Example sentences of "did n't [vb infin] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know , I went , I got some whelks once and that was in Bay , they were lovely whelks and I put 'em in a bucket and er did n't think and now I used to put some flour in with 'em . |
| 2 | She did n't swim and was n't sure that she could , despite relentless tuition at school . |
| 3 | ‘ I told them my brother could be lying dead somewhere and they said they did n't care and that I was mucking them about , ’ said 18-year-old Joanne , of Stoneleigh , Surrey , yesterday . |
| 4 | The kids did n't care and neither did we . |
| 5 | The landlords did n't bother and people had to look after their houses as best they could . |
| 6 | And er he he was having a conference in , course with dropping out of the Labour Party , the Labour Party finished with him and did n't bother and anyw he he someone I do n't know who it was , it was n't him himself but someone told me that he was looking for somebody to organize this conference in , so I said , Well I I 'll do it . |
| 7 | no , I did n't bother and next to me |
| 8 | She did n't smoke and never drank , preferring to spend her free time reading , watching television , visiting friends or going out for supper in modest bistros . |
| 9 | He watched her as she emptied and polished the ashtray ( he did n't smoke and the smell of ash offended him ) , collected together the copies of the Laboratory plans and gathered up the strewn discarded papers . |
| 10 | Gran did n't smoke and she did n't drink . ’ |
| 11 | It did n't hurt and so I left it . |
| 12 | On the opening night of a tour to support her new album Mir Mamma , there were first night nerves floating around on stage , but the performance did n't suffer and ranks as the best of the year . |
| 13 | ‘ Tip glass , tip ! ’ she ordered , but her lips did n't move and she made no sound . |
| 14 | I did n't move and he did n't see me . |
| 15 | But Ward did n't move and I was still several yards away when the two of them met . |
| 16 | But she did n't move and she said nothing , and the Maître d'Hôtel did n't so much turn his attention to her as give her the briefest of glances . |
| 17 | She did n't reply and Adam saw she was desperately trying to believe him . |
| 18 | Kopyion did n't reply and the Archon continued talking . |
| 19 | He did n't answer and Jess felt uneasy , but having started to talk was determined not to be ignored . |
| 20 | Frederick did n't answer and she sighed a little . |
| 21 | He did n't answer and drank the rest of his lemonade in silence , glancing between me and Lucy . |
| 22 | He did n't answer and I saw his lips quiver slightly . |
| 23 | He did n't answer and shortly afterwards he slowed for a right-hand bend , his body bent forward , the dummy hand clamped tight on the steering wheel . |
| 24 | He did n't answer and I should have walked away then and there . |
| 25 | She did n't answer and he followed her into her office . |
| 26 | But she did n't stand and stare for long . |
| 27 | They did n't stand and talk . |
| 28 | The only certainty was Robert Lester , son of the Bishop of Aherloe , dull but acceptable , although he did n't hunt and was a poor shot ; still , he had been to Winchester ( on a scholarship ) . |
| 29 | Oh the by-pass road , you know the north northern part of Ipswich , along the by-pass and of course had ordered trolley buses , because you had to order 'em about two years ahead of time , erm , to take care of that but it did n't materialize and we had a surplus of buses and some of them were sold off , I think some went to Walsall , some to Wolverhampton and er I , I think it was one of those that was sold to Wals Woolwich , figured in the national newspapers that had toppled over . |
| 30 | They did n't loosen and begin converging around the dead buffalo cow until the first flock of ragged black vultures flopped clumsily onto an outcrop of rock on the grassland fifty yards away . |