Example sentences of "she [vb past] not [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She did not answer him this time , but stared back at him almost insolently , only a slight moistening of her lips betraying her nervousness .
2 She did not think them greater , failed entirely to see why she should .
3 She did not think it good , it was the first time she had played for weeks and the sounds she made disquieted her , but perhaps it was good enough for busking .
4 She did not think it necessary to tell him that the University administration had been obliged to circulate all members of staff with a memorandum asking them , if they had been on strike , to volunteer the information ( since there was no other way of finding out ) so that their pay could be docked .
5 She did not think it necessary to consider whether the old rule barring recovery of money paid under mistake of law should be abolished , though had she thought it necessary to do so , she would have followed the approach of Dickson J. She considered , at p. 169 , that money paid under unconstitutional legislation was generally recoverable :
6 She did not think it wise to add she had suffered so many traumatic incidents in a few days that this was a minor one , nor that her knees had turned to water and refused to hold her up any longer .
7 And we have it on the authority of those sitting near her that she did not drink it that evening . ’
8 She did not press him further during the journey .
9 She did not tell me that .
10 It had been splendidly undemanding ; because of his family , she did not see him more than a few times a month , always meetings snatched at short notice and with absolutely no expectation from him that she would be available .
11 She did not ask me foolish questions such as — ‘ How do you propose to go about it ? ’ but instead said with easy grace , reaching into a capacious velvet bag , handing me a card :
12 Indeed she had not given it another thought since last seeing it in Matthew 's sitting-room .
13 ‘ But I feel annoyed that she had not thought it all through .
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