Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I chose not to buy it that day , so I was interested to see whether a longer look at it would change those initial impressions . |
| 2 | Their resilience and in part fortuitous revival may have been due to the slightly more permissive policies of the Popular Front government in Paris — thousands of political prisoners were released although thousands more remained in gaol — but much more seems to have been the result of the ability to rebuild an organization from the bottom up even though the advice and instructions they received from international communism meant acquiescence in policies which did not give them pre-eminent appeal as a revolutionary party . |
| 3 | Asik knew that his grandparents would die if he did not give them enough water and there was no water left in the pots , so he set off to the river . |
| 4 | The passion she had tried to feel for feminism was not enough , it did not give her enough strength to stand up for herself against the demands of these two women who wanted her , needed her and demanded her . |
| 5 | Althusser suggests that although Marxist history is defined as a theory of the modes of production , Marx did not give us any theory of how the transition was effected from one mode of production to another , nor of how each mode of production was constituted . |
| 6 | Father cared , but he did not give us enough time and attention . |
| 7 | She did not answer him this time , but stared back at him almost insolently , only a slight moistening of her lips betraying her nervousness . |
| 8 | Their campaign , while never likely to overhaul the incumbent , was affected by the withdrawal of Richard Denton-White — the new candidate was only chosen in February and this , the party felt , did not leave her enough time to build up a significant level of ‘ voter-familiarity ’ . |
| 9 | He was , however , extremely discreet and did not tell us any results of the Cabinet soundings in detail . |
| 10 | And we have it on the authority of those sitting near her that she did not drink it that evening . ’ |
| 11 | The point , though Hurd did not put it this way , is that Labour 's amendment 27 , seeking to scupper Major 's triumph in excluding Britain from the social chapter , was a complete red herring . |
| 12 | She did not ask me foolish questions such as — ‘ How do you propose to go about it ? ’ but instead said with easy grace , reaching into a capacious velvet bag , handing me a card : |
| 13 | In fact he did not ask us any questions at all , but read aloud from Shakespeare , waving his arms dramatically and enjoying the sound of his own voice . |
| 14 | Cathy did not cause me any trouble at first . |
| 15 | In Red Rhino 's terms , it was a fantastically expensive record to make but Korda Marshall at RCA did not see it that way . |
| 16 | A further disincentive — although Mr Lawrence did not see it that way — was that the Prudential had never previously had a finance director , let alone strict internal financial controls . |
| 17 | Henry James did not see it that way . |
| 18 | In some senses the VSO system had failed me — but I did not see it that way at the time . |
| 19 | George did not find it easy shooting Lennie and he hesitated to think before pulling the trigger , when the ranchmen emerged out of the bush . |
| 20 | Yet this lone , beautiful , and sensitive actress who openly espoused Ibsen and portrayed his bold , modern women did not find it easy living in late Victorian Britain . |
| 21 | They were disadvantaged by colonial status , which did not permit them full citizenship or equal rights with ethnic Japanese , who looked down on them . |
| 22 | The Princess did not help us this year . |
| 23 | To Dinah 's relief Paul did not touch her this time , but turned over and was soon asleep ; he had to be early at work in the morning . |
| 24 | Piers looked at Alyssia , and she shrugged , as though to imply that they could trek along if they liked , it really did n't bother her one way or another . |
| 25 | ‘ It did n't bother you six years ago , so why should it now ? |
| 26 | ‘ You did n't hurt me that day , ’ she said softly , her voice breathless with the pounding of her heart . |
| 27 | We had to take jobs with Del Monte , but they did n't pay us enough money to buy medicines as well as food . |
| 28 | You did n't watch it last night . |
| 29 | ‘ And if it was a pay-off it did n't do him any good . ’ |
| 30 | It makes no sense for them to stay here ; that 's been tried and it did n't do them any good in the long run . |