Example sentences of "[pers pn] [subord] i [vb past] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father told me one evening that neither he nor my mother would think the worse of me if I did not go . |
| 2 | ‘ Angel — I would not have married you if I had not known that , after all , there is a way out for you … only I hoped you would never … |
| 3 | He put his hands on her shoulders and kissed her , then held both her hands and smiled down at her as I had not seen him smile since I mentioned her name that night in the subway . |
| 4 | Its magnitude is only 9 according to official estimates ; I have never seen it with low-power binoculars , but I have suspected it with × 20 , though I would not have noticed it if I had not known just where it was . |
| 5 | I decided to try to ignore it as I did not want anything to distract me from my purpose . |
| 6 | The question puzzled me for I had not mentioned Sister Island , nor its old name of Murder Cay , to either the police or to the Defence Forces , nor had Billingsley troubled to look at the pencilled line on the chart , yet he had somehow connected Hirondelle with the mysterious island . |
| 7 | I enjoyed Richard who was a casual , almost brutal lover , his desire rising and spending itself as impatiently as mine , so that I did not have to suffer all that tedious , preliminary business of fondling and stroking , and I enjoyed my baby , which surprised me as I had not expected to . |