Example sentences of "did [adv] [verb] i [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not think I would stay with the band forever . |
| 2 | Sometimes I thought that within a few months I would be back in Le Court , because I did not think I could continue . |
| 3 | Having replied Yes with much confidence in his initial request I did not think I could take two steps to the rear , so I hastened to add that the job would take me some considerable time as ti would be my spare-time/spare-time job , consoled myself with the thought that it was the first time that I had made anything to be used in a church , so it would be a challenge . |
| 4 | I did not feel I should miss his company , and the fact that I should have no fellow-countryman with me to take charge if I fell sick or was wounded did not worry me , since I had every confidence in Omar . |
| 5 | " But I told him I did not feel I should play . |
| 6 | ‘ If I did not believe I could lift Darlington I would not have taken the job . |
| 7 | Although I did not understand I could see that they were discussing the problem . |
| 8 | Later , when I was more familiar with the beliefs and practices of the movement and had ‘ learned the language ’ , I would interact with the Moonies as though I were one of them , and , although I never pretended that I accepted their beliefs or that I was anything other than a sociologist studying the movement , members who did not know me would mistake me for a member — the Moonies themselves were no longer ‘ translating ’ for me when we were interacting . |
| 9 | ‘ I told the IFA that if we got to the World Cup finals and they wanted me to stay on I would and if we did not qualify I would stand down , ’ says Bingham . |
| 10 | ‘ But , I mean to say , I did always think I would inherit one day , with Jack being such a confirmed … ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I did always think I 'd end my days here , I must say . ’ |
| 12 | So I put very little energy into my criminal case partly because I did n't think I would go to prison , and certainly not for more than a month or two . |
| 13 | I did n't think I would confess . |
| 14 | They are but not as I saw things at the time — I did n't think I would marry . |
| 15 | I still did n't think I would die , but I had no idea how I was going to live . |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't think I would say goodbye to you here , ’ she said . |
| 17 | I just did n't think I would find enough to send in . |
| 18 | I really did n't think I would win and did n't have a speech prepared . |
| 19 | I counted on being able to dodge my way on to the ferry and I did n't think I would need any money once I got to France . |
| 20 | ‘ It cost me a fortune — but I did n't think I could bear to see you again . |
| 21 | I did n't think I could cope with another night in that flat all alone . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ He would n't have asked me if he did n't think I could do it , ’ she had retorted . |
| 23 | Oh well I did n't think I could do that without |
| 24 | Did n't think I could make it . |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't think I could face the idea of someone else having the job , ’ she laughs , ‘ but it was also a great opportunity for me . ’ |
| 26 | Schaefer , who has won 17 of 20 fights since turning professional in November 1987 , said : ‘ I would n't have come all this way if I did n't think I could beat Henry . |
| 27 | ‘ I would n't bother to go out there if I did n't think I could win . |
| 28 | But to her amazement he did nothing of the kind , but , shaking his head as if he had been under some kind of stress , ‘ I did n't think I could have got your innocence so completely wrong , ’ he stated gruffly . |
| 29 | Well I do n't know it the way you two do the work it looks so fine that I did n't think I could see it properly . |
| 30 | ‘ City boss Billy McNeill did n't think I could play , ’ Beresford said last night . |