Example sentences of "[pron] did not [vb infin] [to-vb] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | I enjoyed Richard who was a casual , almost brutal lover , his desire rising and spending itself as impatiently as mine , so that I did not have to suffer all that tedious , preliminary business of fondling and stroking , and I enjoyed my baby , which surprised me as I had not expected to . |
| 2 | One was found — ‘ a pragmatic , civilized feminist who did not pretend to understand all that had happened to Laura but had the good sense to see that she was a great deal saner than her parents . |
| 3 | I became a Member of the House in 1983 on a promise from various people that we would legislate less , that we did not want to legislate all the time , and that we would examine matters more carefully . |
| 4 | He did not attempt to remember all the features that together make up a face . |
| 5 | Firstly , said the Government , it did not want to stifle all criticism of the way its policies were carried out . |
| 6 | But it did not do to use all one 's pieces at once . |