Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb past] n't [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carole said that she always brought everything including the kitchen sink because she 'd stayed in the past in basecamps where there had n't even been enough mattresses to go round ; one in South Wales had been a wooden hut with gas lights and a fridge half a mile away . |
| 2 | I found her insight and her interpretations of dreams interesting , although I did n't always agree with them . |
| 3 | But I did n't like working at Johnny Walkers so I think it was quite a good thing at the time , although I did n't really like it I 'm glad now that it happened cos I 'd probably still be working in there . |
| 4 | I have completed one year 's retirement although I did n't really retire ! |
| 5 | Every now and then Mazzin would run his hands over me , checking that I had n't somehow ripped off the bindings and was n't about to attack him . |
| 6 | ‘ Proof that Silas really loved me , and that I had n't just become a habit with him . |
| 7 | I later wrote a little piece for the magazine of the Old Boys of my former grammar school and I said , quite truthfully , that I had n't even told my family what was said between us . |
| 8 | I remembered I 'd had nothing to eat or drink before leaving the house , and thought how awful that I had n't even made Toby a cup of tea before obeying my impulse to run . |
| 9 | I admitted that I had n't quite got around to organizing that aspect of my life yet . |
| 10 | I wanted it to be that I had n't really been that big before I left — in other words , prove them wrong . |
| 11 | But when Joelle introduced us I realized that I had n't really been prepared for the meeting at all . |
| 12 | But apart from that I had n't really thought about it really . |
| 13 | I realized , suddenly , that I had n't once seen her properly dressed since my arrival . |
| 14 | But that was a matter of choice ; there were some people I did n't like , and many more that I did n't even know . |
| 15 | At the time my athletic naivete was such that I did n't even know what a Director of Coaching was . |
| 16 | I was so cowed that I did n't even say who I was ; I pretended to be her . |
| 17 | I have always used a magnetic board and marker to follow the chart and found that I did n't even have to look away from it whilst punching , thus speeding up the whole process considerably . |
| 18 | I was lucky in that I did n't even have to know the women I worshipped , which opened the field up somewhat — I was happy to admire from afar . |
| 19 | I was that busy , y'know , getting up , going out to score , having a toot , going out again to score , that I did n't even realise what was going on . |
| 20 | He waved me through so that I did n't even have to slow . |
| 21 | All I can say is that I did n't even know Melanie was still there that night . |
| 22 | My legs were shaking , I could see that he was nearly bursting with excitement at having something to tell me that I did n't already know . |
| 23 | The place had nothing to tell me that I did n't already know . |
| 24 | ‘ Sweetie what can I do for you that I did n't already ? |
| 25 | I found nothing about it that I did n't particularly like and plenty that I did . |
| 26 | Yet when I came to think about it , it was only the slang that I did n't quite understand . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm very disappointed not to be doing the film , ’ Crawford added , ‘ but I would rather that people remember enjoying my performance in the play than say that I did n't quite pull it off in the film . ’ |
| 28 | on collecting my T-shirt and participants instructions a few days before the event , I was rather alarmed to discover that we were expected to meet at Alexander Stadium at 7.45 a.m. on the Sunday morning , a time that I did n't really know existed even before my maternity leave ! |
| 29 | I told him that I did n't really see the point in him talking to Frank and me separately . |
| 30 | This was partly due to the fact that I did n't really understand what I was supposed to be doing and partly because I had a very intricate felt-pen and biro decoration to complete on my pencil case ( which obviously took priority over maths work ) . |