Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb past] n't [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was injured in the first match with Portsmouth at Fratton Park I did n't expect to be playing again in a fortnight . |
| 2 | Of course I did n't realize at the time just how deep I 'd get in and I ca n't be blamed for not seeing what would happen in the end . |
| 3 | Of course I did n't know at the time that this was to have been O's last night in The Bar ; and I knew that it was n't Boy 's first visit to The Bar , I mean he did not see O the very day he walked in , their eyes did not meet across the bar on that very first night . |
| 4 | Of course I did n't know about the other — coming from my father , I mean . ’ |
| 5 | I should of gone through the book to find that , put some money on it because if she had Victoria as well , I thought about Victoria and er of course I did n't know about Eugene I do n't read , but it 's in the book |
| 6 | And that was the only part I did n't care for , because if I 'd been arriving at a lot of conclusions that were wrong , then I could be wrong about this too . |
| 7 | On the first attempt we did n't get to the top . |
| 8 | Perhaps nothing , but as she waited for money which did n't seem to be coming , it was fairly certain the crash was going to mean something . |
| 9 | The second I did n't hear about for four days and even then not from a friend but from the free paper which used to be given away in the bars once a week those days . |
| 10 | That night in the pub I did n't sit at the same table as the others but moved into the other bar with my pint and newspaper . |
| 11 | Well it 's a pity you did n't think of your daughter when you were whoring your way around the world , is n't it ? |
| 12 | It 's a pity you did n't think about it more carefully three years ago — or maybe it 's just as well , ’ he mocked . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's a pity you did n't run into her , Freddy , on your way to the Gents — I presume you were on your way to the Gents . |
| 14 | Yeah it 's a pity you did n't wan na go for something bigger in n it , that would have been ideal would n't it ? |
| 15 | I would never punish any child who did n't agree with me that they had done something … |
| 16 | He was also possessive ; he only allowed me out twice a week — Wednesday 's Youth Club and Thursday 's Sally Carmichael 's dancing class — and accompanied me to both ( pity he did n't come to the Cricket Lover 's Ball ) . |
| 17 | At home he did n't spook at bright blue barrels , a wall or planks , so we decided it was time for our first party . |
| 18 | It was no comfort at all to know she was probably the only female in existence who did n't thrill to its rich , deep tones , who was left completely unmoved by its huskily sensual undertones . |
| 19 | Mr Cook argued that 10 years of Thatcherism had been forced on most people , who had never voted Conservative , and that many of those who opposed PR in the Labour Party wanted to use the same undemocratic power ‘ to ram socialism down the throats of a majority who did n't vote for it ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ What a blessing I did n't fall for some curtaining remnants this afternoon . |
| 21 | You — everything about you — presented a complication I did n't need in my life . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ When he took me into the lead I did n't want to be there that soon — so many horses have been caught after being clear , ’ he said . |
| 23 | We had a pretty good time I suppose , but to tell the truth I did n't feel like a party much . |
| 24 | somewhere I think I managed to remember to bring erm , their erm , their minutes from the meeting I did n't go to last week , but you did |
| 25 | Well , she supposed that figured ; after all , she had seen Luke with the children at the sailing club , again revealing that other side of his nature which did n't extend to her … |
| 26 | Again he 's here , the man on my right who did n't want to be there . |
| 27 | Good job we did n't go to school after all , cos you 'd of run round in the playground , you 'd of been shattered ! oops , too late ! |
| 28 | All the way to the burrow he did n't speak to her nor wait if she got snagged . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's a shame he did n't stick to chess instead of cards , ’ the old man finished . |
| 30 | And more to the point he did n't disappear on a massive binge , and he gave all that money to his sister . |