Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the judge said that even though the man promised not to do it again , he found such behaviour extremely offensive and ordered him to give £50 to each of the women . |
| 2 | Connor said later that Cripps pointed out unlawful payments recorded in the books to Bromley but promised not to mention them outside the club . |
| 3 | So , right at the start , I promised not to burn my portrait , no matter what it looked like . |
| 4 | Henry Calverley , a friend of the family , asked for the arrow to use as a trophy and it was given to him on condition he solemnly promised not to reveal its origin . |
| 5 | It signed a standstill agreement under which it promised not to increase its holding for three years . |
| 6 | In return , it promised not to play its one trump card — water . |
| 7 | I pretended not to notice her look of astonishment and got on with my shining . |
| 8 | Hal , while he was flipping over some burgers , ‘ turned a blind eye ’ and pretended not to notice her ‘ mistake ’ . |
| 9 | Or perhaps , for convenience , we pretended not to notice them . |
| 10 | Gloria pretended not to notice him . |
| 11 | Léonie and Thérèse pretended not to notice him . |
| 12 | I pretended not to notice it , and , as the students listened with bated breath , instructed them to turn to page thirty in Jespersen . |
| 13 | ‘ She pretended not to see me though , not that I care of course . ’ |
| 14 | Her mother pretended not to hear her . |
| 15 | Even then Mr Pumblechook said , ‘ And fourteen ? ’ but I pretended not to hear him . |
| 16 | Zoe pretended not to hear him . |
| 17 | Because when you raised the telephone … he showed great irritation and pretended not to hear you , so that it immediately made you think that you 'd been unwise to telephone at all . |
| 18 | So I was determined to show them I could take a joke and the next time a big stork went over I pretended not to know what it was called and asked my girl . |
| 19 | She pretended not to know what he was referring to but he would not be fooled . |
| 20 | Rain pretended not to understand his drift . |
| 21 | Heathrow was very busy as usual but it helped not having our luggage to carry as it was booked right through to our final destination . |
| 22 | Those on the sidelines tried not to see them or know about them , but it was difficult . |
| 23 | ‘ He said that you looked like a little ghost , and tried not to mention my name . |
| 24 | She flushed and tried not to let him rile her . |
| 25 | He swung his leg over the saddle , rocked the bike off its stand and balanced it with his legs while she put on the helmet , tugged on the huge gloves and tried not to let him know she was panicking . |
| 26 | Called to order he was silent for a moment , then resumed his loud comments which disconcerted Therese , however hard she tried not to let them . |
| 27 | They were hidden away , and people tried not to let anyone see them . |
| 28 | The bedroom felt cold and as Fred sank to the bed with her still in his arms Carrie closed her eyes and tried not to let herself focus on the small round damp patch on the ceiling above the foot of the bed . |
| 29 | Pete felt a stirring of apprehension then , rising like a deepwater fish to the sunlight ; and although he tried not to let it show , Alina seemed to perceive it . |
| 30 | She tried not to let it unnerve her . |