Example sentences of "[pron] did [adv] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not stand for the job ’ . |
| 2 | I did not hesitate for a moment . |
| 3 | ‘ I did not ask for the job — it was offered to me , ’ Taylor said . |
| 4 | I did not ask for the job , it was offered to me . |
| 5 | ‘ But I did not declare for the Light-Bringer , and I have never done so since . |
| 6 | Thereafter , I did not wait for the reappearance of the symptoms , but treated the tank every five to six weeks . |
| 7 | ‘ I did not apply for the job but after I was asked to a meeting with the chairman , Jimmy Baxter , I was impressed by East Fife 's ambition , ’ said Totten . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , ’ said Hilda , raising her voice slightly , ‘ I did n't go for the pleasure of his company . |
| 9 | " Well , I did n't care for the way you were standing there ringing the bell . |
| 10 | You see , when we went through the asteroid storm , I did n't watch for a few seconds . |
| 11 | Naturally I did n't think for a minute that my life and spirit could stimulate her . |
| 12 | I did n't think for a minute that if we ever met again you would so bitterly slap it back in my face with no regard for my feelings . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ When I got back and found your note I did n't think for a minute that it was because you thought I was the father of the child . |
| 14 | Yeah , I did n't smoke for the first six months and then I finished work and I was at home |
| 15 | I did n't sleep for a week , and now you are raking it all up again . ’ |
| 16 | I did n't sleep for the first week in prison , I could n't get used to the noise . |
| 17 | I did n't advertise for a partner but I went to the single 's and divorcee club and met my second husband and its magic the second time around . |
| 18 | where it , she said it was too big for her and er she wanted something smaller , with a swap , well I did n't swap for the reason mine was overlooking the lake , it was in a better position , and er , then she told me the reason she wanted to swap cos er , she said it was too big cos her husband had died , I started to speak to her about when God 's kingdom comes on the earth , these dead ones will come back , these loved ones |
| 19 | ROBBIE I did n't hear for a while . |
| 20 | God , do you think I 'd come near you , talk to you about it , touch you , if I did n't know for a certainty that you want me as badly as I do you ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I did n't come for a confession ! |
| 22 | Even if the king himself did not press for an early political role , others might well do so on his behalf as a way of strengthening their own position . |
| 23 | Even if the king himself did not press for an early political role , others might well do so on his behalf as a way of strengthening their own position . |
| 24 | On the dining-room walls today hang generations of Macleods ; Boswell and Johnson were entertained by the 23rd chief , Norman , who did not marry for a decade after the travellers stayed here . |
| 25 | ‘ And you did not come for the horse trekking . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You did n't stay for the , safe opening this morning , then ? ’ |
| 27 | So you did n't stay for the evening ? |
| 28 | ‘ And you did n't believe for a minute that I would agree and that 's why you said it . |
| 29 | She did not pause for an answer , but bent down and snatched up a roll of paper which she had placed on the floor beside her when she first sat down . |
| 30 | Esther sent a card to Alix , too , but Alix 's mother forwarded it accidentally-on-purpose to the wrong address possibly because she did not care for a rather elaborate allusion to Lacrima Christi in the text , nor for the brightly coloured shiny modern Madonna which the card portrayed . |