Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] did not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where she did not want to be exact , she hinted : secreting at the back of her mind the disgust , the shame … |
| 2 | Either she was left with the excellent non-skiing kindergarten , which she enjoyed but where she did not learn to ski , something she very much wanted to do , or she had to be put into skischool . |
| 3 | Those messages like ‘ Little boys do n't cry ’ , ‘ Keep a stiff upper lip ’ and ‘ Maintain a brave face ’ make it very difficult to describe experiences where we did not feel in control and did not appear invulnerable . |
| 4 | At the same time scientific method could protect the individual from the effects of social norms , thereby providing a context where they did not determine the content of thought . |
| 5 | He was educated at Eton and Trinity College , Cambridge , where he did not sit for a degree . |
| 6 | But he had a problem : the card she had so rapidly thrust into his hand was her business card , no home address , just Belmodes , Mouncy Street , which he knew but where he did not want to wait to visit . |
| 7 | There was , however , an insidious corollary to the belief that God might intervene to save His chosen people and prolong the lives of deserving individuals ; it was that where He did not intervene to save life , those who lost their lives had been found unworthy . |
| 8 | To my knowledge there was hardly a political problem with which George was confronted where he did not seek the advice and guidance of Crossman , but it was always associated with a healthy denunciation . |
| 9 | A further situation might arise , however , in which the defendant alleges belief in consent on the basis of the victim 's consent to penetration but where it did not occur to him that she might not understand the nature of the act , although the risk of this was quite obvious . |
| 10 | Nanchang CJ-6A N3104U was sold on the 18th for $ 40,000 and then the buyer re-entered the aircraft on the 19th auction where it did not sell . |
| 11 | I was so bruised and exhausted that I did not feel strong enough to walk home , and although I did not want to , I had to spend the night at Wuthering Heights . |
| 12 | I was pleased that he could come , although I did not want him to discover anything about my horrible work . |
| 13 | Although I did not relish such conditions I reached the final quite easily ; but then disaster struck . |
| 14 | Although I did not care for her looks , the yacht-like appearance had great potential for undercover work and after about two months working her around the Solent and Poole area I was quite impressed . |
| 15 | Although I did not conduct field research in Nigeria , I visited that country in 1975 , 1978 and 1981 . |
| 16 | Although I did not get this trouble with my machines , we used to suffer badly when we first got our computer . |
| 17 | Although I did not know it , my encounter with Gladstone Murray and Ernie Bushnell in February was beginning to bear fruit , and my days as newspaperman cum radio programme director were numbered . |
| 18 | Southerton , writing under a byline , would probably have been able to speak his mind about the general atmosphere , although I did not know that his attitude to bodyline would be . |
| 19 | It looked pretty dull to me , although I did not say so . |
| 20 | She learnt , from my saying , ‘ Here ’ , where I was , although I did not say where I was . |
| 21 | I saw no bodies , although I did not doubt that many people had drowned . |
| 22 | Then , although I did not believe them for a moment , I stored them away in my memory against a rainy day . |
| 23 | Although I did not understand I could see that they were discussing the problem . |
| 24 | But I was afraid they would shoot at me again , and anyway I was grateful for their kindness in giving me food and drink , so I did not move . |
| 25 | What I really could not understand was why the senator did not beat ten kinds of nonsense out of a son who told him to cool it , but telling middle-class Americans to thump their kids is like asking them to burn their flag , so I did not waste my time . |
| 26 | But I had not forgotten how she had lied , and behaved so badly to me as well as to Edgar Linton , so I did not feel sorry for her , or encourage her to talk . |
| 27 | ‘ I did n't understand what he meant , and nothing happened for a few weeks , so I did not feel so worried . |
| 28 | I did not want to worry him in his last moments , so I did not tell him that Linton was also dying . |
| 29 | Although welcoming my friend 's generosity in giving me a pair , I did not want to mate brother and sister if possible especially as these were already young from a brother and sister pairing , so I did not intend to use the young male unless I could find an unrelated mate for him . |
| 30 | ‘ When I was his age I said contentious things like he did last week , but I did not speak English very well so I did not get into trouble . ’ |