Example sentences of "it did n't [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The soldier walked ahead of me , holding his sword in his left hand so that it did n't clatter against the stairs .
2 But that was where the trouble was because it did n't toast properly .
3 But , as Jill Abraham found out , it did n't cost a fortune to create this peaceful setting .
4 If it did n't cost quite so much to get there ( typical return fare London-Auckland is currently about £1,150 it would make good financial sense to use the excellent training facilities that exist in New Zealand to obtain a PPL , and it certainly is a wonderful place to build up low-cost hours among some of the world 's most magnificent surroundings .
5 That it did n't cost England more dearly was due to the fact that the Scots simply had n't planned for such a generous return and were consequently playing the wrong strategy .
6 it did n't cost them that much
7 As I say , it did n't cost
8 But it did n't cost that much .
9 Well , I thought it was kind of nice , it did n't ruin my life . ’
10 Odd-Knut showed us a video of the Iditarod , intriguing for what it did n't tell you which , as it turned out , was quite a lot .
11 When your parents die , it 's a bit like having a baby — there 's the element of wondering why people who 've been through it did n't tell you what it was really like .
12 In the end I had got just enough to make the short film , but it did n't tell the story I had hoped to tell , and I was angered by my subject 's persecution — by the way the whole species was treated .
13 But erm , the people like and the left , did n't like the book either , because it did n't tell their particular interpretation , as kind of left Marxist er , interpretation as someone has it , was so popular at the time .
14 Whereas Marion 's sort of it it did n't tell a story like what erm Fiona 's did but it was just it 's the kind of painting I like .
15 But , when we came back , yes , there 's a sign there , but it did n't tell you the other side , you have to come
16 ‘ She said it did n't stand up . ’
17 It did n't stand up .
18 Even if you had any grievance against your employee , it did n't stand .
19 and I said would you integrate so it did n't stand out sort of too obviously four X cubed minus X times X squared .
20 The whole audience was astounded and it did n't go down very well .
21 I remember we did a live version of ‘ Space Oddity ’ with acoustic guitar , bass and congas and it did n't go down so well . ’
22 But I did n't show it to her till the last night in case it did n't go down well .
23 I do n't know why the people who argued so much about it did n't go and ask these three what had happened .
24 It did n't go down well .
25 I do n't really care why it did n't go well .
26 First of all , because it is the capital ; Paris did n't want it and in London it would have been at Canary Wharf , which as you know is now in receivership , so thank goodness it did n't go there , and the Getty Museum is also restricted for visitors .
27 It did n't go to my head , ’ he jokes .
28 You suggested that Hazel should tell them our adventures , Blackberry , but it did n't go down well , did it ?
29 But it did n't go far enough .
30 ‘ But it only looked as if it did n't go in , ’ said Uncle Albert .
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