Example sentences of "i did [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I did not conduct field research in Nigeria , I visited that country in 1975 , 1978 and 1981 . |
| 2 | Mark : I was in a relationship from about 1981 to 1984 and , in a sense , I did not think AIDS affected me very greatly and it was not very high in my consciousness . |
| 3 | I did not usurp power but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power , in other words this is the modesty part I acted for the public welfare , I acted for the common wellbeing of all our people whenever and in whatever manner was necessary unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition Roosevelt suggested that the president subject only to the people of the United States and he identified himself with Andrew Jackson and with Abraham Lincoln . |
| 4 | I wanted a wet/dry type of trickle filter for use with the vat mainly because I did not want water retained in the filter for any length of time — this could have caused weight problems . |
| 5 | This was a very old set and did not always work ; as I did not make contact with the control tower I came round and I saw that it was all clear for me to land , so I put my wheels down and made my approach . |
| 6 | ‘ I did not make love to her , Leonora , ’ he said forcibly . |
| 7 | ‘ I did not mean risk with me , ’ he answered , annoyed , ‘ but it is trying to rain and your dress is not covered . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | I did not need Gustave to come into my life . |
| 10 | Well , I did not know wherr to look , shoutin' it out just like that . |
| 11 | There was a tapered garden on a hill , before those houses in a row , and though I did not understand reincarnation , I knew , he told me , about a narrow road smelling sweetly of petrol and roast potatoes , and though I 'd never been , Chock had been , it was only across the street but I could n't see it , he could see it , he told me so , and pointed to the ornate roof across the street , at the chimneys springing from a platform like stalks of green marble , the roof framed by edges intricately ribbed like steeples or the currents of the sea . |
| 12 | I did not understand German , and was not interested in the photograph of myself at the top , but bottom left , was a small black-and-white snapshot of Joan and the children . |
| 13 | While I did not lose interest in this problem it became clear , after observing a series of routine cases , that medical evidence was often far less important than I had previously imagined . |
| 14 | How I did not develop pneumonia I shall never know , my sciatic nerve was outraged by this treatment , and fortunately I was taken back to Fulmer House . |
| 15 | I had a husband who was pretending that I did not have cancer , and a mother who tried to inspire me by showing me pictures of Page Three girls under banner headlines of ‘ How I conquered cancer ’ . |
| 16 | Three o'clock — I just finish off everything that I did not have time to do . |
| 17 | But I did not have time to talk to them all day ; I had my work to do . |
| 18 | I did not have time to consider . |
| 19 | I did not have time to come , but I wanted to see you very badly . |
| 20 | If Jasper had been here she could not have done this , she would have had to adapt her pace to his … sometimes , very seldom , the thought came into her head : If I were alone , if I did not have Jasper to worry about … |
| 21 | I did not dare move , and yet I did : I put my hand on his thigh , and slowly moved it up towards the centre of my desire . |
| 22 | I did not dare risk Pollock and young Duncan Pugh and so I left them firmly on the bench . |
| 23 | I did not dare walk in the forest or the field . |
| 24 | I did n't leave school till I was fifteen . |
| 25 | Well I did n't demand job , nobody demands of John Smith . |
| 26 | Er a alright I think Fred , I did n't go position it was in but erm well Margaret said she enjoyed it but she said it was n't the music was too loud . |
| 27 | I did n't go raargh aargh ! |
| 28 | I did n't go raargh aargh ! |
| 29 | I did n't want nana |
| 30 | I did n't want Mum to be alone , now she 'd left Ted and Jean , and moved back into our old house . |