Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb past] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where she did not want to be exact , she hinted : secreting at the back of her mind the disgust , the shame … |
| 2 | Either she was left with the excellent non-skiing kindergarten , which she enjoyed but where she did not learn to ski , something she very much wanted to do , or she had to be put into skischool . |
| 3 | Blinds on their own can fit any atmosphere , particularly if windows are awkward , small or you did not want to lose too much light . |
| 4 | If I 'd not blocked or she 'd not blocked out that time in that way , what would have happened is on the thirteenth , er , of the month , erm , Red would have called me from the Health and Safety Executive would have called me and said , Ricky we 've got er , a remedial leadership weekend on the top of Snowden , and er , on that , on the last weekend of the month , and we 've got a one hour slot for you , that 's just a golden opportunity . |
| 5 | The family member will say that these things should help , that they are only part of normal family commitment and civilised behaviour and that , if he or she did not do these things , then the primary sufferer might die . |
| 6 | On the other hand , if the option is not exercised , the purchaser not only loses the initial value paid for the options themselves but also the commission paid on the shares he or she did not buy . |
| 7 | ‘ He or she did not resign at all . ’ |
| 8 | For example , their practice of reiterated warnings to an individual of the wrongfulness of his or her words or actions may have been to ensure that he or she did not plead ignorance of wrongdoing , which could have been an acceptable defence in the courts . |
| 9 | It would have been interesting , and perhaps fairer , to have looked at the drama work in an authority either where no drama adviser existed or where he or she did not have the accolade of inspectorial approval . |
| 10 | Those messages like ‘ Little boys do n't cry ’ , ‘ Keep a stiff upper lip ’ and ‘ Maintain a brave face ’ make it very difficult to describe experiences where we did not feel in control and did not appear invulnerable . |
| 11 | Crops appeared where they had not grown before : rubber was carried from Brazil to become the staple of the Malayan economy , and soon to be very important in Indonesia and Ceylon . |
| 12 | The extent of royal jurisdiction varied enormously : at one extreme lay Roger II , the would-be autocrat , uttering absolutist doctrines out of Justinian ; or the English king , who , however tied by custom , had effective control both of the king 's court , which retained a wide jurisdiction and was capable , under Henry II , of rapid expansion , and over the old popular courts of the shire and , where they had not fallen into private hands , of the hundred ; at the other extreme was the German king , much of whose jurisdiction had been delegated to the ecclesiastical immunities , and equally much was slipping , in the twelfth century , into princely hands ; or the French king , who was expected to do high justice to all who came , but received comparatively few callers from outside the royal domain . |
| 13 | At the same time scientific method could protect the individual from the effects of social norms , thereby providing a context where they did not determine the content of thought . |
| 14 | Most of the students investigated in this study were non-traditional in that they either possessed qualifications which met the general entrance requirements of the institution but had been gained them in non-traditional ways ( i.e. by other than full time attendance at secondary school ) , or they did not meet the requirement but had other qualifications or evidence of attainment acceptable to the institution in question . |
| 15 | We can not therefore , admitting that we or they did not know before , insist that we do know now , since that would be to make different claims in circumstances that show no relevant difference . |
| 16 | He was educated at Eton and Trinity College , Cambridge , where he did not sit for a degree . |
| 17 | But he had a problem : the card she had so rapidly thrust into his hand was her business card , no home address , just Belmodes , Mouncy Street , which he knew but where he did not want to wait to visit . |
| 18 | There was , however , an insidious corollary to the belief that God might intervene to save His chosen people and prolong the lives of deserving individuals ; it was that where He did not intervene to save life , those who lost their lives had been found unworthy . |
| 19 | To my knowledge there was hardly a political problem with which George was confronted where he did not seek the advice and guidance of Crossman , but it was always associated with a healthy denunciation . |
| 20 | Away from Stroudwater the industry seems rather to have remained in the hands of independent craftsmen : in eight places where cloth was made , the structure of wealth resembled what was commonly found in parts where it had not taken root , with perhaps three of the four £100 men belonging to the gentry . |
| 21 | A further situation might arise , however , in which the defendant alleges belief in consent on the basis of the victim 's consent to penetration but where it did not occur to him that she might not understand the nature of the act , although the risk of this was quite obvious . |
| 22 | Nanchang CJ-6A N3104U was sold on the 18th for $ 40,000 and then the buyer re-entered the aircraft on the 19th auction where it did not sell . |
| 23 | It worked or it did not work . |
| 24 | Burun made a face , but either Jagatan failed to notice or he did not care . |
| 25 | Against this interpretation lies the evidence that we can and do say , when appropriate , things like ‘ Of course he consented to the operation , but that does not entitle you to perform it since he is just a child ’ ( or he did not know how dangerous it is ) . |
| 26 | Although I had not intended to work on her aura , my hands began to scan the energy field surrounding her physical body . |
| 27 | It enables me to say that I was accused of racism by Labour Members although I had not mentioned the race of the individuals in the two cases to which I referred . |
| 28 | ‘ Although I had not had a sexual experience when I was at high school , I thought I should be ready , if and when it came , and so I thought I should stock up . |
| 29 | I was so bruised and exhausted that I did not feel strong enough to walk home , and although I did not want to , I had to spend the night at Wuthering Heights . |
| 30 | I was pleased that he could come , although I did not want him to discover anything about my horrible work . |