Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb past] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I had better not think like that , said Fenella silently , or I shall be too afraid to go any nearer . |
| 2 | It was n't so much the ageing process itself that sent my spirits plummeting — although greying hair and wrinkles were n't exactly adding to my self-esteem — as the realisation that time is marching on and I had better not waste a moment of it . |
| 3 | I thereupon telephoned Haines to tell him of my success and to urge upon him the necessity for extreme discretion , since what I had done was something of an embarrassment and I did not particularly wish to have my role publicised . |
| 4 | ‘ You have both helped Ana and I did not even have the right to ask . |
| 5 | It was a very dangerous plan , and I did not really think it would work — but we had to try ! |
| 6 | ‘ Constanza and I did not really talk about Michel . |
| 7 | It was my dream , and I did n't just want to bash out songs and see how it went . |
| 8 | Sun flower limping , water less vase , suffering eyes , desperados in caged , so from , from that painting I had a tremendous feel of something undergoing tremendous suffering and seem very desperate about the situation , and I did n't just see that in , in the picture of Van Gogh , but I could see that in the sun flower , so as , as a writer its images like that , that I would look for and open up and turn into characters or a way of portraying a particular mood , erm , the next one , were doing very well |
| 9 | ‘ I was 17 years old when I committed the offence for which I was sentenced to die , and I did n't even start thinking and caring about my life until I was at least 20 . ’ |
| 10 | And I did n't even realise at that time that there were fifteen states in the Soviet Union . |
| 11 | There was a photograph of Dennis on one of the wreaths at the funeral , and I did n't even recognize it . |
| 12 | I got the note , and I did n't even think … ’ |
| 13 | and I did n't even like it so the doctor had to change it for me |
| 14 | I admit I was wrong about the Cairngorms , and I did n't even have the chance to see what was going on behind the plateau to the south . |
| 15 | My feet were sore , I was roasted like Sunday pork , and I did n't even have the money to leap on to one of the buses that flashed past me . |
| 16 | He hung on until I came out and I was given embarkation leave or demob leave rather and I did n't even have a chance to have that , they wanted me down there so quickly , I think I came out of the forces one week and I was working down there the following week because was way past his retiring age . |
| 17 | Round two , she thought , and I did n't even hear the bell . |
| 18 | So this was death , I thought numbly ; and I did n't even know who was killing me , and I did n't know why . |
| 19 | ‘ New Jack City came out about a week before we started shooting , and I did n't even know what it would look like . |
| 20 | But some people it took three weeks to do I do n't know how the hell it did that , and I did n't even know |
| 21 | And my mum , my mum was sat in The Weathers with me and I 'd talked to her and everything and I did n't even know that that |
| 22 | Erm I recorded it the other day and I did n't even know . |
| 23 | See I 've had my hair cut and I did n't even use any of it . |
| 24 | ‘ And I did n't even get to see a real leprechaun , ’ she murmured aggrievedly . |
| 25 | I 've come straight from the calving and I did n't even get a cup of tea when I 'd finished . |
| 26 | Aside from the fact that I 'm not normally given to physical violence , I 'm quite well known locally , and I did n't particularly want to be seen carrying a half-naked woman ashore — which is what you threatened me with . |
| 27 | And I did n't always know what I was feeling either . |
| 28 | ‘ You once said something about Elise 's frame of mind , and I did n't quite see what you were implying . |
| 29 | it 's just I did want clarification on that point and I did n't quite understand the answer . |
| 30 | ‘ There was this group unity we had to have that I felt lost in and I did n't really relate to . |