Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not just give up after one attempt . |
| 2 | I did not even wonder mildly what on earth the S.S.O. of Benedict 's was doing on the Downshurst bypass on a mid-week morning . |
| 3 | But as I recall , I did not actually disembark again until I was quite near Salisbury . |
| 4 | I did not really know why not . |
| 5 | " There was one very difficult principle that we were up against which I did not really know about to start with … that in accordance with the general surrender everyone was supposed to surrender to the Allied Army against whom they had been fighting . |
| 6 | Coming out of the blue as it did , I did not quite know how to reply to such a suggestion . |
| 7 | I fear , however , that in my anxiety to win the support of Mrs Clements and the girls , I did not perhaps assess quite as stringently my own limitations ; and although my experience and customary caution in such matters prevented my giving myself more than I could actually carry out , I was perhaps negligent over this question of allowing myself a margin . |
| 8 | I did n't even realise how unhappy I was , as the wounded suffer merciful shock . |
| 9 | McKenzie recalls : ‘ I did n't even know where I should stick my head ’ . |
| 10 | I did n't even know where Styal was ! |
| 11 | I did n't even know how to ride a bicycle , though as it happened I was soon forced to learn . |
| 12 | I mean I did n't even know how to do anything like that really |
| 13 | Well I did n't even wait that long . |
| 14 | So anyway , I did n't even hear anymore what he said after that , after he said this like so I was messing about with Graham |
| 15 | No I did n't even get up for that , I come downstairs , I made myself an orange juice he Vicked me back and me front again I tried to get back to sleep . |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't even get out of the car , ’ Graeme recalls , but he was amazed by what he saw . |
| 17 | I did n't even look up as he went up the ramp into the street , so I 'm still not sure when he passed out of the garden and into the rest of the world . |
| 18 | ‘ I did n't even fill out an application form . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't just wake up one morning and say ‘ Oh gee , I ca n't get in for a facial — I might as well have a baby ’ . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I did n't just fall over , I fainted . |
| 21 | I did n't simply black out at the table , oh no . |
| 22 | ‘ For the loss of my watch I did n't exactly come up trumps in the breakfast lottery . |
| 23 | ‘ I have to be honest , Ali , I did n't exactly drive out here just to see you . |
| 24 | I did n't really wake up until we made the short boat trip to Ellis Island . |
| 25 | I have to say I did n't really care much for that kind of approach . |
| 26 | And by the end of the two weeks I was just slapping paint here , there and everywhere and I painted over all the locks and things like that , because I did n't really care too much about it . |
| 27 | I did n't really understand then but when I got to about five my mum and dad told me . |
| 28 | I told Harry that I did n't really see how this could be resolved in your absence so we should just leave until you return from holiday . |
| 29 | it 's gorgeous out there , do you know it 's Easter weekend , next weekend , the first , the papers up , cos I did n't really know when it was , it 's Easter Sunday , a week this Sunday |
| 30 | I did n't really know how to take up boxing . |