Example sentences of "i did [adv] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did easily lose a stone and a half , but then I thought : I do n't want him anyway . |
| 2 | I did not lift a hand against him . |
| 3 | I did not want a verdict that he was killed in action because he did not go out there to fight . |
| 4 | His mother , Barbara Edwards , of Cae Gwilym Lane , Cefn Mawr , said : ‘ I did not want a verdict that he was killed in action because he did not go out there to fight , he went out to keep the peace . ’ |
| 5 | Mrs Edwards , of Cefn Mawr , said : ‘ I did not want a verdict he was killed in action because he did not go out to fight ; he went out to keep the peace . ’ |
| 6 | And I did not want a reply anyway , ’ he laughed . |
| 7 | And a very unnatural mother I should think myself if I did not make a push to secure it for Gerald ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I did not make a fuss about it . |
| 9 | ‘ No , I did not wear a hat with corks ! ’ he refuted disgustedly . |
| 10 | I did not sleep a wink last night for worrying about you and if you are alright . |
| 11 | I did not detect a question in all that , but carry on . |
| 12 | As it happened I did not own a bike , nor did I possess the corduroy shorts , commando rucksack , chunky woollen socks and thick , dubbined boots which were the uniform of the dedicated rambler . |
| 13 | I did not believe a newspaper should be part of the apparatus of the state ; we are not a totalitarian society . |
| 14 | ‘ He bumbled and tugged at his ear and said he hoped I might call again at a more opportune moment , though I did not believe a word of it . |
| 15 | ‘ My weight was 14st 4lb , and Walter said that if I did not lose a stone while Rangers were at their pre-season training camp in Italy he would sell me and keep Chris . ’ |
| 16 | Second , Fuchs blamed the deficit on the museum 's poor administrative structure , ‘ I did not have a system which enabled me to accept responsibility for the financial affairs of the museums ’ . |
| 17 | Said Leonard to us over a bottle of Sabbath wine , ‘ I did not have a scholar 's bent ; at that time I spent many evenings with Layton and we would ‘ crack ’ poetry together — discover the poet 's meaning . |
| 18 | Again I was making no contact with the flying control and as I did not have a WT operator I could not use my wireless set to inform the station that I was in this predicament . |
| 19 | But that is certainly not the case , I did not have a shotgun . |
| 20 | ‘ I was sure that I did not have a place in either male or female worlds , ’ she told me . |
| 21 | As I did not have a woman companion , they tended to ignore me , but I called to one and bought a little bouquet to put in my hotel bedroom 's tooth-glass . |
| 22 | The car is not registered in my name , so I suppose that is why I did not receive a reminder . |
| 23 | I did not use a tape recorder for these interviews , though one might have been helpful in some ways , though perhaps inhibiting to my informants in other ways . |
| 24 | Yet I did not see a foul . |
| 25 | I did not get a grant for my preclinical years so I worked half time in research for two years . |
| 26 | The chairman of my lawyers and the senior partner of Scotland ‘ s biggest firm are both profoundly shocked I did not get a look in recently . |
| 27 | There was no doubt he crashed into the sea as I watched him hit , but I did not get a confirmation of this as there was no one else to see it and R.D.F. did n't seem to have much coverage up that way . ’ |
| 28 | I did n't want to be dependent upon anybody , and I thought , ‘ This is the day to end it all , ’ but I did n't want to make anybody upset about it , so I put the cat out and I did n't leave a note and I thought , ‘ I 'll make this look very natural . ’ |
| 29 | Well it was like a new paragraph but I did n't leave a line . |
| 30 | And I ho , I would have done this on Tuesday when I actually worked out a melody but I did n't manage a bit of paper so I could n't write it down . |