Example sentences of "[pers pn] did not [adv] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Once again , I felt that if I did not somehow sublimate my pain , I should be irretrievably lost . |
2 | Sheepishly I had to admit that I did not yet have one . |
3 | Perhaps I did not even know it . |
4 | ‘ Perhaps you are , although I did not even imply it . ’ |
5 | I did not really expect one . |
6 | It was a very dangerous plan , and I did not really think it would work — but we had to try ! |
7 | He was reported to have said , ‘ I did not really know what an archdeacon does . ’ |
8 | I did not really know what I wanted to do with my life most of the time . |
9 | I did not really know what to expect away from the National Health Service and my mum , and so , armed with a small library of books and the good wishes of a Jamaican midwife at Homerton hospital , I just hoped for the best . |
10 | I was married by now , so I did not often see him . |
11 | To me delicatessen means herring , 1,001 varieties of herring , but I did not always regard them as such if only because I virtually lived on them . |
12 | I had been preparing myself for as long as I can remember , preparing myself ( though I did not always realize it ) from the day that I was born , preparing myself , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , but always aware of the dangers of beginning too soon . |
13 | Although I did not entirely enjoy my time as a ‘ check knitter ’ , I learned one valuable lesson . |
14 | As I did not now want her to guess my real reason for keeping quiet on this other matter , I used the truth , if not all the truth . |
15 | There was a photograph of Dennis on one of the wreaths at the funeral , and I did n't even recognize it . |
16 | and that was my Barclaycard number in case you want it although I ordered it through the thr phone I made out that so that I could read it off on the telephone I did n't even erm I did n't even assemble it I just looked and I saw it does n't chop I thought it would chop things but does n't , it only grates Looks as though it had been out before , you know , you look at this ! |
17 | I did n't even think I was in contention ’ . |
18 | I did n't even think I could explain what I was afraid of . |
19 | I did n't even think she was fat . ’ |
20 | I was that busy , y'know , getting up , going out to score , having a toot , going out again to score , that I did n't even realise what was going on . |
21 | Well , Mr er er Mr er wife was in the room , there was a child in the room , erm which at the time I did n't even realise there were two children but er there was one child in the room and er really for decency more than anything . |
22 | Hell , I did n't even bring her chocolates or flowers or whatever a man brings a girl nowadays . |
23 | ‘ I did n't even know they ’ — They who ? |
24 | I did n't even know they were there to be quite honest . |
25 | And he said , oh yes , he said , Roger told me about that , he said , I did n't even know we were getting that . |
26 | The film was called Never Take No for An Answer , but in my ignorance I did n't even know what the question was . |
27 | I did n't even know what pregnancy was . |
28 | At the time my athletic naivete was such that I did n't even know what a Director of Coaching was . |
29 | I did n't even know what ‘ chump ’ meant and had to go around asking people . |
30 | Before Kelly 's death I did n't even know what a Rottweiler looked like — that 's how ignorant I was . |