Example sentences of "[vb past] n't [vb infin] i [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , eventually I did put it down to your job , worried about Steve being so long away and anxious to tie up the contract , but there was a worse fear — that you just did n't love me enough to want to stay with me . ’ |
| 2 | I even tried laying trails of cheese that led to my feet , which she scoffed up , but she did n't trust me enough to take the cheese from my hand . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm sure you did n't ring me just to tell me that , ’ she replied , in no mood for light-hearted flirtation , try to pin on a brave face though she might . |
| 4 | I shot out a hand and gripped Mackie 's trouser leg and pulled with strength I did n't know I still had left . |
| 5 | He did n't know I always carry pistols under my cloak , and he may well ask why . |
| 6 | You did n't ask me here to talk about your summer holidays . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But you did n't ask me here to comment on a perfectly straightforward signal . |
| 8 | It did n't take me long to realise it was very different from the kind of journalism I 'd been used to . |
| 9 | It did n't take me long to realise I 'd fallen in love with love rather than with Dave . ’ |
| 10 | Besides , it did n't take me long to figure out I was wrong . ’ |
| 11 | It did n't take me long to find out otherwise . |