Example sentences of "i [vb past] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Striving hard for some normality , she pulled her head back and told him , ‘ I d-did n't say a word to anyone about — about us . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I d-did n't know you had married her , Beckenham — I mean , Dacre . ’ |
| 3 | When I got out of hospital I dared not go outside . |
| 4 | Somehow , my visit to the Sign of the Pestle had caused the attack on me so I dared not go back there . |
| 5 | ‘ After I left here I missed you every day , every hour , every second , ’ Sarella told him passionately , ‘ I dared not hope for anything — it was as if you were lost forever . ’ |
| 6 | I was certainly the ideal subject for his little tricks of ringing the door bell and running away , because I dared not ignore the summons in case it might be a client , and also the consulting and operating rooms were such a long way from the front of the house . |
| 7 | My index finger was sleeved in frost and I dared not bend it for fear of splitting the skin . |
| 8 | I passed by , and was no longer recognised by anyone ; the unknown children did not smile at me ; and I dared not ask what had become of those I had known , whom I feared to recognise in these bent men exhausted by life . |
| 9 | He said , ‘ I dared n't think further than that meeting . |
| 10 | Although I did not conduct field research in Nigeria , I visited that country in 1975 , 1978 and 1981 . |
| 11 | I did not cleave to their affectation that man 's essential role is to endure the sufferings of a senseless existence until death provides the bounty of eternal life . |
| 12 | I did not think much of the CPRS blunderbuss which seemed to be aimed firmly at the Government 's feet . |
| 13 | But I did not think at the time to ask what they were , or their significance . |
| 14 | I did not think you thought such things . |
| 15 | In preparation for the final session , I designated a ‘ robot controller ’ room area , roped off , a large placard with ROBOT CONTROLLER in red ( I should have added PRIVATE , DO NOT ENTER as a nice re-inforcer of the point , but I did not think about it in time ) against a dais on which stood a table and a hand microphone ( a television control device which he had carried around with him on previous occasions ) . |
| 16 | I did not think to emulate Mr Gladstone , who is reputed to have put tea in a stone ‘ pig ’ and then drunk it after the chill had been taken off the sheets . |
| 17 | Like Ulysses , I had , by my standards then , made un beau voyage , but I did not think it would result in my being content to stay at home thereafter . |
| 18 | Pressing , as her distresses are , if I did not think her heart was rightly turned , I should be afraid of proposing such a measure , lest it should unsettle the sobriety of her mind , and , by exciting her vanity , indispose her for the laborious employments of her humble condition ; but it would be cruel to imagine that we can not mend her fortune without impairing her virtue . |
| 19 | I did not think I would stay with the band forever . |
| 20 | I did not think we could invade this year . |
| 21 | I did not think it a good book , but I shall always be grateful to it . |
| 22 | I have added a 40W actinic and a reflector as I did not think I was seeing the true colours of my fish . |
| 23 | ‘ I admit I did not think they would do that . ’ |
| 24 | The row was like an earthquake but I did not think it was the end for us , ’ she said . |
| 25 | She later explained , ‘ I did not think that anyone was going to believe us as a family . |
| 26 | Ellen had once assured me that I was only happy because I did not think too deeply , and probably she was right , but it is still that shallow contentment which makes people bring me their troubles just as the senator was now bringing me his two children . |
| 27 | Starting each hymn on the right note was a great problem for most of us , but I found that if I did not think too deeply about this but started off almost instinctively I generally hit something like the right note , thanks to my years as a choir boy in Maidenhead . |
| 28 | The Executive Council under Sir Paw Tun were inert and helpless , and later that morning I went to the Governor to say that I did not think we could hold the situation any longer without grave risk , and advised him to call for the resignation of the Executive Council . |
| 29 | Mark : I was in a relationship from about 1981 to 1984 and , in a sense , I did not think AIDS affected me very greatly and it was not very high in my consciousness . |
| 30 | After Bill 's chattiness I did not think so . |