Example sentences of "[pers pn] and did [not/n't] " in BNC.

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1 Oh and something else I heard yeah and this does n't get anywhere cos Lucy erm told me and did n't tell anyone but erm she was talking to Tom about erm Laura and Dave and apparently s while George and erm Dave were going out they actually planned they were gon na get back together .
2 I was watching a card trick one of the soldiers was showing me and did not look up until the cart had almost passed the window .
3 But they loved me and did not stop writing to me .
4 Janice , who switched to nights this week to cover for a colleague , today told the Echo : ‘ He stood next to me and did not look at all shifty .
5 He was diagnosed anti-depressants by his doctor but failed to take them and did not return for a check up two weeks later .
6 As far as I could ever determine , he really did do that — he actually sat down and wrote a song for them because he liked them and did n't want them to go away .
7 He had the chance to sign for them and did n't go .
8 As I got older and people used to bring me injured birds to look after , I was always very careful of them and did n't approach without the leather glove I wear when working with birds of prey .
9 He had n't seen them and did n't know who they were .
10 Madeleine said : they could n't be buried in the cemetery if people had forgotten all about them and did n't know where they were , could they ?
11 David might simply have been overwhelmed by his financial responsibilities towards his mother , and could see no immediate future for a life with you and did n't want to tie you down .
12 If the sergeant got there before you and did n't find you , he would tap with his signalling stick and it goes for miles in the middle of the night — give him a little tinkle , and you walk towards one another .
13 She ignored him and did not turn again until she reached her car .
14 Mr H says the doctor did not speak to him and did not see him without his mother .
15 Paul 's house was always full of people and Steve did n't really have a home at all — when his mum remarried , his stepfather could n't stand him and did n't want him around .
16 ‘ Even Elizabeth Taylor was upset by his behaviour but she loved him and did n't complain .
17 So , eventually , the guy said : ‘ No , I 'm not going ’ to the teacher and the teacher turned his back on him and did n't ever speak to him again .
18 With his guilt over Anthony , he felt that at least she loved him and did n't blame him for the death .
19 And er he he was having a conference in , course with dropping out of the Labour Party , the Labour Party finished with him and did n't bother and anyw he he someone I do n't know who it was , it was n't him himself but someone told me that he was looking for somebody to organize this conference in , so I said , Well I I 'll do it .
20 He 'll count himself lucky that the rabbit-punch only stunned him and did n't lay him out .
21 She was so shy that she could n't look up when God passed over her , so God missed her and did not paint her blossom .
22 Rose 's mother was not reassured by Maggie 's answers but she liked her and did n't want to endanger their young presences about the house .
23 His mother leaned across the seat to squeeze his hand , but he felt an inner coldness towards her and did n't respond .
24 Fernando Serra had never truly cared for her and did n't now .
25 He thanked her and did n't know what else to say .
26 A new Gaullist party , the Union pour la Nouvelle République ( UNR — Union for the New Republic ) , became the largest single party , in spite of the fact that de Gaulle carefully maintained his distance from it and did not play any role in the election campaign .
27 Mrs Caroline Blockley , 29 , said : ‘ He had an affair , but at least he admitted it and did n't make a big fuss .
28 I was aware of its existence , but had n't read it and did n't know any more about it than that it was about to become law .
29 I was n't coming to terms with it and did n't know what to do .
30 Ivan looked at it and did n't speak .
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