Example sentences of "she did not [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not otherwise feel at all detached . |
| 2 | Although the issue of fraud trials was one in which Mrs Thatcher also took a personal interest , she did not normally intervene on the details of criminal policy . |
| 3 | Eva hastened to explain that she did not normally move in such exalted circles . |
| 4 | Ianthe was not as yet bold enough to break away from her upbringing and background , and while she did not often think of herself as marrying now , she still hoped , perhaps even expected , that somebody ‘ suitable ’ would turn up one day . |
| 5 | Lord Osborne said he was satisfied on the evidence that when Ms Sultana went through the formalities of the civil marriage ceremony she did not truly consent to be married to Mr Ahmed . |
| 6 | She did not actually concentrate on the birds which happened to be there , nor did she feel any desire to feel them or encourage them to come near her — but she was quite able to relax knowing that they were there in the background . |
| 7 | Constance asked , clinging briefly to a hope she did not really believe in . |
| 8 | A LETTER from Greta Garbo shows she did not always want to be alone . |
| 9 | In fact , she did n't just feel like groaning — the frustration and worry she felt at the moment were enough to make her want to scream blue murder ! |
| 10 | She did n't just mean like a misplaced person , floating loose in society . |
| 11 | But she could n't draw back now ; she did n't even want to . |
| 12 | She did n't even exist in the equation , since , as far as he was concerned , she was little more than a child . |
| 13 | With her hair cut off she did n't even look like any normal Victorian parent 's idea of a daughter . |
| 14 | And occasionally she did n't even seem to be acting at all . |
| 15 | Today she did n't even glance at the cloudless blue sky . |
| 16 | She did n't even glance up the stairs . |
| 17 | She did n't even know at what point friendship had turned into love , and if she had realised it when it happened the new bud of feeling might have blossomed crazily into hopeless longing and tongue-tied need … or perhaps it would have frosted away and died . |
| 18 | Ironically , Candy had reached her conclusions on pretty scant evidence — she did n't even know about the heated moments in Adam 's arms — if she knew how strongly Rory had responded to his touch , she 'd be completely convinced . |
| 19 | Clad in an old black leotard and leggings , now fairly well daubed with paint , and with her mane of hair hidden beneath a scarlet bandana , she did n't exactly look like a decorator , she realised with a giggle as she caught sight of her own reflection in the hall mirror on the way to the kitchen , but she 'd discovered at an early stage of the game just how much bending , stretching and crouching was involved and so had decided she might as well be comfortable while she did it . |
| 20 | At the chilly boarding-school to which her parents sent her in the mistaken belief that she would be less lonely among girls of her own age , the prizes for mathematics — a subject which she did n't particularly care for but which came easily to her — were framed reproductions of the works of Italian painters . |
| 21 | She did n't much feel like sitting beside the pool and simply shouting to Ana . |
| 22 | She did n't much care for him either ! |
| 23 | She did n't much like to be on her own . ’ |
| 24 | She did n't ever search for that sliding panel which opens the secret chamber of the heart , the chamber where memory and corpses are kept . |
| 25 | Poor she did n't actually go to the museum at all . |
| 26 | She did n't actually run from the room to get the hot water and salt ; whatever he had taken was a gesture : it had been enough to knock him out , but it certainly would n't kill . |
| 27 | Tracy was persuaded , but as time went on , decided she did n't really want to be with him , so she left him . |
| 28 | But Edward went on to tell her that she did n't really care for the children , she only liked to think she did , to make herself feel good . |
| 29 | She did n't really care about him at all , she just wanted his money . ’ |
| 30 | She liked flowers and planted flowers in their garden but he often felt she did n't really care about the moor . |