Example sentences of "did n't [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | not really , always have more gravy , did n't , I did n't think the meat was as good , you did n't either and I went to another butcher because I thought it |
| 32 | I did n't think the old stuff was that bad . |
| 33 | I did n't think The Jerk was deliberately funny but it was , it was |
| 34 | When the United Trade Union Committee ( CUTS ) was formed , they established the post of Secretary of Women 's Affairs and so we did n't continue the work of AMPES . |
| 35 | But I did n't continue the relationship are these your socks ? ’ |
| 36 | When Queenie talks about the increased expenditure on recreation from nineteen eighty to now , that 's quite right , there has been a huge increase in spending , and that 's because the Labour Council was committed to improving recreation facilities in the City , and it did n't continue the appalling record that the Conservative administration had had before of virtually no recreational facilities , it invested in recreation facilities — you listed them yourself — and of course those facilities have to be paid for and on when we have stood for election we 've always made it clear that we want to provide quality services , but of course that they have to be paid for , and so the second point that you then made was that , you know , our budget 's gone up beyond belief , well I mean this year it 's being cut by two million pounds , last year it was a standstill budget , and erm that has been done at a time when in fact Central Government has been transferring responsibilities from Central Government onto Local Government without increasing , indeed at the same time decreasing the amount of Central Government grant that 's gone to local councils . |
| 37 | She did n't lead the sort of life where jewellery was a requisite . |
| 38 | Needless to say , these events did n't silence the persistent drumming , though they did sometimes drown it out . |
| 39 | Erm , but I did n't prime the previous speaker who spoke so nicely er , about N C V O even though we do seem to be in a mutual admiration society . |
| 40 | Not that the Roman aristocracy did n't look after the people who worked for them — though people nowadays do n't like it when you say so — servants did n't sleep the way they did in Tsarist Russia or at Versailles before the revolution , but it still did n't seem good enough to Anna — I told you she was American ? — so Mena always had a nice room of her own ; later on too , at Brown 's Hotel . |
| 41 | I did n't sleep the night before the exam because of nervous tension , however , so I did n't do very well . |
| 42 | Even if his explanation was true , it did n't excuse the other counts against him . |
| 43 | I did n't discover the first snail or the first nettle that sprouted up on this planet . |
| 44 | But I did n't discover the reality about sailing for myself until my parents decided that , at the age of 9 or 10 , I was ready to try it . |
| 45 | Mister obviously when he did n't consult the U K I A S betrayed the cynicism which characterises most of his behaviour . |
| 46 | I think he was regarded as a bit of a failure in Ukrainian circles because I did n't speak the language or dance . ’ |
| 47 | Very likely he expects a bambina — even Constanza found they did n't speak the same language any more . |
| 48 | He wrote the part so that she could always support herself in exile if she did n't speak the language . ’ |
| 49 | If that was true , it occurred to her that he had n't really believed what she had told him tonight , but whether he did nor not , it did n't alter the central fact that they were never going to be lovers . |
| 50 | Did n't alter the fact that he 'd deliberately sought her out because of her parents . |
| 51 | Of course that did n't alter the fact that de Tracy had changed sides . |
| 52 | But it was only a detail , and it did n't alter the fact that no one but Ivy could have done it . |
| 53 | The success of Carry On Nurse in America did n't alter the fact that the fans were mostly in Britain and the Commonwealth , but the mail poured in from places as far apart as Kenya and Hong Kong . |
| 54 | Even that did n't alter the respect they had for each other . |
| 55 | Some time in the darkest hours of the night she had been forced to admit to herself that she was deeply attracted to David Markham , just as she now knew he was to her , but recognising that did n't alter the fact that the situation was impossible . |
| 56 | The people around them did n't worship the one true God . |
| 57 | ‘ I did n't throw the drink , I tipped it , ’ she told me . |
| 58 | Pity they did n't award the Order of the Garter to cooks . |
| 59 | The figure stopped again , but did n't lower the grenade . |
| 60 | But the uncanny resemblance did n't bother the screen tough guys … after all , they know they 're hot shots in their own rights . |