Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ She made me promise not to ask . ’
2 She made me promise not to tell what had happened .
3 I knew it must be wrong , because afterwards he made me promise not to tell anyone about it , not even Mamma .
4 ‘ He said something that made the implication that I 'd copied and I was sort of so choked I did n't answer .
5 ‘ Tell met I have n't sat here on this bed like a boy in a schoolroom reciting lists of facts for nothing ! ’
6 The crowd came together again and hid Filmer and his flower and I felt the tension in my muscles subside , and realized I had n't known I had tensed them .
7 I realized I had n't told him anything about Cal except about the villa and Harry .
8 Sometime in the afternoon I recovered a little , but I felt faint as I stood up , and realized I had not eaten anything all day .
9 I realized I had not told anybody where I was going .
10 I 'd been out to meet someone , I was on my way home , I realized I did n't want to be going there .
11 realized I did n't like it
12 Well she said she asked I do n't know .
13 I realised I had not mentioned Elsie at all , and I was glad .
14 He 'd been glaring and smashing down glasses on the table and muttering under his breath and I wondered what on earth I 'd done to make him so disturbed , and then I realised I had n't done anything .
15 But then I realised I had n't played one bad shot and I thought ‘ what have I got to fear ’ ’ .
16 we went to Trafalgar Square and we stopped to look at the pigeons and we 'd moved on and I , I suddenly realised I had n't got Vicky with me , so I looked all round , could n't see him , had to go right back to Trafalgar Square and he was still looking at the pigeons
17 And it got worse when I realised I did n't know where they were going for their lune de miel .
18 I just realised I did n't like him as much as I thought , that 's all .
19 I admitted I do n't like him .
20 She got I do n't fancy that at all , sleeping in the to her garage looking my things ,
21 I got I did n't know I got
22 I did n't know I got I did n't know that I got such a deep voice .
23 Now rose I do n't know how many of you when you were little used to collect rose petals and put them in the jam jars did you ?
24 He completed his art degree at the Berkshire College of Art — ‘ but , at the end , I found I had n't got any answers to my questions ’ — and went as a postgraduate to Reading University to study with Professor Anthony Betts , ‘ the only man I 've ever met who could really teach ’ .
25 I put my chin up and tried to stiffen my upper lip , but found I did n't seem to have any muscles in it .
26 If they have got something cooking , and if I found I did n't like it when it came , I 'd tell them to get stuffed .
27 Ace took her on to a small but discreet restaurant where the food was delicious , but she found she did n't have much appetite .
28 Robyn clutched the receiver and found she did n't have the first idea of what she would say when he answered it .
29 She found she did n't like that idea , did n't like it at all .
30 But Wilson found she did not have too much sense .
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