n't legitimately earn enough to meet their bills ? ’ |
| 2 | Nor did their broadcasts attribute any part of the story to me — there was no reason for them to do that because I 'd told them nothing they did n't already know . |
| 3 | I really genuinely thought I was speaking for everyone , but they would now say they did n't particularly agree with me . |
| 4 | She thought the girls would regard anyone who wanted to relive her childhood as wringingly wet , but they did n't openly sneer — just went back to whatever they 'd been doing while Constance and Camille walked away to appreciate the fine lines and charming dispositions of twenty greyhounds . |
| 5 | They did n't exactly have three girls at centre-back either . |
| 6 | ‘ On paper it would have been perfect , but they did n't exactly hit it off , ’ said the source . |
| 7 | They did n't officially let me out-I escaped . |
| 8 | It 's interesting that gay men on Switchboard found it much easier to accept that they did n't automatically know best for lesbians than white people on Switchboard find it to accept that they might not know best for Black people . |
| 9 | There were bed-baths and nurses — nurses who if they did n't yet seem to be bursting out of their brassieres , were certainly stretching their blouses to danger point . |
| 10 | They did n't bleeding look it , the Well you can have half an hour in the morning and half an hour at night , that 's an hour . |
| 11 | Shame they did n't just lock the band up and throw away the key … |
| 12 | They did n't just go in twenty three years ago as somebody suggested . |
| 13 | ‘ They did n't just outplay us a bit — it was a lot . |
| 14 | They did n't just acknowledge gracefully that they 'd been beaten , or perhaps even that they had been wrong , and welcome their Reporter back . |
| 15 | So he had to stand there , in the office of the Roadworking Operatives Supervisor in the Islington Council Seven Sisters Road Highways Department Depot , sweating like a pig and wondering why they did n't just get on with it and sack him as he listened to Mr Smith and his eyes hurt and he could smell his own body-odour again . |
| 16 | ‘ But what I ca n't understand is why they did n't just take our project in the first place . |
| 17 | They did n't just say you know , er er er |
| 18 | Mary did n't get hit , but she is adamant that her father threw the tray of cups and saucers to the floor and they did n't just fall . |
| 19 | They did n't just have knowledge . |
| 20 | She will say : ’ Having been through music school , I 've seen so many people who really play their instruments — I mean , they did n't just plug in and press a button . |
| 21 | THEY did n't just call it ‘ The Pink ’ back in the old days . |
| 22 | They did n't even spit . |
| 23 | They did n't even twitch their tails . |
| 24 | They did n't even bother with the formality of retiring to consider the case . |
| 25 | The living room ceiling was hung with bunting , the kitchen smelt of roast turkey , the house was full of people who all knew each other intimately , the videos had been ordered and the sideboard was laden with drink and in fact everyone behaved just like it was a real family Christmas , except that Boy had sex with two other men in the bathroom , and they did n't even bother to lock the door because they knew that no one else there would mind , knew that they did n't have to hide what they were doing from the rest of the party . |
| 26 | The band themselves , whoever , were apparently none to impressed by Mellor , to the point that they did n't even bother showing up for their own party ! |
| 27 | They did n't even bother to use the gate but swung their legs over the low railing and walked straight in among the stones to where the girl was . |
| 28 | It seems their relationship was so informal they did n't even bother to exchange surnames , ’ she added bitterly , before thrusting a slip of paper into Gina 's hands and continuing bleakly , ‘ Wendy wrote down the address of the flat for me . |
| 29 | The German 's rates differed from girl to girl , and with some he had an arrangement that he received a commission rather than a rent per room ; the advantage here for the girls was that they could pay him at the end of the night , rather than each time they used the room And to ensure they did n't even think about cheating , he employed a " caretaker " whose job was to keep a tally of the girls and their customers . |
| 30 | I think the authorities then were so used to keeping everything secret , they did n't even think to tell us . |