Example sentences of "that [pers pn] did not [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | I was that busy , y'know , getting up , going out to score , having a toot , going out again to score , that I did n't even realise what was going on . |
2 | I have always used a magnetic board and marker to follow the chart and found that I did n't even have to look away from it whilst punching , thus speeding up the whole process considerably . |
3 | I was lucky in that I did n't even have to know the women I worshipped , which opened the field up somewhat — I was happy to admire from afar . |
4 | He waved me through so that I did n't even have to slow . |
5 | I was so cowed that I did n't even say who I was ; I pretended to be her . |
6 | But that was a matter of choice ; there were some people I did n't like , and many more that I did n't even know . |
7 | At the time my athletic naivete was such that I did n't even know what a Director of Coaching was . |
8 | All I can say is that I did n't even know Melanie was still there that night . |
9 | My legs were shaking , I could see that he was nearly bursting with excitement at having something to tell me that I did n't already know . |
10 | The place had nothing to tell me that I did n't already know . |
11 | I found nothing about it that I did n't particularly like and plenty that I did . |
12 | ‘ I 'm very disappointed not to be doing the film , ’ Crawford added , ‘ but I would rather that people remember enjoying my performance in the play than say that I did n't quite pull it off in the film . ’ |
13 | Yet when I came to think about it , it was only the slang that I did n't quite understand . |
14 | And I felt that I did n't really want to do this at a time when I was still floundering about and not having very disciplined classes and so on . |
15 | To say I did n't have time would not be true , but that I did n't really want to make time . |
16 | I actually wanted to that I did n't really want to go as far as for example deciding that the chair what they are voting would be within the resources available to the . |
17 | This was partly due to the fact that I did n't really understand what I was supposed to be doing and partly because I had a very intricate felt-pen and biro decoration to complete on my pencil case ( which obviously took priority over maths work ) . |
18 | I told him that I did n't really see the point in him talking to Frank and me separately . |
19 | I told Harry that I did n't really see how this could be resolved in your absence so we should just leave until you return from holiday . |
20 | on collecting my T-shirt and participants instructions a few days before the event , I was rather alarmed to discover that we were expected to meet at Alexander Stadium at 7.45 a.m. on the Sunday morning , a time that I did n't really know existed even before my maternity leave ! |
21 | Well when Margaret suggested er doing a project on French polishing , I had to admit that I did n't really know what French polishing was . |
22 | I was offered a cleaning job that I did n't much like the look of so I left quietly before the final curtain . |
23 | All I can remember is that I did n't much like the food , but I ate obediently and probably out of fear of giving offence . |
24 | I happened to mention that I did n't much like my sister 's husband . |
25 | The first was that I did n't ever want to sound like that . |
26 | Now I recently have accumulated unto myself , a notoriety that I did n't originally seek . |
27 | Sheepishly I had to admit that I did not yet have one . |
28 | I therefore wrote to express the hope that I had not appeared to expect him to intervene ; that I did not necessarily disagree with what he said ; and that my underlying feeling was that the Baldwin government , though apparently trying to get rid of a bad king , might damage the monarchy at a time when a great international crisis seemed to be upon us . |
29 | At the time , the idea of a strong exclusive relationship was something that I did not actually want and I do n't think that even consciously at that time , I would have sought to have had that kind of relationship with David who was considerably younger than me and also , even though I was deeply into the whole scene and everything it represented , I do n't think I actually wanted to settle down with somebody who was a musician and was leading that sort of life style . |
30 | For the first few weeks I enjoyed being able to go out at the weekends , to buy trendy clothes and other things that I did not really need or appreciate . |