Example sentences of "not [verb] when [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried not to cringe when he chewed my left ear making a noise like a pig in a trough . |
| 2 | She did not speak when he raised his eyebrows the second time , so in went onions , mustard and ketchup . |
| 3 | However , by its very nature , the scheme is complex , and we can not guarantee that minor difficulties may not emerge when we put it into practice . |
| 4 | I believe firmly that John McEnroe is not lying when he says he sees the small print on a tennis ball , and Jackie himself has often referred to his vision as a paramount essential in driving . |
| 5 | It was an exhilarating meeting with her , because she was at her best and talking as she writes , and trying not to smile when she made us laugh . |
| 6 | This unease was not helped when she hitched her dress above her knees and squatted cross-legged on the grass to talk to him as he worked . |
| 7 | I mean , no , I 'm not kidding when you drag them from where I am , down to the scales that 's fucking hard work mate ! |
| 8 | His eyes were closed and he did not move when they reached him . |
| 9 | Some of the extreme cases ( such as the Yorkshire miners who would strike unless electricity were connected to their village ) did reach the public eye , and it became clear that Citrine was not fooling when he said there were many equally damaging examples for which the chairmen would insist on pinning the blame where it belonged — on government . |
| 10 | One result of this difference of reference is that it is possible to construct sentences which will be analytic or contradictory on the one interpretation but not on the other : ( 11 ) Nikolai offered us the message decoded but it was not decoded when he offered it to us 4.2 One curious feature about these adjectives is that they somehow seem to modify not only the noun which they accompany but simultaneously the verb as well ; if this is a genuine observation it will be surprising on general grounds , since it would be decidedly abnormal in syntax for one element to simultaneously qualify two different items . |
| 11 | She did not fire when I asked her to go with the winner and faded right out in the last furlong , ’ said disappointed rider Frankie Dettori . |
| 12 | He laid its foundations , but it was not finished when he met his Waterloo and the Allies who defeated him were not inclined to allow the work on the Arch to continue . |
| 13 | Further on in that same book in chapter twelve and verse twenty five See to it that you do not refuse him , that is , the Lord Jesus who is speaking , for if those did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth , how much less shall we escape who turn away from him , who warns from heaven ? |
| 14 | He kept twisting himself on to the side of his affected lung , but did not wake when I altered his position . |
| 15 | Jane was a Welsh woman from the Gower Peninsula , and there was something about her that my grandfather had not realized when he married her after my grandmother died so young : she came of very inbred stock , and had periodic mental lapses . |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't have my car back today ? ’ she asked quickly , trying for all she was worth not to panic when he shook his head . |
| 17 | It states : ’ council tenants wo n't laugh when they hear they 'll be liable to pay the new tax in addition to their rent . ’ |
| 18 | Maybe he just did n't think when they showed him it , that it was n't the right one cos I suppose if you 've seen them every day you do n't , it does n't register it 's just the fact that of course your dad only gave him the price of the blue and white |
| 19 | She was n't lying when she told me about him and she lies awake at night crying for him . |
| 20 | It wo n't work when you go one nil up , or you 're one nil down , you have to hold something in reserve ; mid-field players have to come back , the forwards have to come back and hold tight , you do n't just go charging up looking to get another goal , or trying to equalize , but that 's the basic error . |
| 21 | Er , I missed the train , the video thing would n't work when I showed my film lunchtime and er , the book that had to read , er , unfortunately , is not in the library , so er , the le let me explain the background to this . |
| 22 | I remember the stepmother , yes — did n't like when I saw her comin' t'the door . |
| 23 | She were n't waiting when I knew her . |
| 24 | Some people do n't stop when she asks them for money , but most people think for a bit and then dig in their pockets and give her summat . |
| 25 | I thought I heard him bring the cows in earlier but he 's grown so deaf he did n't hear when I called him . |
| 26 | ‘ You , nervous ! ’ she scoffed , and did n't resist when he took her in his arms , cradling her close to his heart . |
| 27 | Mary did n't resist the first time — did n't resist when he kissed her and she felt the strange , hard stubble on his face , nor when he moved on her , not even when he hurt her . |
| 28 | Anyway , I 'm here now and I 'll say this much , Harry , old chap , you were n't exaggerating when you said it was beautiful … and everything so vast , so spacious . ’ |
| 29 | As long as you do n't whinge when I tie you up , alright ? |
| 30 | Never mind wo n't change when I put it up , so , that 's all I care about really . |