Example sentences of "did not [vb infin] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as the creoles did not want good government manned by the civil servants of an absolute monarch , so they would not accept rule by a metropolitan parliament , managed by Spanish liberals . |
| 2 | The closure of the bridge did not make good economic sense for the Poles , but their demolition of the bridge in 1928 made even less sense . |
| 3 | I did not make good that afternoon . |
| 4 | There are other omissions , too , which Purcell did not make good , quite apart from the dances which Shedlock noted were missing — the overture , for one . |
| 5 | Israel 's great sin was n't that it did not do good things — but that it did not obey the Law , the Torah . |
| 6 | The warehouse proprietor was unaware of B's purchase and himself bought them from A. It was held that the warehouse proprietor did not acquire good title , since being already in possession of the goods he did not take delivery under the contract of sale . |
| 7 | A school that , though equipped with a sixth form , did not have good A level results could be picked out as an inefficient school . |
| 8 | A mini which did not have good on-line facilities just would not survive . |
| 9 | ’ It did not sound good to me . |
| 10 | The opinion polls did not look good . |
| 11 | Ted did n't feel good . |
| 12 | And yet , as I drove away after the visit I did n't feel good about it . |
| 13 | Young Bruce 's flirtation with Padstow lifeboat did n't make good reading . |
| 14 | The Longfellows solid array of red T-shirts with a logo ‘ Simply The Best ’ unfortunately did n't hold good at the heels of the hunt . |
| 15 | But this did n't sound good . |
| 16 | I said let's wait and see how it prints and Vic agreed but I did n't get good vibes . |
| 17 | Just did n't get good money . |
| 18 | ‘ It did n't seem good when we were making the test . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ Maybe he did n't have good bulbs , ’ said William . |
| 21 | ‘ It just did n't look good for the British car industry which needs all the help it can get . ’ |