Example sentences of "did [not/n't] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We did not we think I think we thought it would be seen merely as a gesture . |
| 2 | If they did , they were assessable to Hong Kong profits tax but if they did not they escaped assessment . |
| 3 | Naturally , Greenidge tried to emulate Richards which , when things went well , was fine , but when they did not it meant that , for a while , he gained a reputation for not being over-reliable ; perhaps he suffered from trying to hit the ball too hard , for there were plenty of people who felt that he would have been a better player had he not tried to ‘ bury the ball into the wall of some distant building ’ ( his own words ) at every opportunity . |
| 4 | And his head was spinning from walking so far ; he walked everywhere , and though he stopped to eat every day when he was on one of these journeys of his he did not I expect eat especially properly . |
| 5 | Why did not I think of it before ? |
| 6 | ‘ Why did not you say so then ! ’ |
| 7 | Did not you hear Miss Rhymer say that it was poems , my dear ? ’ |
| 8 | With Thursday only a day or so hence , why did not he inform us there and then that he would be unable to convey our message to the queen our mother ? |
| 9 | Why did n't yous come out ? |
| 10 | Well I did n't him coming , and Ian saw me coming . |
| 11 | Did n't ye ask her ? ’ |
| 12 | When I said why did n't 'e go an' get it back 'isself , 'e said do n't ask questions . |
| 13 | ‘ Did n't 'e tell ye he was off ? . ’ |
| 14 | No we did n't we thought there was a bomb alert in the toilet in the restaurant , did n't we Jean ? |
| 15 | So we shall have lemon chicken , stuffed mushrooms , we had something else did n't we last time ? |
| 16 | Why did n't we start raising hell straight away after Maastricht ? |
| 17 | At the Marquee , Phil 's father said that Ralph was using us — he just wanted us to play tonight and then it was all over , we 're finished , so why did n't we finish now ? |
| 18 | Did n't we watch two films on the video ? |
| 19 | ‘ Did n't we give him a Christmas present , then ? ’ |
| 20 | Did n't we give him one a few years ago ? ’ |
| 21 | Why did n't we make a picnic by the lake ? |
| 22 | Did n't we land a big contract in Bruges ? |
| 23 | Did n't we tell you ? ’ |
| 24 | Did n't we tell you that ? |
| 25 | Why did n't we do the foul deed there , rather than risk facing a rugby team of accusing fingers at the inquest ? |
| 26 | What did n't we do ? |
| 27 | did n't we do well ? |
| 28 | Did n't we do well ! |
| 29 | But did n't we do this |
| 30 | I say and we cleaned all fire and everything out this morning did n't we do well ? |