Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] did n't [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( In all honesty I did n't really think that she would want to flick elastic bands but I could n't think of what else to rhyme with ‘ hands ’ . ) |
| 2 | ‘ For the loss of my watch I did n't exactly come up trumps in the breakfast lottery . |
| 3 | A dame I did n't even know . |
| 4 | Nothing criminal , of course ; even in her present slightly illogical and decidedly vengeful frame of mind she did n't seriously suspect Count Romano de Sciorto of criminal activity . |
| 5 | And I can't — I can't-for a length of brown satin I did n't even steal . |
| 6 | ‘ In fact , when the match moved into the shoot-out I did n't really fancy our chances . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ In fact , when the match moved into the shoot-out I did n't really fancy our chances . ’ |
| 8 | Constance said , ‘ It 's a pity you did n't really know Nora . |
| 9 | Yeah , because I mean , like when I had the home erm , that again obviously you ca n't , people said that , I mean , it 's changed a lot but when I had the home you did n't just pull an , out anybody from the street and call them care assistants you had to offer them a day 's training every week |
| 10 | After a few months of this kind of thing , it was a wonder we did n't automatically walk out of our homes every hour , on the hour , when we were on leave , to look at the weather . |
| 11 | they used to pour it out of a can you know , it 's a wonder we did n't all die of tuberculosis but we did n't . |
| 12 | He pushed the dress free and lifted her into his arms , walking to the bed , and Maggie made a small whimpering noise she did n't even recognise , a softly feminine noise of submission . |
| 13 | And , you know , the queue 'd be all down the stairs and all down the road and to be truthful as a , as , as erm I , in my early married days of course erm I , my money accumulated er because of sort I did n't really need it . |
| 14 | For a moment I did n't even recognise it as the same owl Derek and I had been round to see a few weeks before . |
| 15 | Well to tell you the truth I did n't really see him cos it was dark when he got in the car . |
| 16 | At this moment she did n't really need a neighbour , not even a good one . |
| 17 | And going to England one place we did n't enough do you see , so we were going Then we went to Northampton and different places like that , shifting about for a while . |
| 18 | At one point we did n't even know if we could record the thing at all . ’ |
| 19 | So she did n't expe , you know the ma , matrix system of levels and stuff I did n't fully understand that until the fourth year when I went with Miss cos she never explained it because she did n't reckon you needed to know . |
| 20 | It was also said in court she did n't habitually drink so heavily , but she and her friends were regular social drinkers . |
| 21 | To her further chagrin he did n't even raise his eyes from his task . |
| 22 | ‘ When I spoke to Wednesday chairman Dave Richards last week I did n't actually put an offer in . |
| 23 | Erm moving around er feet movement I did n't quite master that yesterday but it it 's something that er I know that will come with time and er it 'll it 'll all come together . |
| 24 | You 'd say , rubbish I did n't even want to know whether it was say two thousand two hundred and twenty six . |
| 25 | I wanted to ask for help with the relics , and I wanted some moral support , but it felt wrong somehow , sort of like sneaking to an adult ; an adult I did n't even believe in . |
| 26 | His devotion bordered on the obsessive in some moods , as though he saw in her a woman she did n't even know herself , an ancient soul-mate . |
| 27 | The film was called Never Take No for An Answer , but in my ignorance I did n't even know what the question was . |
| 28 | An anonymous teacher writing in Time Out said : ‘ I decided that I had to get out of teaching when , walking down the corridor , I heard myself screaming ‘ Tie ! ’ ’ at some kid I did n't even know . |
| 29 | B before I became a councillor I did n't really realize about the three tiers of local democracy . |
| 30 | She was committed to this trip , it was too late to do anything about it , but how , she asked herself , was she going to be able to work with a man she did n't even like ? |