Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] not [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the last six articles I tried not to describe any canoeing technique as right or wrong . |
| 2 | I sat up feeling strangely light-headed and carefree ; maybe I 'd not had much sleep , but at least I had beaten the organist , at least I 'd been spared the Magnificat on an empty stomach . |
| 3 | I decided not to go straight back to the house . |
| 4 | I started not having much time for the French and the Walloons , which is to say the French-speaking Belgians , when I found myself among them in 1944 . |
| 5 | Mother actually calls me Lisa but I did not think that name appropriate to this strange meeting and anyway I have never liked it . |
| 6 | I did not think this fellow would survive very long , he was what I call one of my " oncers " . |
| 7 | It was a fair result , because I did not think either side did enough to win . ’ |
| 8 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
| 9 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
| 10 | ‘ I did not start mass action , the ANC did , ’ he added . |
| 11 | ‘ I got much more out of the car than I did in Kyalami and I did not make any mistakes . |
| 12 | Then I learned that if I did not make these payments I would be registered as a debtor for a period of six years . |
| 13 | I did not expect such kindness … |
| 14 | I did not expect another career , since I felt that I had already had one , but in the event I found not only that , but a fascinating path through life that my original naval calling could not possibly have produced . |
| 15 | Although I did not relish such conditions I reached the final quite easily ; but then disaster struck . |
| 16 | ‘ I did not relish visiting Gayfield when I was a Celtic player and my team now has as good a chance of beating Rangers as anybody else . |
| 17 | I slept for only a short time each night , and I did not eat much food . |
| 18 | I was n't very sympathetic , but I did not strike any blows to her face , ’ said Mrs Swales . |
| 19 | I am glad that I did not miss that intervention , because it has contributed so much to the debate . |
| 20 | I was teaching for a while , I did not miss many gigs , ’ he says . |
| 21 | I did not pay much attention to it as the time , because we had n't decided which peak we were going to attempt . |
| 22 | I did not give much thought to the possibility of their innocence and in fact thought that they were both involved with Mathews in the crime . |
| 23 | If I may remind the right hon. Gentleman , I did not invent that figure . |
| 24 | Again , although I visited her regularly , taking little presents ; remembered her birthday and saw to it that her sons did the same ; looked after her once when she was ill ; and respected my husband 's love for her , I did not take much notice of her suggestions : ‘ My mother seems to think … |
| 25 | I was interested in my work and I did not take one day 's holiday during the next two years . |
| 26 | That is to say , I did not take sufficient account of the fact that at that time of the day , what Mr Farraday enjoys is a conversation of a lighthearted , humorous sort . |
| 27 | As a African I did not celebrate 200 years of Australia , |
| 28 | I found , after experimenting that I did not need any glycerine at all as I managed to get the colour to work well with just a smudge from the wet brush . |
| 29 | I did not find any improvement in actual dollars spent on maintenance when I compared an object-oriented system written in 350,000 lines of C++ with a comparably complex product written in 1.25 million lines of C code . |
| 30 | And I did not find this revelation consoling . |