Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] did not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily I did not know what half the appliances were … ‘ |
| 2 | Luckily I did n't lose the baby , so of course I 'm very happy about that . " |
| 3 | I had already run three miles , and my boots were too heavy for sprinting — besides I did not want to catch the gang in front . |
| 4 | Outside the last bar the cab was waiting remorselessly , the driver with his face averted , waiting to take me somewhere I did n't want to go . |
| 5 | Would you rather I did n't read it ? |
| 6 | If she 'd rather I did n't see him , I would n't . |
| 7 | Perhaps you would rather I did not speak like this . " |
| 8 | I mean , we were exactly where we said we were gon na be , but suddenly I did n't realise that he was boss . |
| 9 | Suddenly I did n't have anything else to ask him . |
| 10 | Suddenly I did n't believe him . |
| 11 | And one 's been on er apparently I did n't know this but George showed me this morning . |
| 12 | Naturally I did not do quite that sort of thing again . ’ |
| 13 | Naturally I did n't think for a minute that my life and spirit could stimulate her . |
| 14 | Naturally I did n't take much notice of that . |
| 15 | Oddly enough I did n't set out from wherever I come from to trespass on your island , or to lose my wretched memory . |
| 16 | I felt pleased of course , but strangely enough I did n't feel as elated as perhaps I should have done : not as elated as I had been after setting my British record in Madrid . |
| 17 | Funnily enough I did n't feel like it afterwards . |
| 18 | You , I mean you were n't pushy enough I did n't think . |
| 19 | There was something so wrong between us that he grew instantly fonder of me , and oddly enough I did n't mind the rest of the evening we spent together . |
| 20 | Ah fair enough I did n't know about that . . |
| 21 | You know nothing of the world in which you have come to live , and I should have warned you about Rose , only I did not know that you were going out with her until after you had gone , and then , of course , it was too late . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ If only I did n't feel so tired , ’ she said . |
| 23 | ‘ I done that once to the undertaker , only I did n't stop so soon , I squeezed him a bit harder … ’ |
| 24 | Only I did n't stay long . |
| 25 | I had to pay to have them work as fast as they did , only I did n't want my friend 's grave marked with just a cross in the sand for any longer than it had to be . |
| 26 | I 'd have brought you some before only I did n't want to interrupt you . ’ |
| 27 | Only I did n't dare hope … ’ |
| 28 | I won er two only I did n't get it . |
| 29 | Five frilly nightdresses straight from mail-order , their labels still attached — I 'd 've nicked a couple only I did n't know what disease they might be carrying . |
| 30 | Only I did n't belong there , that was the whole trouble . |