Example sentences of "[conj] did [not/n't] [verb] i " in BNC.

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1 So I used to encourage his own poetry , and his ideas for poetic themes , even when I knew they were poor or did not interest me .
2 But , of course , it does n't always work ; I was listening to my second recording of the Liszt Sonata about a year ago , and found things there that did not satisfy me .
3 He was regarding me with an indulgence that did not convince me .
4 ‘ Do you think that did n't hurt me ? ’
5 Now that did n't benefit me at all .
6 No , the door knocked once or twice , but I mean that , that did n't bother me , so I was asleep m most of the time .
7 There were a couple of men waiting for me in the car park tonight , said they had a message for me from a ‘ friend ’ that ran along the lines of warning me to keep my nose out of things that did n't concern me . ’
8 ‘ I was playing in a particular game and did not think I had done anything spectacular at all when I was approached by Heffernan who told me that he wanted me for the Ireland team to play Australia in the Compromise Rules series , ’ recalls McGilligan .
9 The man talked non-stop and did not expect me to contribute .
10 I once used Body Positive to put someone recently diagnosed in touch , and I once went to a THT Safe Sex talk out of interest , but the latter was like going to a CHE ( Campaign for Homosexual Equality ) meeting for the first time and did not tell me anything I did not already know .
11 She was astounded , and did not make me much wiser . ’
12 He said nothing , but frowned , and did not encourage me to enter .
13 He nodded and did not follow me as I got off the train .
14 They threw me from the battlements into the sea , but the rocks were merciless and did not kill me , though I have never longed for death so much as I did then .
15 I 'd lost my helmet getting into the cab — and did n't realise I was n't wearing protective gloves until I noticed soot on my hands . ’
16 But they took me away after that awful morning and did n't send me back to Byron House for another year and a half .
17 Did her own work and did n't expect me to clear up after her .
18 ‘ He played tennis on a high level for two and half hours , and did n't give me time to breathe , and that caught me by surprise a little bit , ’ said Boris Becker , his prize scalp , after the German had lost .
19 Unfortunately it kept to the tops of the trees and did n't give me any chance of pictures .
20 You did n't do the work at all and did n't give me the book either .
21 His father was staying in the same house , and did n't know I was staying there , so I used to creep in at night .
22 She was looking the other way and did n't see me . ’
23 ‘ Mum was initially cooperative … and Mr Peel was likewise ‘ quite cooperative ’ ’ until the decision was made to Statement … after that he opted out and did n't contact me . ’
24 My father knew all this , but did not tell me .
25 ‘ He gave me much time and attention but did not allow me to waste a minute ; he left me fully free to express my feelings and thoughts but did not hesitate to present his own ; he offered me space to deliberate about choices and to make decisions but did not withhold his opinion that some choices and decisions were better than others ; he let me find my own way but did not hide the map that showed the right direction .
26 He rose , but did not kiss me .
27 He recognised himself , but did not recognise me when we switched on The Railway Children some months ago .
28 She was facing the window , but did not see me beyond its screen because she was staring at Matthew McIllvanney who seemed to fill the whole room with his malevolence .
29 But did n't give me no moneys .
30 Here was this girl who seemed to think I was capable of clearing up her troubles , but did n't think I 'd have enough brains to find out her identity .
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