Example sentences of "[noun sg] she [verb] n't [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | After her small bedroom at home , where beloved old ornaments belonging once to her mother jostled for space with a basket of ironing she had n't yet had time for , and nursing textbooks that would n't fit on her one small bookshelf , or her room at the nurses ' home , where exotic travel posters — gleaned from a travel agent next to her father 's hardware shop — could n't disguise the institutional plainness of the furnishings , this room seemed palatial . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , I rather think I am , ’ he drawled , and , just in case she had n't yet worked it out , though she was certain he knew she had , ‘ Naylor Massingham , ’ he introduced himself , and , neither of them offering to shake hands , ‘ but you can call me ‘ sir ’ . ’ |
| 5 | At this moment she did n't really need a neighbour , not even a good one . |
| 6 | As it was , she had to draw on reserves of courage she had n't even known she possessed just to get her through the opening number . |
| 7 | It was also said in court she did n't habitually drink so heavily , but she and her friends were regular social drinkers . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She let out the breath she had n't even realised she 'd been holding . |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | Robyn stared disbelievingly as the door was closed with a businesslike click and fought with the temper she did n't even know she possessed . |
| 12 | Then she felt a breath of air and the creak of the door she had n't altogether shut and which led out to the courtyard . |
| 13 | ‘ Personally I think it 's overrated , ’ Jill laughed as they moved along the table , Lindsey helping herself to food she did n't really want . |
| 14 | In her misery she did n't even notice where he was taking her until they were on his back doorstep . |
| 15 | Instead of just cooking up three dimensions with all of the responsibility that modelling and casting can involve , she ‘ plunders ’ the freshness of a medium she does n't fully understand to bring spatial illusion into her own sculptural space . |
| 16 | She had decided it ought n't to be too difficult to slip into the stables and up the ladder first , but this time she did n't even reach the water pail . |
| 17 | Lindsey felt the faint colour tinge her cheeks as she helped herself to coffee she did n't really want . |
| 18 | It was an option she did n't usually have , kissing a gorgeous man on board her own ship . |
| 19 | Resigned to whatever the next game would be , she followed him , fighting her instinctive trust of the man whose face she had n't yet seen . |