Example sentences of "i [vb past] n't [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | In the end I did n't even walk to Cambridge , but went ignominiously by bus from Royston , where we stopped for lunch . |
3 | I saw her briefly , and , I did n't even speak to her other than to say hello . |
4 | ‘ I did n't even want to be at the presentation . |
5 | I say , if it was midnight Joey went round with that , I did n't even have to . |
6 | I did n't really want to be a pretty little girl then . |
7 | The only thing is , I did n't really want to be a tailoress , I wanted to be a nurse , but had n't much choice , then . |
8 | So with it being another student union and it being like a conference in aid of the homeless and that , I did n't really want to sort of give them a load of grief so I suggested about sixty pounds . |
9 | I did n't really expect to . |
10 | ‘ There was this group unity we had to have that I felt lost in and I did n't really relate to . |
11 | He had a shifty air — as well as an obvious aversion to work of any kind — and I did n't really take to him . |
12 | But when I got home and found my answerphone knee-deep in angry messages I did n't really have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out that you had something to do with it . ’ |
13 | I did n't usually get to bed until 11 or 12 pm . |
14 | ‘ But Maurin had gone roaring off in a taxi and I 'd had to find the bus stop and so I did n't seriously expect to . |
15 | Hell , I did n't actually agree to anything . |
16 | Spending time with McIllvanney was not my idea of relaxation , and I did n't much take to his lack of enthusiasm . |
17 | He 'd said too much — and I had n't even begun to cotton on . |
18 | In fact , I had n't even got to the first stair before the phone went . |
19 | In my tender pre-teen years , I had n't yet learned to be analytical — far less critical . |
20 | ‘ I had n't actually planned to , ’ Lindsey shot her a wry look , ‘ but yes . |