Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [pron] [vb past] not " in BNC.

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1 So presumably she did n't resemble an Elderly Finnish Troll either , like we do .
2 Here was obviously somewhere one did not go unless one must .
3 I would much rather you did not .
4 ‘ Over the years we lost so many because there was so much we did n't know .
5 You know this K L M deal , so obviously we had n't got under the finger until called me in almost desperation
6 Er we 're limited with people and while Brian was in the verge of moving it which the electrics all had to be took out and rerun , he got called away , down to the pre-packs to a breakdown so obviously it did n't get done , the job stopped cos there 's nobody else .
7 It is a sad reflection on his party that for so long he did not enjoy a smell of office .
8 I had not prayed for so long I did n't know what to say .
9 ‘ No , especially tonight it did not matter .
10 Only yesterday she had n't cared a farthing for the woman .
11 It was great fun and they worked so carefully they did n't spill one single drop of sponge mixture .
12 Perhaps wisely they did n't react either , as farmers gathered noisily in the streets .
13 So OK you did n't get the note ; maybe you did n't need to .
14 Yet so far they had not prayed ; Amanda Fergusson appeared still to be arguing with her father ; while the God she had taken to proclaiming did not sound the kind of God who would lightly forgive the Colonel 's obstinate sinning against the light .
15 So far they had not ventured beyond the great boundary walls ; many times Ana came with them and this was allowed after Felipe noticed Maggie 's protective attitude to the girl and the gentle way that Mitch dealt with her .
16 So far they had n't applied for a search warrant to go over the boat , but Maurice did n't care if they did .
17 He was nursing in silence the options left to him , and so far they did not appear to him totally unpromising .
18 So far we had n't seen a bear at all .
19 So far she had n't dared to look directly at the Bentley .
20 She 'd always had boyfriends , although so far she had n't been tempted to engage in any serious commitment .
21 So far she had not been able to reconcile her desire to keep everything the same and her desire for comfort .
22 thought bream to be the culprits , but could n't be sure because so far I had not seen any prime out in the swim to indicate they were , in fact , present there .
23 So far he had not even registered her presence , and she was in no particular hurry to enlighten him .
24 Indeed , so far he had not been able to discover any previous relationship at all between Zoser and the Zikr .
25 Lee , speaking at a news conference at an hotel near his Wilmslow home , said that so far he had not made contact with Swales .
26 So far he had n't sold a single thing .
27 It did not solve his problem but the poor fellow had to make out his report and he had to find some element of evidence and so far he had n't got much to write down .
28 So far he had n't said a word but he spoke then .
29 So far he had n't said anything to give her a clue .
30 He obviously though I did n't know what to .
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