Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] not [verb] [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	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 .
7	There was a reaction against ( Conservative ) government unpreparedness for war in the 1930s and against those who had not done more to solve the nation 's problems during the Depression .
8	They did not appear even to breathe .
9	He did not come home to sleep .
10	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 .
11	He did not attempt now to touch her .
12	Still , it did not take long to sell , and as soon as people started to look over it , she told her family .
13	It did not take long to realise that what really worried Mrs Baran was Franziska 's relationship with her husband , although : ‘ … from the way in which Mr Baran talked about Franzi I did not at all get the impression that there is any reason for Mrs Baran to be jealous ’ .
14	It did not take long to see the extension of the concept .
15	It did not take long to fetch the horses round .
16	I did not live far from the school so it did not take long to get there .
17	Mr Arnold questioned why he had not tried harder to set up a system for receiving such information more swiftly .

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