Example sentences of "[coord] i [vb past] n't [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was doing a training session and I said erm I 'd , I 'd started to say something and I 'd done it , I was talking about something and I had n't done the bit before |
| 2 | We were going to see a film and I had n't seen a film before . |
| 3 | and I had n't seen the flat before , and the first thing she said to me wherever you look in here it 's blue . |
| 4 | ‘ But then one night , under the covers — I was just getting older , I guess , but anyway — I was sort of reviewing the day , and I was thinking about school , and what we 'd learned , and we 'd been doing the Second World War , and I had n't liked the sound of this Hitler guy at all ; and I 'd asked dad , just to double-check , and — ’ |
| 5 | A week or so went by and I had n't received a reply . |
| 6 | What I had n't expected was the reaction we got here today which is that erm whilst there are smiling dis , he 's smiling now , there are smiling districts who might be pleased to be named as areas in which a major exception might be accommodated and I had n't expected the others would like a bit of it if there was one going too . |
| 7 | So I pulled to the side and I had n't changed a tyre for a long time , but I got the jack out of the back and started to jack the car up , and while I was doing it , these two ladies went , ‘ Ah , it 's Sting ’ . |
| 8 | Eva was already irritable ; this Madame Verdurin of West London felt Dad and I had n't appreciated the quality of her guests . |
| 9 | ‘ Laura is our first child and I had n't got a clue what to do . ’ |
| 10 | He said er we had a big hoo hah he said er I borrowed some money off him he said some time ago to do something with and I had n't got the money he said and when I sold the plot of land he said I paid him back what I owed him cos borrow the money . |
| 11 | I had the club already going , was dealing with mainly young people , and as you will know young people 's taste tends to vary quite considerably and very quickly , so I might well be very successful for so long and then if suddenly taste changed and I had n't got the ability to change with the times I realized that it would be rather precarious , so I needed a second string to my bow . |
| 12 | Wilson and I had n't had a proper meal the whole time and now my stomach was beginning to remind me there were other things in life besides Scotch and bourbon . |
| 13 | I married Clive because Mummy told me he was suitable for me , and I had n't had a letter from Felipe for a long time … |
| 14 | I did n't stop , and I did n't tell the police . |
| 15 | It really is lovely here , and — well , I did n't want to over-persuade you , but I found a red-throated diver 's nest today , perfectly lovely , two eggs , and I did n't bring a camera . |
| 16 | I did n't want to be dependent upon anybody , and I thought , ‘ This is the day to end it all , ’ but I did n't want to make anybody upset about it , so I put the cat out and I did n't leave a note and I thought , ‘ I 'll make this look very natural . ’ |
| 17 | Dodging the press was n't going to be easy and Kenneth and I did n't leave the theatre until 1.30 a.m. when the all-clear was given by the wonderfully protective theatre staff . |
| 18 | Hill expresses the way time has cheated them : his daughter was born while he was remanded in custody , and is now 14 : ‘ She would change dramatically and I did n't feel a change in myself mentally . |
| 19 | ‘ And I did n't start the fire . ’ |
| 20 | Michele met her startled glance and explained calmly , ‘ I wanted to make love to you , and I did n't fancy the idea of having to take you back to your own room in the middle of the night to save Rosa 's tender susceptibilities . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I sent in a report to the committee and I did n't see a flag at any stage , ’ he said . |
| 22 | I was mortified , because we did n't appear at the presentation ceremony and I did n't receive a medal as a memento of the occasion . |
| 23 | But I was desperate … a room was going to cost money and I did n't have a penny . |
| 24 | ‘ I was world number one and I did n't have a clue about life . ’ |
| 25 | I thought er that God wanted me to be a doctor and I did n't have a place to go to , I took my A levels having had five chances of places to be a doctor and everybody saying no , we do n't want you and erm I had everybody praying for me at church and quite miraculously at the end of the August , when I should start in the September , I had a phone call at half past ten at night from a surgeon at the London Hospital asking me to go for an interview the next day . |
| 26 | Well , It was a good question and I did n't have a clue to the answer . |
| 27 | Richard and I did n't have a fantastic relationship . ’ |
| 28 | Whereas if you and I did n't have a roof over our head |
| 29 | Ch king prawn chow mein with the noodles and stuff and he had whip marks all over him but anyway I ate all that and I did n't have a sweet , , did n't have a sweet and I we went out for a while and on the way home |
| 30 | And I did n't have a formula to work out what the velocity was all I did ha know was the acceleration was a constant . |