Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] did not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was so shaken up and upset I did not get to say thank you or even see his face , just the helpful hand outstretched to me . |
| 2 | I mean I did not need to stay on at school or get my B.A. at Strathclyde to know when not to F or C. Fuck-me shoes , I just handed them back to the saleslady with as much dignity as I could muster and says , thanks but no thanks , I do n't know when I 'd ever have the occasion to werr them . |
| 3 | The people of Ely ‘ have but a turfy scent and fenny posture about them , which smell I did not relish at all with any content ’ . |
| 4 | But Wilson found she did not have too much sense . |
| 5 | ‘ prisoner at the Bar , I will tell you what you ought to have done , and if you say you did not know , I will tell you that the Law conclusively presumes that you did . |
| 6 | ‘ You say you did not know Nona Pitt well . |
| 7 | As for the countryside , the main complaint of the wage labourer was of underemployment and at certain seasons of the agricultural calendar many of them must have wished they did not have time on their hands . |
| 8 | Parson Woodforde , visiting a Norfolk warehouse containing 380 poor in 1787 , found they did not look " either healthy or cheerful " . |
| 9 | Those who had come to New England to have an opportunity to practice their own approach to religion , and then found they did not agree with the views held by those who were in power , had a more serious problem . |
| 10 | Durham County Council say they did not know the source of the waste , nor the company responsible for dumping it , and they admitted it is too late to find out . |
| 11 | To the end — or at least to his testimony in Poindexter 's trial , in 1990 — Reagan maintained he did not believe that he had been trading arms for hostages . |
| 12 | The Baughs checked the original offer letter carefully and they say it did not state clearly that once people have accepted , there was no way out and it certainly did not mention the excessive opt-out figure they were later quoted . |
| 13 | ‘ But you say it did not have the chain on it ? ’ |
| 14 | As a bad sign of liberated times , the opposition tried to call a press conference on the morning of Mr Baker 's arrival , only to find it did not have official permission to do so . |
| 15 | He found he did not mind . |
| 16 | Did he intend everyone in the castle to know he did not want the wife he had married in such a hurry ? |
| 17 | Yet , faced with the necessity for resolute leadership , at this time of trial , Sir Patrick could only declare his satisfaction with the present policy and say he did not anticipate many changes . |
| 18 | In the third place , you may recall that I escorted you to your room at half-past twelve ; but the college gates are locked at midnight , from which it follows that I would have had to rouse the duty porter in order both to be let out and to be let in again , something he will most certainly confirm I did not do . |
| 19 | ‘ I hope I did not spoil things for you . ’ |
| 20 | A disobedient Norfolk farm boy was propelled into a lifetime of professional poaching by the combination of a harsh , flogging father , who for years ‘ never spoke to me nor owned me ’ , and an entertaining , caring grandfather who had poached himself : ‘ I 'm not shure I did not inherit some of my sporting ways from him . ’ |
| 21 | She lay in her room and waited for him , and when he came I did not listen , but when he left I heard . |
| 22 | He believed she did not love him because he was like his father but he could not blame her for this because he knew he was unlovable . |
| 23 | Nutty stared out of the window pretending she did not belong . |
| 24 | Johnson hoped that his gift would ensure she did not forget him . |
| 25 | I only hope she did not see my carriage ! ’ |
| 26 | I hope you did not try too hard to put the Princess off . ’ |
| 27 | But when the time came she did not expect he would want to leave his shooting … |
| 28 | Our smiles of anticipation dimmed somewhat when he led us into the coffee shop , but he was a good sort and I hope we did not embarrass him . |
| 29 | ‘ Results show we did not have a good season and at the end of the day the responsibility was mine . |
| 30 | From each standard the rays of twenty powerful lamps were thrown across the pitch at different angles , and as they intersected and spread they did not leave a dark or even a dull patch … |