Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had seen the Eiffel Tower so many times in photographs or on television he did not think it really existed . |
| 2 | I had to conform ; I do not think I ever used the term in my reports , except in parenthesis to denote a sort of dirty word . |
| 3 | In the cold light of the morning after , she did not think she even fancied him , could hardly bring what he looked like into focus , she had gone briefly crazy that was all , gone native . |
| 4 | He neither leered nor lunged , he did not pinch her neither did he make a sudden and late demand for hot water and a brandy to his bedroom . |
| 5 | We do not believe he just wandered up there and lay down to die . |
| 6 | Could not believe he really wanted to . |
| 7 | Some graduates stride to the front of the little hall so easily you would not guess they only had one leg . |
| 8 | So we would not overheat they thoughtfully left the doors of the bus open . |
| 9 | The break lasted twenty minutes ; but it was not a complete break for the horseman for he was still in charge of the horses ; and as they were not feeding they sometimes got restless , especially in the summer-time when the flies worried them and sometimes caused a horse to get his foot over a trace . |
| 10 | ‘ I had developed a penchant for Southern Comfort over the years and when not running I soon began to surpass the 20 units of alcohol per week ‘ allowed ’ by the experts if you do n't wish to become addicted . |
| 11 | And although my department and British Rail had produced a joint report , this did not mean we automatically accepted BR 's views . |
| 12 | A memory stirred but he could not place it so pushed the matter to one side . |
| 13 | ‘ Is it any wonder that , while I might have been too hard-headed to accept what is happening to me , I could not deny I actually felt my heart give a tug that night ? ’ |
| 14 | Although Reagan 's knowledge of foreign affairs was non-existent , to the point where if he was not prompted he often had no idea which country he was talking about , he needed little convincing by the American intelligence agencies that now was the time for America to start waging a secret war against its enemies . |
| 15 | if you do n't want it all did I see Robert with you the other day ? |
| 16 | I do n't think we even knew what the O stood for ; perhaps he lied about it . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't think we ever thought , though , that the bank would not support us . |
| 18 | I do n't think we ever thought the bank would not support us . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't think we ever had one . |
| 20 | Oh I was in repudiation of my contract well I du n no what what it means to repude some things , you know I jumped to get a dictionary and found out , but I really do n't know what my contract was because I do n't think we ever had any . |
| 21 | A roof rack , he wants to borrow one for Sunday , cos Susan 's coming back look , anyway she asked me and I said no we 've never had one , I do n't think we ever had , I said I 'll ask Doreen , so I asked Doreen and she said yes we have , but I 'd have to ask Leslie first , so when Dee come back I said yes she has , but do n't say anything to her cos you might not get it , but she 's not getting that . |
| 22 | Y y you need n't lock your door up in those days you could leave your door open , and they 'd come and knock on your door and anybody in and I , I do n't think we ever had a key to our front door , but er no they were very friendly and there used to be an old midwife , Mrs her name was the , she used to charge half a crown for a birth . |
| 23 | They were together for four years , but Bailey recalls : ‘ I do n't think we ever saw each other . |
| 24 | Yes definitely I mean I do n't think we ever dreamt in our wildest dreams I think really it was maybe chance thing f fate or whatever you know . |
| 25 | I do n't think we actually said who was going to inform the member authorities . |
| 26 | So are y I do n't think we actually established , are , are you erm are you unemployed ? |
| 27 | I do n't think we actually used any of them in the end but it has got that cinematic imagery to it . ’ |
| 28 | We 've had a magazine since we came over but I do n't think they just had enough to put in it and |
| 29 | I do n't think they even thought they would need to do any other sizes and they did n't proportion them so that you could interpolate . |
| 30 | As her son Charles , the new Earl Spencer , observes : ‘ It was a dreadful time for my parents and probably the root of their divorce because I do n't think they ever got over it . ’ |