Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | She was almost unconscious and did not recognize him at first . |
2 | why the night before , did , was I told oh you 'll need an amplifier and she 's going to bring in one from her home , her own one in tomorrow morning , I thought I did n't spring it in last week , anything and then that day when I discovered it still was n't working I just could n't believe it |
3 | I simply did n't recognize her at first , and to tell you the truth , I was a bit embarrassed when Uncle Félix came over to talk to me with this perfectly stunning girl on his arm . |
4 | But I did n't recognize you at first . |
5 | I did n't fancy him at first , not particularly . |
6 | he did n't , he give me it on Wednesday night and I should 've give her it yesterday morning but she did n't get it till last night . |
7 | ‘ I did n't recognise her at first , ’ Lily told her . |
8 | Then he looked more closely , and exclaimed : ‘ Ruth — I did n't recognise you at first ! ’ |
9 | it did n't like them at first , because she felt that they were very rough and uncouth . |
10 | He did n't like me at first . |
11 | It did n't like it at first , and moved and beat against the sides of the plastic and the neck of the can while I held it and sweated , listening to the hum of the insects and the rustling of the grass , staring at Blyth as he lay there still and silent , his dark hair ruffled now and again by the breeze . |
12 | You we you did n't like it at first ? |
13 | I did n't like it at first cos all the animation was all too fuzzy and wobbly and everything I can remember cos I did n't think it was as good as the Magic Roundabout but then yeah I love it now . |
14 | I did n't find you at first , so I went to the bathroom . |
15 | I did n't believe him at first . |
16 | I did n't believe it at first . |
17 | Ah did n't see him at first . |
18 | I did n't see her at first . |
19 | You did n't see it at first , but you saw if you held you head at the right angle . |
20 | ‘ Even if you do n't enjoy it at first , why not give pleasure to others ? |
21 | He had not believed it at first , but now he was not so sure . |
22 | Wycliffe had not seen her at first . |
23 | It must have been there all the time , sitting motionless and staring straight at me from the far edge of the level area of the Grounds , but I had n't noticed it at first . |
24 | Bernice had n't seen them at first : their black silk cloaks merged into the darkness beyond the doorway , and only the jerky movements of the red-painted muzzles of their stubby blasters revealed their location . |
25 | Surely he had n't found it at last and with a girl less than half his age , intelligent but uneducated , promiscuous and burdened with an illegitimate child . |
26 | ‘ The goat does n't know it at first , but learns . |
27 | To Ruth , crouching by Gran , he seemed hugely tall ; but he gazed round like a helpless child , seeming not to see them at first . |
28 | It 'd be nice to see Stubby again , have n't seen him since last year 's Club dinner . ’ |