Example sentences of "did n't [adv] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she loved him , and that made it a bargain — and he did n't even deserve to be loved . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't even want to be at the presentation . |
| 3 | He did n't even want to be with the harem . ’ |
| 4 | He did n't even seem to be listening to her . |
| 5 | He did n't even seem to be aware that a chill north wind was blowing . |
| 6 | And occasionally she did n't even seem to be acting at all . |
| 7 | They did n't even need to be shown how high you could climb , how bravely you could wrestle . |
| 8 | There were bed-baths and nurses — nurses who if they did n't yet seem to be bursting out of their brassieres , were certainly stretching their blouses to danger point . |
| 9 | Aside from the fact that I 'm not normally given to physical violence , I 'm quite well known locally , and I did n't particularly want to be seen carrying a half-naked woman ashore — which is what you threatened me with . |
| 10 | I did n't really want to be a pretty little girl then . |
| 11 | It had to be done through the American Consulate at Marseilles , sixty miles there and back , she was away most of the day ; I was glad of that too , we did n't really want to be alone with each other just then . |
| 12 | Tracy was persuaded , but as time went on , decided she did n't really want to be with him , so she left him . |
| 13 | The only thing is , I did n't really want to be a tailoress , I wanted to be a nurse , but had n't much choice , then . |
| 14 | But when I got home and found my answerphone knee-deep in angry messages I did n't really have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out that you had something to do with it . ’ |
| 15 | She did n't much like to be on her own . ’ |
| 16 | Stephen did n't much like to be reminded of this in public . |
| 17 | Now I was beginning to see that it did n't necessarily have to be that way . |
| 18 | But did n't there have to be something out there , just to witness , just to know ? |