Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] did not [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be honest , during most phases of flight the stick force is fairly low in any case , and I found I did n't really need it . |
| 2 | We found they did n't really get jumping until closer to midnight . |
| 3 | He found he did n't really need drugs anyway . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've thought so much more about you since I imagined you did n't even want to see me again . |
| 5 | As she did so she realised she did not yet know the name of their unexpected guest . |
| 6 | ‘ From the moment she arrived I did n't really see Mandy . |
| 7 | A spokesman claimed it did not even have a record of the name of the hero pilot or a list of the passengers . |
| 8 | The crunch came when I found out she was sleeping with a couple of other boyfriends , and I discovered I did n't actually care . |
| 9 | Your magazine discovered they did n't legitimately earn enough to meet their bills ? ’ |
| 10 | Jessamy gave a small shiver and decided she did n't even want to consider that possibility . |
| 11 | Tracy was persuaded , but as time went on , decided she did n't really want to be with him , so she left him . |
| 12 | We decided we did n't really like a lot of our clothes , so we replaced them with a few very simple things . ’ |
| 13 | When we first started we did n't even like sequencers and samplers , we had cheap guitars and we could sound like The Buzzcocks . |
| 14 | Finally it was time to tackle the design of the hotel 's talking-point — the vast fresh-water swimming-pool Stephen planned to construct to cater for guests who , having come thousands of miles to see the Caribbean , decided they did n't actually want to swim in it . |
| 15 | If any Boozebuster victim decided he did n't actually want to go back to the office or home to his wife , Eddie would gently , but very publicly , take hold of him by what she called his ‘ wedding tackle ’ and lead him out of the pub . |
| 16 | Mick Keebles , the World Cup captain , heads the off-campus contingent , which also includes John Jenkins , a centre who briefly returned to rugby union with Waterloo on leaving Leeds Polytechnic , but decided it did not quite match the real thing . |
| 17 | What concerned her did not truly concern him , however much she sought to involve him . |
| 18 | Recent surveys had revealed that although 59 per cent of the public were concerned about environmental pollution and its effect on human health and safety , 41 per cent admitted they did n't fully understand environmental issues . |
| 19 | That was something at the time that I felt I did n't really need myself . |
| 20 | She knew I did n't really want you — or anyone . ’ |
| 21 | She liked flowers and planted flowers in their garden but he often felt she did n't really care about the moor . |
| 22 | I suppose it was in a way because I knew she did n't really love me . |
| 23 | Lisa always knew she did not really want her baby adapted , and before she was even born had decided against it . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought you did n't ever want to set foot in there again ? ’ |
| 25 | because when Marcus and I went we did n't actually see up there , but we could see from down there and |
| 26 | She felt it did n't altogether suit her . |
| 27 | As it would only be a temporary name we felt it did n't really matter all that much what we should call ourselves |
| 28 | She threw away the explanation , as if she knew he did n't really need it . |
| 29 | And then he thought it did not perhaps matter so greatly . |
| 30 | Anna thought he did not much notice the country , earth , growing things ; but then he had not observed city things much , either . |