Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb past] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of sanitary reform and what little planning there was , urban overcrowding probably increased during this period and neither health nor mortality improved , where they did not actually deteriorate . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps you are , although I did not even imply it . ’ |
| 3 | It seemed a strange request , and although I did not really feel like accepting , he politely insisted . |
| 4 | The journey was long but pleasant , although I did not really enjoy the last leg from Kuala Lumpur to Perth . |
| 5 | Although I did not entirely enjoy my time as a ‘ check knitter ’ , I learned one valuable lesson . |
| 6 | I found her insight and her interpretations of dreams interesting , although I did n't always agree with them . |
| 7 | But I did n't like working at Johnny Walkers so I think it was quite a good thing at the time , although I did n't really like it I 'm glad now that it happened cos I 'd probably still be working in there . |
| 8 | I have completed one year 's retirement although I did n't really retire ! |
| 9 | I was that busy , y'know , getting up , going out to score , having a toot , going out again to score , that I did n't even realise what was going on . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He waved me through so that I did n't even have to slow . |
| 13 | I was so cowed that I did n't even say who I was ; I pretended to be her . |
| 14 | But that was a matter of choice ; there were some people I did n't like , and many more that I did n't even know . |
| 15 | At the time my athletic naivete was such that I did n't even know what a Director of Coaching was . |
| 16 | All I can say is that I did n't even know Melanie was still there that night . |
| 17 | My legs were shaking , I could see that he was nearly bursting with excitement at having something to tell me that I did n't already know . |
| 18 | The place had nothing to tell me that I did n't already know . |
| 19 | I found nothing about it that I did n't particularly like and plenty that I did . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm very disappointed not to be doing the film , ’ Crawford added , ‘ but I would rather that people remember enjoying my performance in the play than say that I did n't quite pull it off in the film . ’ |
| 21 | Yet when I came to think about it , it was only the slang that I did n't quite understand . |
| 22 | And I felt that I did n't really want to do this at a time when I was still floundering about and not having very disciplined classes and so on . |
| 23 | To say I did n't have time would not be true , but that I did n't really want to make time . |
| 24 | I actually wanted to that I did n't really want to go as far as for example deciding that the chair what they are voting would be within the resources available to the . |
| 25 | This was partly due to the fact that I did n't really understand what I was supposed to be doing and partly because I had a very intricate felt-pen and biro decoration to complete on my pencil case ( which obviously took priority over maths work ) . |
| 26 | I told him that I did n't really see the point in him talking to Frank and me separately . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | on collecting my T-shirt and participants instructions a few days before the event , I was rather alarmed to discover that we were expected to meet at Alexander Stadium at 7.45 a.m. on the Sunday morning , a time that I did n't really know existed even before my maternity leave ! |
| 29 | Well when Margaret suggested er doing a project on French polishing , I had to admit that I did n't really know what French polishing was . |
| 30 | I was offered a cleaning job that I did n't much like the look of so I left quietly before the final curtain . |