Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] not [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly not — as a matter of fact , I holidayed not half an hour 's drive from your house , at the bottom of Loch Ness , and it was nothing like the Bahamas — we journalists ca n't afford to go to such places . |
| 2 | No one but dear Shallot himself so I pleaded not guilty and made my defence : I was Ralemberg 's colleague , I had no grievance against him . |
| 3 | Well I went not last Friday but the Friday before , they were doing it |
| 4 | I gave not one cheep , not a chirrup — |
| 5 | ‘ I did not ten you all , ’ she said . |
| 6 | ‘ Caro , when I said about helping — I did n't mean- ’ Carolyn ignored her . |
| 7 | But I did n't that 's why it 's |
| 8 | I did n't that 's not what I got . |
| 9 | I did n't that 's library . |
| 10 | although I did n't last Tuesday , I did the Tuesday before and she seemed |
| 11 | She said she because I left it to you in case you wanted to spit in the sink she goes oh I did n't last night , so I never brought it up alright ? |
| 12 | I did n't ten minutes later . |
| 13 | I did n't half feel better after that . |
| 14 | ‘ Well if I did n't some bugger else would , ’ said Joe defensively . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I did n't know- ’ |
| 16 | no I four I said not four and a month I 'm four |
| 17 | And he turned to me I said not likely ! |
| 18 | That 's about all I can tell you about that , but er it makes you wonder whether I had n't better keep out of Street , does n't it ? |
| 19 | I hoped Doone would net him soon , but I had n't much faith . |
| 20 | I had n't much more time to think about him at that moment , because a large black car swept past the open windows with Laura at the wheel . |
| 21 | I agreed ; I had n't much choice . |
| 22 | Well I had n't much choice have I ? |
| 23 | I had n't enough money to get there by conventional means but no matter . |
| 24 | I had n't any LM so gave Mill 6C which stopped the haemorrhaging but led to such severe abdominal pains the GP was called . |
| 25 | I 'm not suited to fatherhood and I had n't any wish to be made ridiculous by paternity suits . |
| 26 | ‘ I had n't any idea you would call yourself a humanist . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ But I found that I had n't any money with me , so I came along here instead . ’ |
| 28 | Anyway , of course I had n't any . |
| 29 | I had n't any idea what he was talking about but I listened attentively to his description of lands I had never imagined , with their dark green forests , snowy slopes and frozen lakes . |
| 30 | ‘ I had n't any idea ! |