Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] " 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 | Or perhaps , for convenience , we pretended not to notice them . |
| 4 | Gloria pretended not to notice him . |
| 5 | Léonie and Thérèse pretended not to notice him . |
| 6 | I pretended not to notice it , and , as the students listened with bated breath , instructed them to turn to page thirty in Jespersen . |
| 7 | ‘ She pretended not to see me though , not that I care of course . ’ |
| 8 | Her mother pretended not to hear her . |
| 9 | Even then Mr Pumblechook said , ‘ And fourteen ? ’ but I pretended not to hear him . |
| 10 | Zoe pretended not to hear him . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Those on the sidelines tried not to see them or know about them , but it was difficult . |
| 13 | She flushed and tried not to let him rile her . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | She tried not to let it unnerve her . |
| 18 | She tried not to wish he could go away even though the room was cramping them . |
| 19 | Virginia did n't really believe all the tales she heard about the witch of Wardle Wood — or , at least , she tried not to believe them . |
| 20 | I could so clearly see her coming between you and me , between us and our poetry , and I felt furiously jealous and unhappy but tried not to show it . |
| 21 | If Maggie was envious she tried not to show it , but it was hard not to make comparisons . |
| 22 | Even if I 've had doubt , I tried not to show it . |
| 23 | She tried not to show it , but she was not quick enough for Huy . |
| 24 | Jazzbeaux tried not to look him in the eye . |
| 25 | I sweated in the spotlight and tried not to tell them anything . |
| 26 | That 's why we agreed not to train her . |
| 27 | ‘ I know , in spite of the fact that we agreed not to discuss it , it was all because of what had happened in the past , was n't it ? ’ |
| 28 | The government agreed not to expand them and to give the country 's human rights prosecutor the power to recommend legal action if they committed crimes . |
| 29 | Suddenly she felt nervous , though she fought not to show it . |
| 30 | I got a caution , and told not to do it again . |