Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [pron] [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 | She said that apart from MacQuillan and Barron she did not know who else had been allowed a complete list . |
6 | We do not believe he just wandered up there and lay down to die . |
7 | Could not believe he really wanted to . |
8 | Some graduates stride to the front of the little hall so easily you would not guess they only had one leg . |
9 | So we would not overheat they thoughtfully left the doors of the bus open . |
10 | And although my department and British Rail had produced a joint report , this did not mean we automatically accepted BR 's views . |
11 | A memory stirred but he could not place it so pushed the matter to one side . |
12 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
13 | Well you did n't eat anything yesterday did you , except half a hot cross bun which is a funny thing to eat , but never mind ! |
14 | if you do n't want it all did I see Robert with you the other day ? |
15 | ‘ I ca n't think what suddenly got into him . |
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 . ’ |