Example sentences of "when [pron] did not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father came and banged at my door when I did n't appear for breakfast . |
| 2 | I liked Nigel — I thought I was in love with him — but then I realised , when I did n't want what he wanted , he just was n't interested in me any more . ’ |
| 3 | I did n't really understand what it was all about except that there were always sugar lumps in my pocket for when I did n't feel very well . |
| 4 | ‘ Personally , ’ I said , trying to be funny when I did n't feel very funny , ‘ I think she 's had a lucky escape . ’ |
| 5 | So when I did n't receive any further communication , I 've gone back to them and asked them whether they would be interested in reducing the price , cos we consider it to be too high for that one acre of land . |
| 6 | When I did n't have any way out , I felt like songs were a tunnel and if there was any mess I could just funnel it out and it would become a beautiful picture at the end of the tunnel . |
| 7 | I started using cow much when I did n't have any plaster or cement . |
| 8 | Anyhow , all this time Naylor was trying to tell my mother that I was a big lad now , but when I did n't turn up all day Saturday , he and my father had their work cut out in trying to calm her . |
| 9 | When I did n't hear you I thought you must be dancing too . ’ |
| 10 | But when I did n't put any you said why ca n't we have it with the onions any more and I said you said it gave you indigestion . |
| 11 | But when I did n't put any you said why ca n't we have it with the onions any more and I said you said it gave you indigestion . |
| 12 | " How could I tell you when I did n't know ? " |
| 13 | And I must admit once I 'd been I 'd , early on when I did n't know an awful lot , then , yeah , but , later on when I had been more experienced there was n't , there was very little difference between how I treated people whether they made a fuss or not . |
| 14 | Well that , that 's why I think I went down so hard when I did n't get that job cos she said , I , I took , I took the erm , I went , I was the first , to go , first of all I did n't put in for this job it 's one that 's been laying around since last September , I wrote to , kept to St. Mary 's for this mental health thing and I got in touch with this Mrs and she said I 've got nothing I can offer you at the moment but I , I will be in touch and I went down the job centre one day and erm , there was this thing to say that they wanted mental nurses |
| 15 | He stared into my eyes , challenging me to defy him , and when I did not move he looked back to Ellen . |
| 16 | I was now very weak from lack of food , and I began to wonder why I should struggle to stay alive , when I did not want to live . |
| 17 | ‘ She should shack up with a man , then , like the other women writers do , ’ McIllvanney said nastily and , when I did not respond , he jabbed a finger at me . |
| 18 | Mine , at any rate , after the initial angers and resentments , has lingered on to this day , and I think there has never been a rime when I did not remember that love and think of Dana . |
| 19 | Imagination and nerves just when you did not expect it . |
| 20 | Eva was jubilant , thinking , see how you limited yourself when you did not think positively . |
| 21 | ‘ I grew anxious when you did not appear , but you had good reason , and I 'm glad of your foresight in this matter . ’ |
| 22 | when you did not look up |
| 23 | When you did not phone in answer to my letter , I told him that you were overseas . |
| 24 | ‘ When you did not come to see him I made myself a vow that you would face reality and not some story that has been hammered into you since childhood . |
| 25 | When you did not see the scrupulous , disinterested face of Dr peter Kingdom , his words had a soothing , almost seductive quality . |
| 26 | ‘ Would n't be the first time your husband 's come back when you did n't expect him , would it ? ’ |
| 27 | He wrote : ‘ I nearly died again when you did n't appear . ’ |
| 28 | Now would you feel if people ran away from you when you did n't mean to hurt them ? ’ |
| 29 | Taking responsibility would mean you would say , ‘ I felt upset when you did n't speak to me this morning . ’ |
| 30 | When you did n't speak to me straightaway I thought you 'd go off again without a word to me . ’ |