Example sentences of "[subord] she [verb] n't [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she did n't quite know exactly what that entailed , he looked so depressed she murmured words of sympathy while her heart went on singing inside . |
| 2 | Had pier alone , Carrie knew , than when she was with them , and although she did n't really mind this , it made her feel lonely this particular day . |
| 3 | Marie works in this place most nights , so she do n't usually come home till I 'm asleep . |
| 4 | Mrs Smelley did n't think he should have gone until he had been called up , while Grace was still tending the wounded on the Western Front , so she did n't even know what he had done . |
| 5 | Y'know so she did n't necessarily have a strong sense of y'know coping and surviving and er using strategies which helped her get through it . |
| 6 | The skin was peeling off Finn 's nose and she was n't in love with him any more , so she did n't really care what he did . |
| 7 | with she thought I was overreacting cos she did n't really respond . |
| 8 | How long we had h , we had her when we had erm she was a kitten when had Guzzy when Guzzy was , were n't very well , and that was just before Guzzy were n't very well , cos she did n't really like her did she ? |
| 9 | Cos she do n't normally get a high mark does she ? |
| 10 | She refused to budge until she 'd got one or two matters in order , and , ignoring the fact that he looked ready to go and hunt up her bag himself if she did n't soon move herself , ‘ Is it all right for you to invite me to Mr and Mrs Hepwood 's home ? ’ she asked for starters , and braved his acid glance that said he 'd hardly be likely to issue an invitation if it was n't . |
| 11 | Oh , well , it would give her two bodyguards if she did n't ever let them out of her sight . |
| 12 | She could read them all , Oxo , Rinso , O-Cedar , and Aero , even if she did n't always understand what they meant . |
| 13 | By birth she was a lioness , born under the ruling sign of Leo and proud of it , even if she did n't really set much store by astrology . |
| 14 | ‘ Will your family still be here ? ’ asked Nina , glancing from Rachel to David and back to Rachel again , a slightly bemused look on her face as if she did n't really understand what was happening between them but wished she did . |
| 15 | I do n't respect O'Connor because she suggests that decent working people just give up everything , and because she does n't genuinely make the best of the power she HAS got . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's what I keep asking myself — because she did n't just leave . |
| 17 | She will look elegant in black , and she 'll cry delicately so as not to mar the whiteness of her skin , and dab her nose with a lace-edged handkerchief , and wear Mother 's jet brooch , and all the customers will sigh and say how sad it is , and young men will want to comfort and console her , and they will , oh yes , because she did n't really love him . |
| 18 | Juliet felt awkward , wishing she had n't listened outside the curtains yesterday , and feeling a coward because she did n't really want to face her mother 's embarrassment . |
| 19 | She had n't told John about the colour scheme because she did n't quite know what he would say . |
| 20 | She did n't finish her threat , because she did n't actually have any idea what she could do . |
| 21 | That 's like Sarah at work , I mean she leaves at twenty past five , if she thinks that , she 'll leave at ten past five I mean she thinks you 're stupid because she do n't always go but even when she 's not going she |
| 22 | When she did n't immediately react , he went on drily , ‘ I assume you are intending to eat tonight ? |
| 23 | ‘ I told you to sit down ! ’ he ground out through clenched teeth , and when she did n't immediately obey him he placed his hands on her shoulders , pushing her firmly down on to a sofa . |
| 24 | He went over to it and jerked his head impatiently when she did n't immediately follow him . |
| 25 | How could it , she told herself , when she did n't even like him ? |
| 26 | If only , she thought ; but it was no good wishing , especially when she did n't even know what she was wishing for . |
| 27 | Hardly a practicable solution when she did n't even know if she could make herself understood . |
| 28 | She enjoys trying out new ways of doing things , though she does n't necessarily devise them herself . |
| 29 | It did look fabulous , Belinda decided firmly , even though she did n't quite know if that person in the mirror was herself or a professional model . |
| 30 | He smiled broadly , and though she did n't really understand him , her own smile grew and she was encouraged to ask : |