Example sentences of "[adj] that he [vb past] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles had so convinced himself of this that he did n't ring in to the production office until ten-thirty , deliberately giving the producer time to sober up his intoxicated imagination . |
| 2 | It was clear that he did n't know , nor did he seem much to care ; ‘ Oh it 's probably something or other . |
| 3 | Instead , he got out of the car and slid the keys into his pocket , making it very clear that he did n't intend to take her anywhere . |
| 4 | He did n't actually call her a liar out loud , but it was clear that he did n't believe her . |
| 5 | He sounded annoyed , and Robbie felt a wave of irritation at his cavalier attitude towards her , but since he had made it perfectly clear that he did n't appreciate her intruding on his private life … |
| 6 | A word gets around the famine is over and after the tragic experience of loosing her family , her three men in her life , her husband and her sons , nobody starts to consider the situation again , she 's alone now in a foreign , a strange land , surely the only sensible thing for her to do would be to return to her own people in Bethlehem , they say news comes through that they 've been a succession of good harvest , well of course there was gon na be good harvest , god had n't forsaken his people , although they had sinned , although they had done what was wrong , he had n't forsaken them , gods not in the business for forsaken people , he 's long suffering , he is faithful , he keeps his covenant from one generation to another that he had n't forgotten the people in Bethlehem and he had sent them through and he had provided good harvests those who had remained in Bethlehem during the famine , they 'd only suffered for a short time , perhaps enough time to bring them to their senses , to bring them back to god , now the suffering was forgotten as they revelled in a plentiful supplying in abundant harvests Naomi on the other hand she knows want now , she 's suffering bereavement , she 's suffering poverty , she 's suffering remorse , there 's nothing for her in Noad , there 's no rest , no joy , no provision , nothing that could meet her needs what a pity she had wasted there those ten wasted those ten years , ten long wasted years in her life now she comes to a decision whatever the cost and there is a cost , she 's gon na have to eat humble pie , how are they gon na receive her when she goes back but she comes to that decision that no matter what it costs her , she will go back to the place that was chosen for her by god , her inheritance of him It always to our cost when we under value our inheritance , do you remember the story of Jacob and Aesop and how Aesop despised his birth right , the inheritance that was his , and Illuminarc and Naomi had done the same , and you and I can do it so easily , leaving , forgetting , not entering in to the inheritance that is ours in Christ , we do it to our own costs , and so she goes through that I 'm gon na go back , I 'm gon na take up my inheritance , I 'm going back home . |
| 7 | It was odd that he had n't thought about that but immediately it came back to him , the name of the exchange , though Hilbert 's phone had been disconnected . |
| 8 | Odd that he had n't noticed how long the fingers were or with what apparent gentleness they had taped the plastic bags over the girl 's hand to preserve , as he had tonelessly explained , conscientious in his role of instructor , any evidence under the fingernails . |
| 9 | No one had thought it odd that he did n't ; he was seldom seen with the horses . |
| 10 | It 's odd that he did n't leave it in here , except that there 's nowhere convenient to hang it . |
| 11 | How odd that he did n't recognise me . |
| 12 | I noticed it was quite odd that he did n't use McGoldrick as a sweeper did he ? |
| 13 | I suppose I can be grateful that he did n't actually order me to help , ’ she finished drily . |
| 14 | It was as though she had died again , only it was worse , and he felt guilty that he had n't wept properly when she 'd really died . |
| 15 | Either he was so upset that he did n't look where he was going , or he really did jump on purpose . ’ |
| 16 | And if that word , if that tiny little word did n't really mean anything , why did it hurt so much that he had n't used it ? |
| 17 | It was all very disturbing , and Angela quite dreaded being seen by Bully and wished very much that he did n't live anywhere near her , or that his owner , Mr. Black , looked after him better and trained him . |
| 18 | At least when that happened , she would stop feeling his rejection so poignantly — stop caring about the fact that she disgusted him so much that he did n't want anything to do with her except sexually , and that against his will and to the damage of his self-respect . |
| 19 | Tom picked him up , secretly delighted that he had n't been deserted in affection . |
| 20 | He took such a long time to answer that she became convinced that he had n't . |
| 21 | John Barrett , who succeeded his lifelong friend as the BBC 's senior tennis commentator , said : ‘ It 's so sad that he did n't have time to enjoy his retirement . |
| 22 | But when the dentist had announced that it was urgently necessary to extract two teeth Mills had got up and walked away , glad that he had n't taken off his coat and so would not have to enter into any further discussion while he recovered it from the waiting-room . |
| 23 | He was glad that he did n't throw out the Christmas cards from his son and daughter in 1987 , for every year since he had taken them out of the suitcase on top of the wardrobe and displayed them in his own room as if they had come in with the morning post . |
| 24 | He was glad that he did n't have along the customary Russian navigator which was the standard requirement for all private flights over Russian airspace . |
| 25 | ‘ I damned near killed you with my carelessness ! ’ she burst out suddenly , and she was glad that he did n't even look at her . |
| 26 | By now Nutmeg was so bewildered that he did n't know what to do . |
| 27 | But I even find it frightening that he did n't do anything . |
| 28 | ‘ You 're a flatterer , ’ she teased , a little rueful that he did n't entirely mean what he said . |
| 29 | It was obvious that he did n't care a fig what she looked like , but that was no reason for him to tighten the purse-strings . |
| 30 | Absolutely sure that he did n't express any intention of visiting you later in the evening ? ’ |