Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [not/n't] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least my condition did n't make me feel sick . |
| 2 | ‘ Mummy did n't want me to come here , ’ she told Anne in what Anne thought of as a ‘ far back ’ voice , ‘ but I did n't want to arse around playing Lady Bountiful I wanted to do real war work . |
| 3 | I was interviewed by Living magazine ( no , the irony did not escape me ) and also by The Independent , which published the feature in a section under the same name ! |
| 4 | Pitting my brain against Mr Kent 's maths test did not make me happy . |
| 5 | Veiled women carrying home shopping did n't give me a second glance . |
| 6 | ‘ The girl did n't know I was in my room when she was changing the linen . |
| 7 | ‘ But the wood did n't take me . |
| 8 | My husband did n't take me seriously . ’ |
| 9 | My husband did n't like me talking about the theatre although he had encouraged me to do so when we were courting . |
| 10 | When I first came my husband did not want me to go out to work . |
| 11 | At the rime his Jewish appearance did not strike me as peculiar because I had not yet got used to the idea of people thinking racially , but I learnt later that he was half Jewish and that he did this job to keep his Jewish wife out of trouble . |
| 12 | Oh he 's in hospital , I did n't know a thing about it , I 've been saying when we 've been to the Pentam , we have n't seen Trevor for a while , we have n't seen Trevor , and even Barry at the Pentam did n't tell me , he thought I knew |
| 13 | Later I found that Mains did not want me watching his team train ‘ because I knew too much about rugby ’ and would tell the opposition of his plans . |
| 14 | But the lying did n't help me in spite of the great performance I put on . |
| 15 | for example , if you were sacked you can be prepared , not with a feeble-sounding excuse , ‘ The office manager and I did n't hit it off , he was a very difficult man ’ , but with a positive statement , ‘ Yes , the job did n't suit me and I was asked to leave but I was lucky enough to get a place on a word-processing course so I was much better prepared for my next job and I stayed for two years ’ . |
| 16 | After all , something must have made me do it , pointless and unjustified as it seemed now ; perhaps if I went over it all again carefully , I could find out that the truth did n't condemn me out of hand . |
| 17 | At least my friend did n't think I was vain enough to commission the work myself . |
| 18 | ‘ Your Gran did n't want me around when you came visiting with Sarah and her family — wanted to have you to herself , she told me . |
| 19 | ‘ Just because I was n't in the team that day did n't mean I felt any less embarrassed by the result . |
| 20 | The sight of , say , a field of corn interspersed with poppies on a sunny day did n't move me ; the spectacle of a woman who had slipped and fallen in the street did n't move me — either to sympathy or to ridicule . |
| 21 | And your aunt did n't tell me , it was Miss Rose . |
| 22 | Father did n't like me to be there when Diggs came and , anyway , I still had a couple of Poles to check before the sun went down . |
| 23 | ‘ Father did n't forbid me to leave the Grange garden ! |
| 24 | ‘ Your father did n't warn me quite what a striking young woman you had grown into , ’ the Princesse said in English with a wry glint in her eye . |
| 25 | But your father did not love me , James . |
| 26 | Indeed , I have every reason to believe that Father did not regard me as decorative at all . |
| 27 | ‘ My father did not teach me . ’ |
| 28 | The prospect did n't give me new heart , offering as it did yet another barren dimension to the future with Syl . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm old enough to be forgiven if I tell you that the news did n't sadden me . |
| 30 | ‘ That stupid receptionist did n't tell me there was an optional extra day on that tour — they wo n't be back until tomorrow . ’ |