Example sentences of "did not [vb infin] [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I first came my husband did not want me to go out to work . |
| 2 | She hoped she did not sound too sarcastic , she did not want him to ring off . |
| 3 | She assured the women she addressed that suffragists did not want them to give up ‘ one jot or tittle of your womanliness , your love for children , your care for the sick , your gentleness , your self-control , your obedience to conscience and duty ’ . |
| 4 | But I did not want them to stay out in the cold all night , so I kept my window open to look out for them . |
| 5 | ‘ I did not want you to find out like this , ’ he said , more gently . |
| 6 | And with a calm purpose that he did not feel he went out into the street . |
| 7 | He stared into my eyes , challenging me to defy him , and when I did not move he looked back to Ellen . |
| 8 | This did not prevent him falling off his chair and being sick on the Japanese premier at a state dinner in Japan earlier this year , an embarrassing incident captured by the TV cameras . |
| 9 | But I did not stop him coming back , and do not , I beg of you , ask me to try and explain that . |
| 10 | The Hygiene supervisors felt as though the planes would land on their heads , but this did not stop them carrying out a thorough and hygienic job . |
| 11 | ‘ I did not say you slept around ! |
| 12 | Leading the way , she went across the surgery to the opposite door , but once inside she did not invite him to sit down . |
| 13 | He did not ask her to sit down but said to her straightaway , ‘ What has she told you ? ’ |
| 14 | He followed her into the living-room but she did not ask him to sit down . |
| 15 | I did not see him come in but looked up to find him standing suddenly between two columns . |