Example sentences of "i simply did " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When he told me he was panning for gold , I simply did n't believe it . |
| 2 | I simply did n't know how to rebel openly . |
| 3 | It should be clear from the previous chapters that although I still had some sense of personal identity when I became anorexic , I simply did not have the opportunity or know-how to form an Eriksonian ego identity . |
| 4 | On the conscious level , sexuality was to me only one of the responsibilities of adulthood : as far the sexual act itself was concerned , I simply did n't want to know , as a child who is exposed to sexual information at an age when she/he feels incapable of absorbing it will not want to know . |
| 5 | If I went out without my battered old anorak , I simply did n't feel safe . |
| 6 | Certain information asked for , I simply did not have . |
| 7 | Like most researchers , I simply did n't know what I was going to discover . |
| 8 | It was then that I resolved to enjoy the rest of the year , accept that I simply did not have the talent to make the professional grade , and find a job . |
| 9 | I simply did n't need any more , although after a year 's work the headmaster put me up to £7 a week . |
| 10 | In the end I simply did what I had done in writing at full length but I compressed the whole into the 5000-word stipulated maximum length . |
| 11 | I simply did n't recognize her at first , and to tell you the truth , I was a bit embarrassed when Uncle Félix came over to talk to me with this perfectly stunning girl on his arm . |
| 12 | I simply did n't know I had it in me ! |
| 13 | I simply did not want to play and confess that I was close to giving up completely . |
| 14 | Glass credits her with raising the general level of musicianship in the United States and the debt he owes to her tyranny is ‘ a sense of style , accomplishment and a technique that I simply did n't have before . ’ |
| 15 | It was my job to go into it , and I simply did my job . |
| 16 | ‘ I simply did not think of it . ’ |
| 17 | I simply did n't feel that it was important or necessary to enlighten you . ’ |
| 18 | ’ Lucienne Palmer : ‘ I was so greedy for Oxford Life that I simply did not do enough work , I know . |
| 19 | Sorry I I simply did n't hear the first part of that lot sir . |