Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] n't [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 I still could n't fathom why I did n't altogether trust the man , ‘ I must be off , ’ I muttered and returned to lim .
2 I did n't yet know Lili .
3 If I were planning a home visit to see someone I did n't already know , I 'd go with another colleague . ’
4 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 .
5 The place had nothing to tell me that I did n't already know .
6 I did n't automatically think that anything was wrong .
7 See I , I did n't eith I did n't either realise , right
8 I did n't particularly want to think about it . ’
9 I always intended to visit him after the war , but you know how it is : things were difficult , I was confoundedly busy at the University , I did n't particularly want to see Viola again though you 've got to swallow the pill with the jam , have n't you , and there was no particular reason why I should n't see her again .
10 Aside from the fact that I 'm not normally given to physical violence , I 'm quite well known locally , and I did n't particularly want to be seen carrying a half-naked woman ashore — which is what you threatened me with .
11 Yes , as I said previously , I did n't particularly want to go into the detail , because obviously as a member of P A G , Mrs , you 'll get an opportunity to see that particular detail .
12 I found nothing about it that I did n't particularly like and plenty that I did .
13 I did n't particularly like the name at first — I got called things like Stew and Stew-Pot at school — but I 've got used to it .
14 I did n't particularly like that idea .
15 As I told you , I did n't particularly take in her plans for the weekend , you know how one does n't , one just asks to be civil and does n't listen properly to the answer . ’
16 I did n't particularly enjoy being a guest of Her Majesty but the experience gave me the chance to get my priorities straight , ’ he said .
17 I did n't particularly enjoy that , but the fact that I could play a reasonable game of golf led to an offer to do a sales job for a golf manufacturer just south of Los Angeles in a place called Tustin . ’
18 Naturally , I did n't immediately see the logic and justice of it .
19 I did n't immediately see this : that now human shit is out in the open , we 'll get a chance to find out what this stuff can really do .
20 They were heavy and had the words ‘ Do not refreeze ’ written on them , but I did n't immediately realize the significance of that .
21 I did n't completely exclude other creatures , though .
22 I did n't even feel the hotness building up behind my eyeballs .
23 ‘ It was so wonderful making people laugh , I did n't even feel the thrashing .
24 I did n't even feel like
25 There was a photograph of Dennis on one of the wreaths at the funeral , and I did n't even recognize it .
26 and that was my Barclaycard number in case you want it although I ordered it through the thr phone I made out that so that I could read it off on the telephone I did n't even erm I did n't even assemble it I just looked and I saw it does n't chop I thought it would chop things but does n't , it only grates Looks as though it had been out before , you know , you look at this !
27 I did n't even eat tea nothing because by the time hoovered and they were away .
28 I did n't even watch Eastenders , I missed it .
29 In the end I did n't even walk to Cambridge , but went ignominiously by bus from Royston , where we stopped for lunch .
30 I did n't even think she was fat . ’
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