Example sentences of "he [vb past] not [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea that she might be able to leave with him did n't even occur to her . |
| 2 | He did not even pretend to a crushing burden of work , only enough to complain comfortably about . |
| 3 | He did not even go to London much , but lived in villages and small country towns . |
| 4 | He did not even wait to be told the subject of the phone call . |
| 5 | But Wycliffe 's interest was far from scientific ; he reached no profound sociological conclusions ; he did not even attempt to be objective . |
| 6 | For his coronation he did not just go to Aachen to be ‘ elected ’ king of the Franks in the old way , but dressed up in Frankish costume for the occasion . |
| 7 | She annoyed her father intensely by regularly wetting herself when he did not immediately attend to her . |
| 8 | Nizan was unsuccessful in his attempts to allay the suspicion that he did not really belong to the French communist party . |
| 9 | The room itself would have been enough to efface any human material less striking than Clelia 's mother , and it did indeed more or less totally efface the unobtrusive Martin , who sat quietly dissociated , perched on the edge of a gilt-framed armchair , looking as though he did not quite mean to be there . |
| 10 | It is characteristic of the Government that although the Minister spoke for one quarter of an hour , he did not once refer to new clause 2 or defend the Government 's record . |
| 11 | The details of it all were a little mundane to him and he did not necessarily want to be implicated in them . |
| 12 | He says that it is recorded in the that on the death of Molla Fenari , Molla Yegan was authorized to give fetvas in the time of Murad II ; but that since he did not actually rise to the office of Mufti — the actual words used are " the rank of the glorious office of fetva " , fetva being used here , a — often , to indicate the Muftilik-he will not be singled out and accorded special mention . |
| 13 | But she loved him , and that made it a bargain — and he did n't even deserve to be loved . |
| 14 | He did n't even want to be with the harem . ’ |
| 15 | He did n't even seem to be listening to her . |
| 16 | He did n't even seem to be aware that a chill north wind was blowing . |
| 17 | Well I did n't even , well he did n't even occur to me actually I must admit . |
| 18 | I mean the old man was well in his seventies and he , he was secondary , you see he never even er , he , he did n't even come to the funeral , Clifford 's funeral and Margaret was very bitter about that . |
| 19 | Something within him seemed to collapse but he did n't outwardly fall to pieces or rant or rave or even again try to pull out the arrow or finish me in any other way . |
| 20 | The Doctor could n't quite make out what it was that had moved , but going by the gelid fluidity of the apparent movement , he did n't really want to . |
| 21 | Henry could n't work out , from Donald 's description , which of these alternatives was best described by the Madonna Complex , indeed he did n't really listen to a word either of them said . |
| 22 | It was the style he seemed to prefer though he did n't always stick to it . |
| 23 | So he did n't actually speak to her — that 's what she told me anyway . ’ |
| 24 | He was anxious about making absolutely sure that another person was present in The Randolph at the lunch session with the American tourists ; and he learned quite unequivocally that this person was there , although he did n't actually speak to him . |
| 25 | He had not written anything he had not already said to me at different times ’ . ’ |
| 26 | By the end of the day he had not only helped to further that cause ; by showing outstanding courage and skill in arms in the thick of the fighting he had shown how the knight could use situations of war to win personal renown for himself . |
| 27 | She realised that he had n't ever responded to her first mildly scolding words as they left the Hamiltons ' . |
| 28 | He had n't really expected to actually see Mrs Constantine ; she was gaining a rather eccentric reputation . |