Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] not at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did not take long to realise that what really worried Mrs Baran was Franziska 's relationship with her husband , although : ‘ … from the way in which Mr Baran talked about Franzi I did not at all get the impression that there is any reason for Mrs Baran to be jealous ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , about five years , but then I did n't at first have anything to judge my pain against . |
| 3 | I did n't at first but since people have said I 've looked at some pictures and seen some sort of resemblence … |
| 4 | It was like the sudden revelation of a pattern where none had been suspected , and I did n't at all care for it . |
| 5 | I did n't at any time actually offer it to her . ’ |
| 6 | I had not at that time met any Americans but the sight of them prowling through what was now my favourite town , talking in their unfamiliar accents to anyone who would listen , rubbed me up the wrong way . |
| 7 | I had not at that time ever been to India . |
| 8 | She then discovered that she cared not at all for the dangerous glint that suddenly appeared in his eyes as he stared down into her still blush-pinkened skin . |
| 9 | Constance could not get out of her mind the careless way Gioella had completely taken over Ludovico , excluding her as if she mattered not at all . |
| 10 | ‘ You did n't at all , ’ Matilda said . |
| 11 | Yeah but , yeah it 's funny cos , cos it 's funny cos I got that new Lego you did n't at all . |
| 12 | You did n't at that stage I do n't think make any sort of link towards referrals and introductions . |
| 13 | Initially she was supportive of the continuing claim to office of President Barre whose overthrow she did not at that stage recognise . |
| 14 | Wrapped in her own thoughts , she did not at first hear what her husband was saying and only became aware of his monologue when Hank said : ‘ Say , Dad , that 'll be good . ’ |
| 15 | A man she did n't at first recognise . |
| 16 | She had not at all looked forward to being a débutante and wearing fancy women 's clothes , and not being allowed to climb trees , and accompany Papa , who always , said her mama despairingly , let her do exactly as she pleased . |
| 17 | She had not at first taken it seriously . |
| 18 | She slept not at all , throughout our journey . |
| 19 | Well I I I would n't er pin point the German attitude on this one , I mean after all we did collaborate with Germany very successfully on the tornado which has a nuclear role but the the four governments must first of all decide if that is what we want to build into this aeroplane and they decided that they did not at that stage . |
| 20 | I was told that one reason why many Conservative politicians were sympathetic towards our Report was because they did not at first realise that our insistence that all children should speak and write Standard English did not involve any recommendation about RP . |
| 21 | Both were so absorbed in their activities that when the float went down , they did not at first respond . |
| 22 | Of the people they spoke not at all . |
| 23 | Or perhaps I ought to say it was her spirit , since it resembled not at all any portrait that could have been painted . |
| 24 | For the last two years he had been in practice in Northampton , and he did not at that stage wish to endanger his prospects there by letting his application to Bedford be generally known ; if Whitbread gave his support however , Thackeray would ‘ make his pretensions public ’ . |
| 25 | After a while , however , Pound 's constant and insistent proselytizing began to annoy him , and he reverts to his usual more careful and elaborate prose while explaining ( as so many of Pound 's correspondents did ) that he did not at all understand what Pound was talking about . |
| 26 | Having himself come from a close family he did not at first regard his wife 's involvement with Chloe as unusual . |
| 27 | Something struck his face , though he did not at first realise what it was . |
| 28 | The evidence is overwhelming that he did not at this stage contemplate a coalition government . |
| 29 | He did not at this stage bring the matter before the whole Cabinet , but confined himself to informing four or five senior ministers of what had occurred . |
| 30 | Wilfrid withdrew to Ripon and , although he acted on occasion as bishop for Wulfhere among the Mercians and even ordained priests and deacons in Kent , he did not at this time exercise episcopal functions north of the Humber ( HE III , 28 ; Vita Wilfridi , ch. 14 ) . |