Example sentences of "people [vb past] [not/n't] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Science and technology all too often seemed to overtake the wildest fantasies of Utopian thinkers , plagues of infectious diseases were conquered , people flew not only into air but out into space and landed on the moon ; instant communications brought a " global village " and so on , yet all this progress of science and technology did not bring Utopia . |
| 2 | However , there is a further piece of evidence , which can be used to show how historical circumstances can produce a dramatic demystification of the monarchy , which would not be possible if people did not already possess the ideological tools for critical demystification . |
| 3 | People did not however see themselves as ‘ apathetic ’ . |
| 4 | But people did not persistently use the same media in the same way . |
| 5 | This had been quite difficult and the Gnomes had scratched their heads a good deal , because , although people did not openly refer to it , everyone knew that Flame 's father was Fael-Inis and it had meant a lot of worrisome discussions as to whether this fact ought to be openly acknowledged , or whether it might be discourteous to draw attention to it . |
| 6 | It was no wonder that in the late Seventies , when Americans were beginning to query whether they were carrying out too many coronary by-passes , Britain 's health correspondents were reporting that many people did not even know such life savers existed . |
| 7 | Sometimes people did not even know their neighbours . |
| 8 | People did not usually describe themselves as servants ( clients did not , nor did government employees ) . |
| 9 | People did not suddenly rush into the shops to spend more money on books because the Government said that staff had to be paid more . |
| 10 | If people did not naturally groan , grimace , or whatever , ‘ then it would be impossible to teach a child the use of the word ‘ tooth-ache ’ ’ . |
| 11 | His family was poor , and poor people did not often hear music . |
| 12 | The money sloshing around allowed new wave companies to agglomerate , service the raiders and beneficiaries of Big Bang and create demands which people did n't even know they had . |
| 13 | People did n't even know most other people 's names let alone their dogs ' . |
| 14 | Because a lot of people did n't even know what they were entitled to . |
| 15 | If you kept that covered up , most people did n't even know it was there . ’ |
| 16 | Well for instance a lot of people did n't even bother to erm make the kitchen floor into anything reasonable , but we did , we , we got some very good , very heavy |
| 17 | Most people did n't even know the nature of scientific explanation and things like that . |
| 18 | he was going both of them going , how 's your missus , some people did n't even know that you were pregnant again |
| 19 | ‘ In my day , ’ she was saying , ‘ New Year 's Eve was a family evening , young people did n't just suit themselves . |
| 20 | The only trouble was that intelligent people did n't willingly take a car into the heart of a city as busy as Milan on a weekday . |
| 21 | So , when they 'd finished performing I 've Got My Mojo Working , I pointed out to David that these people did n't really appreciate their music and David , being the sensitive soul that he is , burst into tears . |
| 22 | And the er if you did n't have your rubber soles which er a lot of people did n't really like , I think most people thought they were a bit effeminate , most men did anyway , and they used to have these little metal tips put on , you see , or a metal sort of cross section across the heel , that was to save your your shoes again . |
| 23 | People did n't often notice her when Nick was around . |
| 24 | it seems to me that often , especially with this committee er start at half ten we get to about half twelve and everyone starts shuffling and think of their lunch and often not so much recently , but in , in , in , over the last five years there have been issues I think it almost left you on because it was so close to lunch , er and people did n't then want to have to break for an hour , hour and a half and then come back , whereas if you start at two fifteen erm I think it 's easier to go on till half four , five seems to be to go to this psychological one o'clock barrier , seems to er upset people greatly agitation and er their argument is th th that er that in the afternoon |
| 25 | Meredith was disconcerted by his unsmiling reaction because people did n't usually stay immune to her friendly warmth . |
| 26 | you know , how that change has taken place and I as I say we we were we were compared to some we were well off , we 'd got a tap in the house.So many people had n't even got a tap they were in the yard , and that tap was shared by a dozen families . |
| 27 | Perhaps down here in the countryside the people had n't ever known who the enemy was . |
| 28 | Which were still dark ; the people had not yet gone upstairs to bed . |
| 29 | As usual he was offering explanations for what other people had not even noticed as problems |