Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] not [verb] me " 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 | ‘ But the wood did n't take me . |
7 | My husband did n't take me seriously . ’ |
8 | My husband did n't like me talking about the theatre although he had encouraged me to do so when we were courting . |
9 | When I first came my husband did not want me to go out to work . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 |
12 | 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 . |
13 | But the lying did n't help me in spite of the great performance I put on . |
14 | 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 ’ . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | ‘ 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 . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | And your aunt did n't tell me , it was Miss Rose . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | ‘ Father did n't forbid me to leave the Grange garden ! |
21 | ‘ 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 . |
22 | But your father did not love me , James . |
23 | Indeed , I have every reason to believe that Father did not regard me as decorative at all . |
24 | ‘ My father did not teach me . ’ |
25 | The prospect did n't give me new heart , offering as it did yet another barren dimension to the future with Syl . |
26 | ‘ I 'm old enough to be forgiven if I tell you that the news did n't sadden me . |
27 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
28 | ‘ The inspector did n't tell me that , ’ I said . |
29 | I was very grateful , the previous week had n't allowed me any time to shop , let alone cook ? |
30 | Three years of being a member of the Campaign Team at AI had not prepared me for seeing human rights abuses first hand . |