Example sentences of "she [vb past] [not/n't] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she promised not to attend any more meetings without his permission , they were reconciled , but he died the same night , probably of a heart attack , with only Agnes in the house . |
| 2 | She 'd not given any address but the stamp had a WC1 postmark . |
| 3 | Well she 'd not had much of a life had she ? |
| 4 | No news for 6 months then she came along with an anal fissure , she 'd not had any stomach problems and in fact had only taken the Arg Nit LM3 for 2 or 3 days till the headache went . |
| 5 | He took her hand , then when she seemed not to mind this , put his arms round her . |
| 6 | She decided not to finish that sentence . |
| 7 | She decided not to eat any more of the long squishy , chocolate-coated tube she had ordered . |
| 8 | She decided not to pursue this avenue of discussion , since , as she recalled the situation , it was not his morals but her own that had collapsed under the pressure of forced companionship with him . |
| 9 | She decided not to probe any more deeply for the moment . |
| 10 | Later she knew not to make any sound , otherwise the nurse said , ‘ Do n't you want to get better ? ’ |
| 11 | She dared not eat any of them . |
| 12 | She dared not put that suspicion to the test . |
| 13 | But she did not guess this was how it would be on her first morning . |
| 14 | She did not do much for the female stereotype , but she did do away with the idea that you can not have a woman as boss . |
| 15 | ‘ She did not do that , Headmistress ! ’ |
| 16 | The family member will say that these things should help , that they are only part of normal family commitment and civilised behaviour and that , if he or she did not do these things , then the primary sufferer might die . |
| 17 | She had been a good companion ; she did not deserve this from him . |
| 18 | ‘ The first chapter was enough , ’ snapped Mrs Frizzell indignantly , glad that she did not have to explain that she did not give much time to reading . |
| 19 | She did not credit this . |
| 20 | She did not dispute that , merely standing before me , head bowed , yet sneaking side glances at me and round about . |
| 21 | She did not conduct any physical examination . |
| 22 | But Phoebe had felt a harsh jealousy that she did not like in herself when she realised how well Lisa and Rachel got on : she did not want that . |
| 23 | Once Phoebe had started playing chess regularly again she realised she could probably have become considerably better than him quite quickly , but she did not want that enough to work on it . |
| 24 | She did not want another man in her life . |
| 25 | One client referred for counselling eventually admitted that she was starving herself as a way of preventing conception ; she did not want another child , but her husband had pressurised her to become pregnant . |
| 26 | No , she did not want some of Harry 's handful of flour and dal ! |
| 27 | She did not want any more of Scott Fitzgerald if she could help it . |
| 28 | She did not want any more pretend closeness , any more sham togetherness . |
| 29 | She said she did not want any fuss , that she was fine , and everyone over there has been marvellous . ’ |
| 30 | She said she did not want any birthday presents unless they could be enjoyed by everyone , so her friends spent £500 on young trees and got permission to plant them around the town . |