Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the cold light of the morning after , she did not think she even fancied him , could hardly bring what he looked like into focus , she had gone briefly crazy that was all , gone native . |
| 2 | He had seen the Eiffel Tower so many times in photographs or on television he did not think it really existed . |
| 3 | And although my department and British Rail had produced a joint report , this did not mean we automatically accepted BR 's views . |
| 4 | He neither leered nor lunged , he did not pinch her neither did he make a sudden and late demand for hot water and a brandy to his bedroom . |
| 5 | I had to conform ; I do not think I ever used the term in my reports , except in parenthesis to denote a sort of dirty word . |
| 6 | We do not believe he just wandered up there and lay down to die . |
| 7 | She enjoyed hearing about the governess 's letters which would never be received and translations of East End rhyming slang , but did n't think he actually listened to her , he often asked her the same questions . |
| 8 | He says I did n't think he really wanted to shoot me . |
| 9 | I did n't think you even liked me very much at the moment , let alone … let alone cared sufficiently to want to marry me … ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't think you ever thought much of revolution , ’ I tell him , sipping my whisky . |
| 11 | Love ? she mused , and she did n't think she quite liked the idea of Leo watching her while she slept . |
| 12 | That 's one of the reasons we did n't bother we just painted it , you know ? |
| 13 | Well I 've done , did n't do it right did I ? |
| 14 | I could n't see the clock — I did n't know they even had a clock . |
| 15 | I 've got to do that twice a day which I did n't know we actually had to do when I started it . |
| 16 | I shot out a hand and gripped Mackie 's trouser leg and pulled with strength I did n't know I still had left . |
| 17 | " I honestly did n't know you still had interests like that , Edith . " |
| 18 | Yeah did n't boil it though did you ? |
| 19 | Du n no , he did n't say he just said they need a fork lift driver |
| 20 | but you did n't like it much did you ? |
| 21 | I mean happened even even with the monarchy and all that most Welsh people ran ran England when they did n't have it really did they . |
| 22 | That did n't take them long did it ? |
| 23 | I do n't think we even knew what the O stood for ; perhaps he lied about it . |
| 24 | They were together for four years , but Bailey recalls : ‘ I do n't think we ever saw each other . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't think we ever had one . |
| 26 | Oh I was in repudiation of my contract well I du n no what what it means to repude some things , you know I jumped to get a dictionary and found out , but I really do n't know what my contract was because I do n't think we ever had any . |
| 27 | A roof rack , he wants to borrow one for Sunday , cos Susan 's coming back look , anyway she asked me and I said no we 've never had one , I do n't think we ever had , I said I 'll ask Doreen , so I asked Doreen and she said yes we have , but I 'd have to ask Leslie first , so when Dee come back I said yes she has , but do n't say anything to her cos you might not get it , but she 's not getting that . |
| 28 | Y y you need n't lock your door up in those days you could leave your door open , and they 'd come and knock on your door and anybody in and I , I do n't think we ever had a key to our front door , but er no they were very friendly and there used to be an old midwife , Mrs her name was the , she used to charge half a crown for a birth . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't think we ever thought , though , that the bank would not support us . |
| 30 | I do n't think we ever thought the bank would not support us . |