Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed not to realize that she had come to regard herself as a prisoner ; a hostage perhaps , engaged in some frightening psychological duel . |
| 2 | Then Blackadder could not think whether he had noticed the screen naturalist because his mind was primed with Ash 's image , or whether it had worked independently . |
| 3 | He ‘ produced his bell and rang it , stating that that was what he did at the time ’ , but the magistrate told him ‘ that he must not think that everyone had to scamper out of the way upon hearing the sound of his bell ’ . |
| 4 | He would wait a few days before having his hair cut , so that they could not think that they had made him . |
| 5 | ‘ I do not think if we had put down a motion which said we believe in motherhood and sliced bread the Labour Party would have backed us , ’ he said . |
| 6 | He was not rebuked because he refused to believe without enough reasons but because he refused to believe with more than enough reasons . |
| 7 | The British Airports Authority and the Department of Transport said they could not comment until they had studied the union 's findings . |
| 8 | Julia looked at David then and was a little surprised to see that he was not laughing as she had expected . |
| 9 | Patients were not included if they had required corticosteroid treatment for active disease after their most recent resection . |
| 10 | But she was not to know that he had had this desire , and went into the house with head bent , feeling that she had been a failure . |
| 11 | It is difficult not to infer that they grew to suffer deprivations more impatiently and to believe more strongly that earthly happiness was attainable . |
| 12 | It follows that in my judgment the public law duties of the council were not discharged until they had completed the process of deciding on the suitable accommodation which they were obliged to secure for the plaintiff . |
| 13 | I do remember that I left a sort of note for my family telling them not to worry because I 'd got a good job and I might not be in touch for a while , but then it all gets kind of overlaid with a memory of a headache like you would n't believe , and shock at being connected to all these horrible machines and — ’ |
| 14 | She did not know whether she had used the smack . |
| 15 | She was allowed to continue with her mending — she did not know that we had spread a thick layer of gum upon the chair and was surprised at the alacrity with which we saw to all her needs so that she should never move . |
| 16 | ‘ I did not know that you had bought her a ring today , until we came back , ’ she said . |
| 17 | They did not know that he had worked as a locum at Bolton Royal Infirmary and the doctor did not tell the infirmary that he was HIV positive before or after he was employed for six shifts in the casualty department . |
| 18 | She did not know if he had believed her . |
| 19 | He did not know if she had written it down in the letter , or if the cake was to be his punishment for all the bad things he had done . |
| 20 | She had not exaggerated when she 'd said she felt weary . |
| 21 | He stopped every now and then to listen to the patient lapping of the water , the light breeze in the leaves , scurries and sounds in the wood which he could not identify but which helped to reinforce the solitude he needed . |
| 22 | Stories appeared that were untrue , newspapers quoted things she had not said and she began to feel panicky . |
| 23 | I did not smoke but I hesitated to reply . |
| 24 | It did not matter that I had rejected my father 's ways , that I had become a marine and was as poor as a church mouse while McIllvanney had become a rich man ; the stench of privilege still clung to me and McIllvanney loved to discomfort me because of it . |
| 25 | The legs started trembling and cramping à la Victor Meldrew and did not improve until I had sunk about six gallons of tonic water , minus gin I hasten to add . |
| 26 | With a surge of joy Rain knew that Oliver 's insensitivity was no longer her responsibility , that she could walk out of the door and not worry that he had upset people who might , by association , be cross with her . |
| 27 | It does not appear that she did try . |
| 28 | Bertrand Gachot had not raced for over a year , but his relative inexperience did not show as he began to attack Suzuki 's Lola in the race 's later stages . |
| 29 | As a matter of course she picked them up , spearing them with her fork and not pausing until she had collected them all , and replaced the lid . |
| 30 | they did not feel that they had made any substantial contribution to the report ; |