Example sentences of "certainly [verb] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And he certainly did not mean legends and fairy stories ( some of which would be mythical in his sense , some of which would not ) .
2 It certainly did not diminish God or lessen His reality .
3 Whitehall did not understand him , and he certainly did not understand Whitehall — That was a great pity .
4 ‘ He certainly did not put pressure on us , ’ he said .
5 ‘ I did n't want the students to be ’ , she recalls , ‘ I did n't really want anybody to be , and I certainly did n't think students had any right to be .
6 And I certainly did n't feel grown-up .
7 She certainly did n't waste words .
8 In other words , Indian parents who could afford amniocentesis , the rich ones , wanted sons and they certainly did n't want daughters , because they aborted ninety five point five percent of the daughters but none of the sons , even when the sons were genetically defective .
9 The overhead lighting did n't suit anyone but it certainly did n't flatter Mick O'Neil .
10 You do n't have to LIKE the things that they do or say to LOVE them ; Jesus certainly did n't like Zacchaeus ' cheating , but he loved Zacchaeus !
11 She just reached down and into the tray for what she knew would be there , and this almost certainly did n't include Masklin .
12 They certainly did n't get medals .
13 They certainly do not justify Geoffrey Cowley 's absurdly optimistic claim in Newsweek that , ‘ They have since dispelled any doubt that apes can really understand signs ’ ( Cowley 1988 : 54 ) .
14 Pauline Mitchell , head of housing , said : ‘ We do not have any areas for any particular people and we certainly do not identify travellers as a group .
15 We certainly do not smell things in the way they do .
16 I certainly do not want rugby to follow this pattern ’ .
17 I certainly do NOT want Leeds to play like Norwich/Nottm Forest .
18 ‘ I did not want you here and I certainly do not want Ana 's life complicated further . ’
19 Ralph said : ‘ We certainly do n't hold Liverpool responsible .
20 Mr Bulger says : ‘ We certainly do n't hold Liverpool responsible .
21 Ralph said : ‘ We certainly do n't hold Liverpool responsible .
22 I certainly do n't want Wilko leaving for the graveyard job which is Englands manager .
23 ‘ I certainly do n't degrade Neighbours and I know that I owe Charlene everything .
24 I certainly do n't have feelings for this girl who I hardly know , I just have these really disturbing desires .
25 I do n't trust my uncle , and I certainly do n't trust Queen Margaret ! ’
26 This list is not intended to be exhaustive , and certainly does not include areas where your nursing qualification is used indirectly , such as working as a children 's nanny or as a sales representative for a pharmaceutical or product manufacturer .
27 Jenny Uglow , in new biography , certainly does not belittle William Gaskell 's literary achievements , nor did William Wordsworth .
28 And it certainly does n't want people to stop taking sugar .
29 He does n't find writing ( and he certainly does n't find spelling ) easy , but he has a great need to tell his story .
30 He certainly does n't like publicity and we 've been unable to track him down .
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