Example sentences of "did not [vb infin] me [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I am not concerned about Moore because he did not give me too many problems . |
2 | Though he did not make me as starry-eyed as Daisy Yates , he was the best-looking man of any age I had ever seen , and I adored his old-fashioned manners . |
3 | She was astounded , and did not make me much wiser . ’ |
4 | The Minister did not answer me earlier when I tried to raise a point about the period of between six and 16 months . |
5 | At the rime his Jewish appearance did not strike me as peculiar because I had not yet got used to the idea of people thinking racially , but I learnt later that he was half Jewish and that he did this job to keep his Jewish wife out of trouble . |
6 | Since I was twenty years old and had had some success in college debating societies , this possibility did not strike me as remote . |
7 | We set out before 7 a.m. , but Jean-Claude did not tell me how far away the château stood , or how long it would take to reach the boundary of the domain . |
8 | My uncle told me you were beautiful , but he did not tell me how beautiful . ’ |
9 | If it makes you feel any happier , I will tell you that it did not cost me as much as a bouquet of flowers would have done . |
10 | Although the landscape did not disappoint me nearly as severely as it did Johnson — subsequent farmers have grown many trees , and in the distance a great house still touches the sky — Monboddo may no longer be considered a classical Scottish fortified house . |
11 | Leaving behind hi-tech hospitals and computerized records did not bother me so much as leaving behind certain hard-won changes in birth procedures . |
12 | But this did not satisfy me either , so I ended up in Eritrea , having passed through Keren , Agordat , and Asmara . |
13 | They did not threaten me personally , but they made it clear that they could kill us all . |
14 | At least , I did not catch him whispering to any of the other people going in and out of the place , and he did not point me out to anyone at any time . |
15 | It did not take me long to realize that this was the man I had needed so badly . ’ |
16 | It did not take me long to wish that we Christians might have a similar preparation for confirmation and acceptance as a full worshipping and working member of the Church . |
17 | It did not take me long because the big grin with which Yorkshire 's finest snooker player greeted me told its own story . |
18 | Indeed , quite early on , I tried to work out in my mind what it was that made his personality ( though he did not like the word ) so compelling ; and I came to the conclusion that it was because he did not let me down in my own estimation of him . |
19 | They did not push me out of their watering hole because I was unsuitably dressed , but because females are only admissible if they are willing to pose as deferential ‘ little women ’ . |
20 | I must admit the ‘ truth ’ did not smack me right between the eyes or make me leap like Archimedes from his bath . |
21 | It did not worry me unduly because all that was needed would be to choose a good Chancellor of the Exchequer ; but Harold Wilson was not likely to miss a trick like that . |
22 | ‘ David , I hope your mother did n't think me dreadfully insensitive- ’ |
23 | ‘ No , they did n't throw me out , miss ; I got fed up with the chatter . |
24 | ‘ It did n't bother me really . |
25 | ‘ She did n't strike me as worried . ’ |
26 | They did n't strike me as particularly courteous . |
27 | ‘ She did n't strike me as awfully thrilled with things , ’ he said , staring into the fire , remembering the look on Cindy 's face as she recognized him . |
28 | I had me tea with her and the two boys and she did n't press me any further . ’ |
29 | ‘ Nigel did n't bring me home . |
30 | He did n't bring me down here at all . ’ |