Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] not in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to gather teachers ' views and opinions , I did not in any way want to influence their responses . |
| 2 | I had not in those days looked at the real aspects of the drink question — had not seen the responsibility that rests on each one to be guiltless in regard to that which is sapping our country of some of its brightest intellects , and killing numbers of her sons possessed of generous impulsive natures . |
| 3 | The frontages were the work of the architects and they worked not in new styles but in revival styles — Gothic , classical , Renaissance , baroque — to comfort and reassure those concerned about the newness of it all . |
| 4 | Rab looked at her glass , wine red as blood , for they did not in this place sell gin and tonic . |
| 5 | It took her several seconds to absorb the letter although it did not in any way fill the one sheet of paper . |
| 6 | The fence was erected in order to reinforce a fence which had already been put there by the defendants ' predecessor in title , and it did not in any event enclose the disputed land … |
| 7 | For if that sudden drift of snow in the air a few minutes ago had seemed romantic to the young bride — or the bride 's mother — it had not in any way pleased Cara . |