Example sentences of "[pron] did [not/n't] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This Pool who is not Poole can not be worse than the last idiot I saw from the same backward profession : he was extremely fortunate that I did not send the details of his impertinences to the Medical Association or whatever it is called . |
| 2 | I did not send the pathetic message titled ‘ Leeds are white … ’ |
| 3 | Realism was not a primary concern , but I did not want the painting to look too flat . |
| 4 | But I remembered how cruel children can be to small animals , and I did not want the boy to take his revenge on me . |
| 5 | I did not want the man to see me until I had looked closely at him . |
| 6 | However , I did not make the wedding but I did get some of the grog and a piece of the cake , and kissed the bride by proxy ( her maid of honour was stand-in ) . |
| 7 | She said : ‘ I did not sign the transfer which has been shown to me . |
| 8 | I did not expect the greeting to be quite so enthusiastic . |
| 9 | ‘ I did not expect the humour but I liked it , ’ said Alma Cox , of Leeds . |
| 10 | My flat-mates were out when I got back , which was fine by me ; I did not relish the prospect of facing the single-entendres that were Gav 's best approximation of wit , and which inevitably followed any sexual adventure of mine or Norris 's — real or imagined — Gav ever found out about . |
| 11 | I did not date the typed copy I made — for Dana could not or would not type , and after we had finished a poem to our common satisfaction , I had to type it out while he rested on the bed — but I am fairly certain it was written soon after I met Dana in that Spanish class for foreigners , which I have noted in my 1957 Letts Diary : ‘ Wednesday , October 16 . |
| 12 | Because I did not do the kind of things they did , they attributed waywardness and bad temper to me . |
| 13 | I did not throw the papers away . |
| 14 | I did not recognize the voice . |
| 15 | I did not recognize the Evans family of Penygraig as some of the last members of the old immemorial community of the hills until I had talked with Edward Thomas of Penywaun . |
| 16 | I had anticipated the car being pushed downhill but I did not anticipate the fire . ’ |
| 17 | According to his memoirs de Gaulle willingly envisaged that hostilities would commence in Indochina : ‘ French blood shed on Indo-Chinese soil would give us an important voice … since I did not harbour the least doubt as to Japan 's ultimate aggression , I desired that our troops should fight , no matter how desperate their situation . ’ |
| 18 | I did not pay the poll tax . |
| 19 | I hope that I did not give the impression that a Bill could be amended in any way at all as that is not so . |
| 20 | Not that the binary system was a creation of the government for , as the then Secretary of State for Education , Anthony Crosland , observed in a speech in 1967 , ‘ I did not invent the plural or binary system which we inherited … . |
| 21 | But I want you to understand that , in making up my mind , I did not forget the country or the Commonwealth which , as Prince of Wales , I have for the last 23 years tried to serve . |
| 22 | I did not forget the darling 's birthday . |
| 23 | I rarely spoke , and when I did ask questions I did not question the answers . |
| 24 | If I did not take the goods out , he would stay there . |
| 25 | ‘ The fishermen resented the presence of a government observer and engaged in every possible form of harassment and coercion to ensure that I did not report the actual number of dolphins killed . ’ |
| 26 | I did not mind the inconveniences of the attic . |
| 27 | Before working with the Leisure Choice group I did not appreciate the range of powerful tools that service workers can employ . |
| 28 | I did not appreciate the irony of being knocked dead on my back with a bunch of flowers clasped to my chest . |
| 29 | My function was to select and train the Pathfinders , I was given the choice of what I claim was the best and if I did not pick the best . |
| 30 | ‘ I did not need the king 's guidance for that . |