Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As regards to homework , I just got on with it myself or did n't do it at all . ’ |
| 2 | or did n't think they were |
| 3 | But if he had no bill and or did n't pick it up , you 'd tell the proprietor that he must take his own proceedings — he 's swindled you out of the price of a meal and it 's a civil action . |
| 4 | When Queen Elizabeth , on a state visit to Germany in May 1965 , arrived in Stuttgart for a formal lunch , John took care over his clothes but either forgot or did not think it necessary to find a pair of socks less obtrusive than the bright reds or blues he favoured at that time . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But the rest either did not find them so , or did not consider it relevant to their teaching of mathematics . |
| 7 | The research shows that 85% of those asked felt that the split between LW and FM had either suited them well or had not affected them . |
| 8 | Because when you raised the telephone … he showed great irritation and pretended not to hear you , so that it immediately made you think that you 'd been unwise to telephone at all . |
| 9 | She flushed and tried not to let him rile her . |
| 10 | He swung his leg over the saddle , rocked the bike off its stand and balanced it with his legs while she put on the helmet , tugged on the huge gloves and tried not to let him know she was panicking . |
| 11 | I sweated in the spotlight and tried not to tell them anything . |
| 12 | I got a caution , and told not to do it again . |
| 13 | She stared at him and seemed not to see him . |
| 14 | In 1982 he was found guilty of serious professional misconduct and undertook not to let it happen again . |
| 15 | On the morrow of October 1987 Black Monday the Treasury had to decide whether the stockmarket crash threatened a 1929-33 type fall in demand , and decided not to risk it . |
| 16 | Marcus told himself that he had muddled up some bears , examined his own dream , concluded it told him nothing he did n't know , and decided not to report it to Mr Rose . |
| 17 | ‘ All were offered alternative jobs at Point of Ayr colliery and decided not to take them , ’ she said . |
| 18 | She read it through the following morning and decided not to send it , but a small niggle of grievance stayed in her mind . |
| 19 | I suggested , and decided not to tell her that for most of McIllvanney 's girls six or seven hundred dollars a night was small change . |
| 20 | He knows the answer very well : the instance that he has mentioned was a matter for the Ministry of Defence , which looked further into the matter and decided not to pursue it . |
| 21 | But Davide , as he grew up , saw the break as irreparable , and struggled not to see it . |
| 22 | Alan and Maryon both felt that six weeks would probably be enough and did not think he could manage to continue on this diet for another three weeks . |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . |
| 24 | Mr. J. praised the nurses who had looked after his mother , and did not blame them in any way for her death . |
| 25 | Caernarfonshire captain Dave Wallace said Llandudno had not engaged Barnes as a professional and did not pay him for playing . |
| 26 | On the whole , then , users who were mainly familiar with LlBERTAS preferred its general tone and did not perceive it as slower or more tedious to give commands to . |
| 27 | " Amabel , there 'll be nobody in Frizingley to touch you , " said John-William Dallam , sitting down rather heavily since he had run upstairs a little too quickly at her call and did not want her to see how easily , these days , he could lose his breath . |
| 28 | They were not sure Labour would win , and did not want it to . |
| 29 | ‘ Engraved with tongues of flame , ’ said Flaherty , who had thought up this himself and did not want it overlooked . |
| 30 | The man talked non-stop and did not expect me to contribute . |