Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] [verb] i " in BNC.

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1 I did not realise I had hurt you . ’
2 I did not think I would stay with the band forever .
3 I have added a 40W actinic and a reflector as I did not think I was seeing the true colours of my fish .
4 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 .
5 Sometimes I thought that within a few months I would be back in Le Court , because I did not think I could continue .
6 How often declared that I did not think I could possibly deserve my Pamela till I could show her a purity as nearly equal to hers .
7 I did not think I noticed as the car drew level
8 ‘ I was playing in a particular game and did not think I had done anything spectacular at all when I was approached by Heffernan who told me that he wanted me for the Ireland team to play Australia in the Compromise Rules series , ’ recalls McGilligan .
9 But this did not mean I was happy with it , or knew , precisely , when and how I could carry it out .
10 Gust becos I cud not spel It did not mean I was daft When the boys in school red my riting Some of them laffed But now I am the dictater They have to rite like me Utherwise they can not pas Ther GCSE Some of the girls wer ok But those who laffed a lot Have al bean rownded up And have recintly bean shot The teecher who corrected my speling As not been shot at al But four the last fifteen howers As bean standing up against a wal He has to stand ther until he can spel Figgymisgrugifooniyn the rite way I think he will stand ther forever I just inventid it today
11 He went on to say that if I did not return I would be making myself voluntarily homeless and would never be re-housed .
12 He did not know I had read his notes and I did not confess I had , but he elaborated on what I had read , and I was convinced he had right on his side — if not prudence .
13 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 .
14 " But I told him I did not feel I should play .
15 ‘ It was a trickle of a stream and I did not say I 'd broken every bone , just hurt my leg .
16 ‘ If I did not believe I could lift Darlington I would not have taken the job .
17 Although I did not understand I could see that they were discussing the problem .
18 I have tried to hide it , but I did not imagine I had been entirely successful . ’
19 When he did not come I was surprised .
20 He assured Helen , ‘ I did not know I loved you so tenderly until this trial , sweetheart ’ .
21 My ears were burning , and my left shin throbbed as if it did not know I had stopped walking .
22 He did not know I had read his notes and I did not confess I had , but he elaborated on what I had read , and I was convinced he had right on his side — if not prudence .
23 ‘ 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 .
24 Erm to the work and I kept er going you know like I I did n't dodge I did n't miss school .
25 Besides , I did n't think I could now save enough to make a significant difference to my standard of living when I retired , so I decided I might as well enjoy it while I had the chance .
26 I did n't think I was being very original any longer and I was basically administering .
27 ‘ I did n't think I was speculating ’ she said in a rebuke to the Government 's attitude towards the advertised high-return , low-risk investment offered by Barlow Clowes .
28 I remember thinking , ‘ Gosh , I did n't think I 'd left all this out on the floor .
29 I did n't think I looked so dreadful before , and I certainly did n't think it was any business of theirs how I looked .
30 ‘ Well , I did n't think I was much good either .
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