Example sentences of "did n't [verb] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She enjoyed hearing about the governess 's letters which would never be received and translations of East End rhyming slang , but did n't think he actually listened to her , he often asked her the same questions . |
| 2 | He says I did n't think he really wanted to shoot me . |
| 3 | I did n't think you even liked me very much at the moment , let alone … let alone cared sufficiently to want to marry me … ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't think you ever thought much of revolution , ’ I tell him , sipping my whisky . |
| 5 | Shame about the stupid did n't think it just happens . |
| 6 | Love ? she mused , and she did n't think she quite liked the idea of Leo watching her while she slept . |
| 7 | That 's one of the reasons we did n't bother we just painted it , you know ? |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't bring you here to talk about my relationship with Marianne , ’ he cut in brusquely . |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't bring you here to open up all the old wounds again , ’ he growled at last . |
| 10 | I did n't bring you here to upset you . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've got this irksome fetish for using the natural colours surrounding a place to decorate the interior — but I did n't bring you here to discuss my schizophrenic choice of living surroundings , Virginia . |
| 12 | Well I 've done , did n't do it right did I ? |
| 13 | And I did n't tell you now to make , probably that . |
| 14 | His parents did n't send him here to have the teachers live his life for him . ’ |
| 15 | Knowing that Adam always liked to keep his options open , Miranda was forced to the lonely conclusion that he did n't love her enough to commit himself to her for life . |
| 16 | Yes , eventually I did put it down to your job , worried about Steve being so long away and anxious to tie up the contract , but there was a worse fear — that you just did n't love me enough to want to stay with me . ’ |
| 17 | I even tried laying trails of cheese that led to my feet , which she scoffed up , but she did n't trust me enough to take the cheese from my hand . |
| 18 | Said he did n't charge her much rent for her flat . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm sure you did n't ring me just to tell me that , ’ she replied , in no mood for light-hearted flirtation , try to pin on a brave face though she might . |
| 20 | " It did n't work " meant " We did n't get it properly going " . |
| 21 | I could n't see the clock — I did n't know they even had a clock . |
| 22 | I 've got to do that twice a day which I did n't know we actually had to do when I started it . |
| 23 | I shot out a hand and gripped Mackie 's trouser leg and pulled with strength I did n't know I still had left . |
| 24 | He did n't know I always carry pistols under my cloak , and he may well ask why . |
| 25 | " I honestly did n't know you still had interests like that , Edith . " |
| 26 | Yeah did n't boil it though did you ? |
| 27 | You did n't ask me here to talk about your summer holidays . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ But you did n't ask me here to comment on a perfectly straightforward signal . |
| 29 | Perhaps I ought to say first that I did n't ask you here to criticize my daughter-in-law for infidelity . |
| 30 | Du n no , he did n't say he just said they need a fork lift driver |