Example sentences of "[vb past] n't [verb] i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't think I looked so dreadful before , and I certainly did n't think it was any business of theirs how I looked . |
| 2 | ‘ God , I did n't realise I 'd even told him . ’ |
| 3 | they did n't want me to go naturally . |
| 4 | ‘ I know you did n't want me to come here tonight , but there is an enchanted magician in that box and I promised him that I would get him to you so that you could change him back . |
| 5 | ‘ Mummy did n't want me to come here , ’ she told Anne in what Anne thought of as a ‘ far back ’ voice , ‘ but I did n't want to arse around playing Lady Bountiful I wanted to do real war work . |
| 6 | One day my mum rang up and said she did n't want me to come home again and that I should go to Social Services because she was sick and tired of all the bother and everything . |
| 7 | Presumably they did n't know I 've already got a copy of the catalogue . |
| 8 | ROS : I did n't say I think so . |
| 9 | It did n't keep me waiting too long . |