Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] not [vb infin] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not wish openly to agree with her but Mistress Rachel was correct . |
| 2 | Erm Bradford and Leeds have er adopted a similar approach in their representations to er yourselves and certainly er I did not come here to take a er a part in the debate over specific figures . |
| 3 | ‘ However , I did not come here to quarrel with you , Larua . |
| 4 | ‘ I did not come here to wrangle with you . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I did not come here to rake up old scores . ’ |
| 6 | I knew you might work it out but I reasoned that if I did n't rush forward to explain all , you might catch the culprit first and never have to trouble me . ’ |
| 7 | And we stayed in digs together once in Oxford , and later I did n't have anywhere to stay and his mother put me up . |
| 8 | I did n't come just to eavesdrop . |
| 9 | He says : ‘ I did n't come here to put a notch on Chris 's belt . |
| 10 | I did n't come here to apologise . |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't come here to argue with you , Luke . |
| 12 | ‘ I did n't come here to talk about Silvia . ’ |
| 13 | I did n't come here to see sights . |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't come here to discuss the past , Natasha . |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't come here to hear this , ’ Gentle said . |
| 16 | ‘ You 're talking about something I 've never been told about , and I did n't come here to find out . |
| 17 | She said huskily , ‘ I did n't come here to wreck anything . |
| 18 | ‘ I did n't come here to bargain with you , Luke , ’ she offered caustically . |
| 19 | Employees who did n't bother even to acknowledge letters , CVs and applications , were particularly wounding . |
| 20 | But I 'm sure you did n't come here to talk about my sartorial kinks … ’ |
| 21 | The allegation was that she did not do enough to help her , and over a period of time this had made the carer extremely angry , and at the same time made their mother dissatisfied about the care she was receiving . |
| 22 | Later , there had been the scene she did n't want now to remember : |
| 23 | And we did n't go there to cut them at all because they were right open , right in the open and there was ho hope for them anyway . |
| 24 | ‘ We did n't come here to entertain Hibs supporters . ’ |
| 25 | They did not appear even to breathe . |
| 26 | He did not come home to sleep . |
| 27 | So he did not wish greatly to eat , although he did , and he kept the same singing pitch running through his being as he talked quietly with Tuathal and Eochaid and the others about what was to be done ; which meant what Siward would do . |
| 28 | He did not attempt now to touch her . |
| 29 | But he did n't want just to go back to Hereford Road and drink it on his own . |
| 30 | They were carefully guarded , as if they hid secrets he did n't intend ever to reveal to anyone . |