Example sentences of "[pron] did [adv] [adv] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not however communicate with any of my friends in England on the Subject save only Sir Ralph Darling . |
| 2 | René Descartes , who attempted to discover truth by doubting everything he could manage to doubt , described the first principle of his method like this in A Discourse on Method , ‘ The first rule was never to accept anything for true which I did not clearly know to be such ; that is to say … to comprise nothing more in my judgement than what was presented to my mind so clearly and distinctly as to exclude all ground of doubt . ’ |
| 3 | I did not even complain to the British Medical Association — as I was in law entitled so to do — about the gross impertinence of a certain toothy and incompetent doctor in this very borough who imagined in his stupidity that I was incapable of reading upside-down the notes he was making on the other side of a desk at which I was once unwise enough to sit . |
| 4 | After the hearing , Miss Lamplugh said : ‘ I did not actually think about my sister at the time . |
| 5 | ‘ Constanza and I did not really talk about Michel . |
| 6 | It seemed a strange request , and although I did not really feel like accepting , he politely insisted . |
| 7 | But I did not quite agree with Riegl 's methodology . |
| 8 | I did not therefore expect to be invited here and was resigned to being by myself yet again and sure my spirits would once more be lowered . |
| 9 | I was in favour of a world religion — an all-enfolding religion rejecting no one , but I did not then know of a church or religion which would include all men . |
| 10 | I therefore wrote to express the hope that I had not appeared to expect him to intervene ; that I did not necessarily disagree with what he said ; and that my underlying feeling was that the Baldwin government , though apparently trying to get rid of a bad king , might damage the monarchy at a time when a great international crisis seemed to be upon us . |
| 11 | Aside from the fact that I 'm not normally given to physical violence , I 'm quite well known locally , and I did n't particularly want to be seen carrying a half-naked woman ashore — which is what you threatened me with . |
| 12 | As I told you , I did n't particularly take in her plans for the weekend , you know how one does n't , one just asks to be civil and does n't listen properly to the answer . ’ |
| 13 | I did n't even feel like |
| 14 | In the end I did n't even walk to Cambridge , but went ignominiously by bus from Royston , where we stopped for lunch . |
| 15 | I did n't even think about him . |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't even think about about the decathlon again until Duncan Mathieson , another one of Jim 's group down here , started going on about being the only one who was going to make it to the World Student Games . |
| 17 | I did n't even think about , yes they will , they 'll give you a little cutting , I suppose . |
| 18 | Yes , I suppose I could have phoned , but I did n't even think of that alternative . ’ |
| 19 | I did n't even think of asking the Factory about it ; he 'd be here . |
| 20 | I could not be happy doing that , but as a pop singer I was in my element , because really all I d I did n't even think of it as singing , I thought of it , when I performed on stage as a pop singer I just thought of of it really of making love to the audience . |
| 21 | I did n't even talk with him . |
| 22 | And I did n't even realise at that time that there were fifteen states in the Soviet Union . |
| 23 | I saw her briefly , and , I did n't even speak to her other than to say hello . |
| 24 | ‘ I did n't even want to be at the presentation . |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't even know of them until later on in my teens , after I 'd been recording for several years . |
| 26 | I did n't even know like |
| 27 | I wanted to ask for help with the relics , and I wanted some moral support , but it felt wrong somehow , sort of like sneaking to an adult ; an adult I did n't even believe in . |
| 28 | I say , if it was midnight Joey went round with that , I did n't even have to . |
| 29 | I did n't even wait for the curtain call and the audience must have seen me charging through the lobby as they made their way out . |
| 30 | my height , I did n't even look at it that way er , he used |