Example sentences of "did not [vb infin] go to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not want to go to the beach because the beach meant the bikini , and spending all afternoon sucking in her gut and wondering why her skin went straight from fishbelly white to lobster red while all the other kids had golden tans . |
| 2 | The main problem was that many graduates did not want to go to units where conditions were not seen as ‘ suitable ’ to their requirements . |
| 3 | " The burial regulations and provision of mourning " , notes Stephen Jones , " make it plain that many a coasting man did not want to go to his maker like his deep-sea brother , sliding down a plank in a canvas sack with the last stitch through his nose " . |
| 4 | I did not want to go to prison again . |
| 5 | She did not want to go to her parents through fear of her father and because she might run into her baby 's father . |
| 6 | All she knew was that , unlike Cinderella , she did not want to go to Roman 's ball … |
| 7 | ‘ He did not want to go to prison , so he decided to try out one of the well-known methods of avoiding prison by offering his services as a police informer , ’ Mr Roberts said . |
| 8 | Anything they did not eat went to waste : nothing was recycled or left for the servants , though Nicolae 's beloved dogs got scraps , if they tired of their imported frozen meat . |
| 9 | I woke up and grinned , remembering that it was the half term holiday and I did not have to go to school . |
| 10 | And he did not wish to go to Paraguay . |
| 11 | Work was out of the question , she could not think about it ; she did not dare go to the tower , she felt she had damaged something : loose talk means hubris . |
| 12 | I did n't bother going to school again , I just did n't . |
| 13 | I have n't got it , you did n't give me your money this morning so I did n't bother going to the building society |
| 14 | But I really did n't want to go to Combe Court . |
| 15 | I did n't want to be naughty , but I really did n't want to go to Combe Court . |
| 16 | I did n't want to stay there and I did n't want to go to Combe Court , cos I hate it and it smells and the Captain slobbers in his food and Christmas is horrible with no good prezzies and Annie not there . |
| 17 | ‘ I had been rowing with my dad since I was little , so I did n't want to go to his new family with my brother . |
| 18 | I 'm only here under duress because I did n't want to go to court over this nonsense . |
| 19 | — I told the Warden that I did n't want to go to no hospital but he never listened . |
| 20 | Fiona returned , pulling on a fluffy white wrap over her red silk dress , saying she really did n't want to go to the dinner and being persuaded again by her husband . |
| 21 | It started on April 19th , a Sunday ; and the next day I did n't want to go to school . |
| 22 | I did n't want to go to bed , because I did n't want to miss anything . |
| 23 | We did n't have many chips , but that was because my mother did n't want to go to the bother of making them , nor did she like the mess that boiling , spluttering fat can make . |
| 24 | If he did n't want to go to court for a very minor offence , then you could caution him . |
| 25 | She did n't want to go to London . |
| 26 | She did n't want to go to New Zealand . |
| 27 | Now she did n't want to go to an expensive restaurant in the West End . |
| 28 | And knitting needles that to my little fingers were like rolling pins you know and they were long and they got under my arms and I always used to have a tummy ache on knitting day cos I did n't want to go to school . |
| 29 | But he did n't want to go to the bloody thing , not after what they 'd done to the poor old man . |
| 30 | They reminded me of the passengers on board a hijacked plane , forced to fly to some destination they did n't want to go to , yet unable to get out of their seats to do something about it . |