Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thereupon telephoned Haines to tell him of my success and to urge upon him the necessity for extreme discretion , since what I had done was something of an embarrassment and I did not particularly wish to have my role publicised . |
| 2 | In the communal gardens I did not generally like drawing alone ; children and young teenage boys away from adult supervision , like young people everywhere , would sometimes taunt me or become rude , whereas one time , I sat against a house wall and was looked after by a family . |
| 3 | I always intended to visit him after the war , but you know how it is : things were difficult , I was confoundedly busy at the University , I did n't particularly want to see Viola again though you 've got to swallow the pill with the jam , have n't you , and there was no particular reason why I should n't see her again . |
| 4 | Yes , as I said previously , I did n't particularly want to go into the detail , because obviously as a member of P A G , Mrs , you 'll get an opportunity to see that particular detail . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't particularly want to think about it . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I was 17 years old when I committed the offence for which I was sentenced to die , and I did n't even start thinking and caring about my life until I was at least 20 . ’ |
| 7 | I became so quiet and lonely and sometimes I did n't even want to see my husband ( after my daughter was born and when she was a baby ) . |
| 8 | I did n't even want to see it . |
| 9 | The teachers naturally thought , because you 're black , you must have some sort of athletic ability in you ; but I did n't even want to do athletics , at all . |
| 10 | I did n't even want to go ! ? |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't even want to ask anything . |
| 12 | I did n't even want to listen when you tried to explain … |
| 13 | You 'd say , rubbish I did n't even want to know whether it was say two thousand two hundred and twenty six . |
| 14 | I did n't even want to come . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ In those early days I did n't even stop to think how Derrick felt , ’ she admits . |
| 16 | I did n't even bother wake up when the alarm clock went I just left it ringing . |
| 17 | Then there were other names — Raymond Williams , someone with a name like a chamber pot , Fry — after a time I did n't even bother to learn the names . ’ |
| 18 | I did n't even bother play it to anyone . |
| 19 | I lost , of course , hardly surprising since the elections were carved up by the various political groups , most of which I did n't even know existed . |
| 20 | He waved me through so that I did n't even have to slow . |
| 21 | I did n't even have to think about it to dislike the idea ; my repugnance was instinctive . |
| 22 | ‘ I did n't even have to think about it , I just said yes . |
| 23 | I did n't even have to hide . ’ |
| 24 | I did n't even have to bother with understanding that incomprehension is bliss . |
| 25 | I have always used a magnetic board and marker to follow the chart and found that I did n't even have to look away from it whilst punching , thus speeding up the whole process considerably . |
| 26 | I mean I did n't even have to look , you see , you |
| 27 | I was lucky in that I did n't even have to know the women I worshipped , which opened the field up somewhat — I was happy to admire from afar . |
| 28 | I did n't even have to make the conventional protests . |
| 29 | I did n't even need to think about my personal difficulties again at that time . |
| 30 | Trailing some way behind the braver riders , I did n't even get to see a fox , let alone be in at the kill . |