Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made me promise not to tell what had happened . |
| 2 | Well he has n't said you 'd been . |
| 3 | Momentarily undecided as to whether to go on looking or to give up the chase there and then , her eyes lingered on the stranger 's face , and for a heart-beat , or less , his features blurred , and in their flux , caught as if by the sun off a wing in the stratosphere , she saw Gentle , his hair swept back from his high forehead , his grey eyes all yearning , his mouth , which she 'd not known she missed till now , ready to break into a smile . |
| 4 | But as time went on he seemed not to mind who saw him , who heard about his infidelities . |
| 5 | Well do n't yo you do n't want anything cooked do you ? |
| 6 | Although warning signs shout at you not to cross these fragile constructions , as you 're bound to fall off and die and do n't say they did n't tell you so , you 'd have to be a boring old git not to want to do a balancing act over them for thrills . |
| 7 | ‘ I d-did n't know you had married her , Beckenham — I mean , Dacre . ’ |
| 8 | So I du n no what happened to the first one . |
| 9 | I try not to let it put me off too much . |
| 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 | I passed by , and was no longer recognised by anyone ; the unknown children did not smile at me ; and I dared not ask what had become of those I had known , whom I feared to recognise in these bent men exhausted by life . |
| 12 | In fact , with his book of Spanish Civil War photographs , for the second edition he did not want them retouched ; he wanted the scratches , etc , left in because there was that feeling about it . |
| 13 | Hopkins 's attitude to the publication of his poetry had always been ambivalent , but his habit of sending copies to Bridges indicates that he did not want them lost . |
| 14 | He could understand , even appreciate , the violence , but he did not want it turned against himself and Nona . |
| 15 | ‘ Engraved with tongues of flame , ’ said Flaherty , who had thought up this himself and did not want it overlooked . |
| 16 | It is , however , clear that their Lordships in Reg. v. Morris did not regard anything said in that case as conflicting with Reg. v. Lawrence for it was specifically referred to in Lord Roskill 's speech , with which the other members of the [ Appellate ] Committee all agreed , without disapproval or qualification . |
| 17 | It is , however , clear that their Lordships in Reg. v. Morris did not regard anything said in that case as conflicting with Reg. v. Lawrence for it was specifically referred to in Lord Roskill 's speech , with which the other members of the Judicial Committee all agreed , without disapproval or qualification . |
| 18 | Anne did not like Clive , did not care what happened to him . |
| 19 | She had given herself totally up to him , and did not care what happened to her as long as she was with him . |
| 20 | They loved one another and did not care who knew it . |
| 21 | If Foley were a traitor , he did not care who knew it , it would seem . |
| 22 | ‘ I did not realise we had guests . ’ |
| 23 | I did not realise I had hurt you . ’ |
| 24 | The wife said in evidence that she knew the charge was a security but did not realise it affected her own share in the house . |
| 25 | At this stage his wife did not realise he had been attacked . |
| 26 | He apologised afterwards because he did not realise he had struck a female . |
| 27 | ‘ British soldiers are the best in the world , ’ a schoolmaster told his class , adding , for the benefit of the Kindertransporte pupils , ‘ You people did not think we had it in us . ’ |
| 28 | After all , he was a very clever man , and sometimes , when he did not think she knew , he gave her some very peculiar looks that made her shivery inside . |
| 29 | Mrs Brocklebank had been quiet lately about the tragic possibilities of the house , but he did not think she had forgotten . |
| 30 | He would often ask about Dinah and his family , and send them affectionate messages ; Nathan passed these on to Dinah , but he did not think she spoke of their father to the children ; it was better not . |