Example sentences of "did n't [vb infin] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I — er — did n't think at the time that you 'd be that interested in — ’ |
| 2 | That night in the pub I did n't sit at the same table as the others but moved into the other bar with my pint and newspaper . |
| 3 | What we did n't realise at the time was that one of the main reasons that Malcolm was so keen on John was that he was so like Richard Hell — who was one of Malcolm s mates in New York . |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't realise at the time what had happened . |
| 5 | Like most of my fellow white South Africans in the early days of contention , I did n't realise at the time that people like Peter Hian and Hassan Howa were looking further than we were , and seeing further ahead than our own claustrophobic horizons . |
| 6 | I did n't realise at the time the extent to which it would actually alter my life . |
| 7 | There was no discussion of this , and Changez did n't demur at the crucial moment when something could — maybe — have been done . |
| 8 | I was mortified , because we did n't appear at the presentation ceremony and I did n't receive a medal as a memento of the occasion . |
| 9 | Francis Auld did n't appear at the town 's sheriff court today , and his case was continued without plea . |
| 10 | We did n't start at the top in those days . |
| 11 | They did n't stop at the nearest building , but drove on to a bigger one with many more vehicles outside . |
| 12 | They did n't arrive at the party until they 'd finished the bottle . |
| 13 | ‘ The chance of a lifetime ’ did n't arrive at the most convenient moment for Helen Dobson ( seven months into a new job ) but when it came she grabbed it , in spite of the fact that it has left her biting her nails about future career prospects . |
| 14 | I did n't object at the time , but afterwards I felt dirty , exploited and used . |
| 15 | Well y you 'll appreciate why I 've asked the question er Mr , because they supported it , they made representations in support at the consultation draft stage , they did n't object at the deposit stage , and yet today , as I understand your evidence , you 're telling us that they do object to site D thirty nine being shown within the inset . |
| 16 | ‘ To be a member of the Labour party you had to be a member of the staff association but I did n't know at the time , ’ says Davies . |
| 17 | Of course I did n't know at the time that this was to have been O's last night in The Bar ; and I knew that it was n't Boy 's first visit to The Bar , I mean he did not see O the very day he walked in , their eyes did not meet across the bar on that very first night . |
| 18 | She did n't know at the time that some day she would call herself ‘ artist ’ or ‘ writer ’ — not many teenage coloured girls from the Gorbals in Glasgow had trailblazed a path in that direction , so it was a real exploration into the unknown for her when at sixteen she set out to go to college to study fashion . |
| 19 | And I must admit I did n't know at the time exactly what her flying weight should be . |
| 20 | I did n't know at the time . |
| 21 | ( It was just as well I did n't know at the time that Jack would once have been called a psychopath , which to most people effectively means ‘ murderer ’ ) Untreatable ? |
| 22 | She did n't know at the time about the pictures that had been taken or about some of those activities in which he did take part . |
| 23 | ‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said . |
| 24 | He , he was a real friendly guy and like I say he never said cheerio before he went , but one day he just painted his aircraft up with the D-day landing signs which we did n't know at the time and the next day he was gone of course it was very much top secret that was but the town just emptied of all Americans it was like a ghost town after them but it had been previously . |
| 25 | We did n't know at the time , but I was n't working |
| 26 | That 's general policy at the present time it 's a fairly woolly objective that we did n't try at the review , but the traffic management facilities and provisions are observed |
| 27 | and we were geared more to progress in the education system where the industrial change in the other countries did n't happen at the same time and that they needed now a younger ag a younger age group to keep the , the industrial system going |
| 28 | But despite Mackendrick 's creative vigour , Ealing did n't flourish at the end of the decade . |
| 29 | ‘ You did n't quibble at the Feathers , ’ he snapped . |
| 30 | Of course I did n't realize at the time just how deep I 'd get in and I ca n't be blamed for not seeing what would happen in the end . |