Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] not [verb] [prep] any " in BNC.
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1 | I did not know about any of this , because they had put a sleeping powder in my wine , and I was in a deep sleep . |
2 | It was my view that float fishing would not be a good idea anyhow , for I did not know of any big bream swims close enough to the bank for a float cast . |
3 | What is it with this guy , I thought , I did n't go near any bloody butter . |
4 | I , I just said to him , when he said we 've got these census point ahead I said well we 've got certain restrictions , you know , we 've certain rules and regulations we 've got ta comply with I mean I did n't reel off any of this blah . |
5 | Yes but I decided I did n't like it so I did n't put in any . |
6 | Yes but I decided I did n't like it so I did n't put in any . |
7 | You see , people tended to stay in groups , very clannish you could say , and I did n't belong to any of them . |
8 | I get job satisfaction at it , which I did n't get in any of the other jobs . |
9 | Congress , I did n't look into any crystal ball . |
10 | That says staff library , please return on it I did n't look it , I did n't look at any answers for the questions . |
11 | I did n't ask for any of it . |
12 | Oh I did n't know of any other , only knew the one . |
13 | I — I did n't come in any good frame of mind , madame , and now I 'm rather ashamed of myself . |
14 | ‘ I must confess I had n't participated in any giant financial coups . |
15 | I had n't participated in any organization , but the experience of being a political prisoner soon changes your mind . |
16 | There had been one or two religious groups in school , I remembered , but I had n't belonged to any of them and I was fairly sure Alec had n't either . |
17 | I had n't come to any grief by not having a comprehensive view of that crocodile pool , ignorance really was bliss that day ; but when it comes to organizing a major event , failure to see the overall picture from the start can blight the whole business . |
18 | During all the time I had played golf I had not gone into any competitions and I had not got my handicap . |
19 | I regarded this as totally unfair since in my comments I had not picked on any particular individual . |
20 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me you did n't sleep with any of them ? ’ |
21 | You did n't get in any of vegetables . |
22 | If she did not tread on any of the black , perhaps when she got to the end of the floor she would shiver and rouse in her own long-lost bed , in her striped sheets , and say good morning to the apple tree and look at her own face in the mirror she had not broken . |
23 | The situation has been further complicated by the fact that she did not belong to any structures and therefore did not benefit from the discipline , counseling and collectivity of the Mass Democratic Movement . |
24 | She wanted to say , ‘ Because of Maggie and Rachel and Lisa and the garden and duty and sunshine , ’ but alone in the darkness she did not believe in any of that . |
25 | She quickly told herself not to be ridiculous , that she did not believe in any of that mumbo jumbo . |
26 | But she did n't go into any detail . ’ |
27 | She says she did n't feel under any obligation to ask his permission . |
28 | She did n't seem in any hurry to resume her clothing , he thought cynically , considering her initial reluctance to shed the dress . |
29 | She had n't gone to any cinema and she hated art films with subtitles . |
30 | Her therapist had suggested that she should speak more fully and openly to her husband , but an ancient , instinctive residue of wisdom had told Scarlet that this would be inadvisable : she had not gone through any process of transference , did not therefore regard her therapist as omnipotent , and so her suspicion that she was wasting money on her treatment was not unfounded . |