Example sentences of "that you did not [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It was a good thing that ye did n't scream , ’ the detective said .
2 At last he said , ‘ Your letter told me that you did n't mean it when you said you hated me .
3 ‘ I do n't know which is worse , that you do n't give a damn about respecting your commitment to her , or that you did n't think it would matter to me that you were — were trying to lure me into bed while all the time , you knew that you and she — ’
4 ‘ I wanted to seize you in my arms , but at the same time drive you away into oblivion — pretend I 'd never seen you — that you did n't exist . ’
5 ‘ Of course , we must believe you when you say that you did n't change Mrs Hampton into a wolf , ’ said Clovis politely .
6 I 'm amazed that you did n't bring me a bunch of fucking flowers . ’
7 ‘ Where 's Marie gone ? ’ demanded Gazzer , his agitation making him forget that you did n't talk like that to sick , old people .
8 I was delighted to see that you did n't bother to rise to Lisa Robillard 's rather silly letter on sexism .
9 with , with posh people , if th if they were being pissed off by the fact that you did n't reply to the invitation properly then he 's a dickhead .
10 ‘ But I was glad for a lot of reasons that you did n't aim true in the dyeyard . ’
11 ‘ Gareth , ’ said Paul , ‘ are you absolutely certain that you did n't plant the story yourself ? ’
12 On these occasions you will often be glad that you did n't choose your bureau simply on the basis of either price of convenience …
13 I still do n't know how Marianne found out about my father and my past — but I know now that you did n't tell her . ’
14 nothing to be nothing wrong with it than that you did n't tell them and there might be something wrong with it .
15 that you did n't eat
16 ‘ You can say that you did n't give her a photograph . ’
17 There used to be a long table and the head used to sit at the end of this table and so to see that you did n't leave off working she used to get the table cloth and always be pulling this table straight .
18 I think you were so intent on winning that you did n't care what happened to anyone that got in your way .
19 And you 're quite sure that you did n't go into that room , either of you ? ’
20 It 's almost as if you have to convince yourself that you did n't do it . ’
21 But I had a very strict Mormon church upbringing and it was not exactly a taboo subject , but it was just taken for granted that you did n't do that until you got married .
22 It 's not that you did n't want the ball .
23 And although I found it hard to understand that you did n't want to meet her again that evening , I accepted that she was possibly ‘ not your type ’ .
24 And as you said it seemed to be erm the norm that people assumed that if you were pregnant that you did n't want to be and therefore
25 ‘ Oh Lydia , ’ she said , ‘ you told me only yesterday that you did n't want any children .
26 But I wish I 'd known you 'd given orders that you did n't want to be moved to hospital . ’
27 That you did n't want it .
28 Go to investigate one thing and you turn up another that you did n't expect , like as not .
29 Even overpraising does , at times , lead to tantrums as a child decides that your lavish praise means that you did n't expect much of him in the first place .
30 The house screws would stand out on the avenue to make sure that you did n't stop and talk .
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