Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] [vb infin] her [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time Diana did not want her friends to see her in such a wretched , unhappy state . |
| 2 | She spoke warmly , but her smile of farewell did not reach her eyes and there were hard lines round her mouth . |
| 3 | She forced a smile , but it did not reach her eyes . |
| 4 | The skirt did not reach her calves at the ideal point for flattery . |
| 5 | And she had slept with Rufus in the Centaur Room , it being taken for granted she would share his bed , though Adam did not think her wishes had been consulted . |
| 6 | Sam did not answer her prayers because he was not near enough to hear them , having been set to work on the floor above , sweeping up . |
| 7 | Captain Burrows may have been the head of the household but Mrs Burrows was definitely the heart.Joyce used to have terrible nightmares about what would happen to " all the little children " if God did not answer her prayers to keep mother " safe and well and strong " . |
| 8 | Discovery did not alter her plans , only slowed them down . |
| 9 | Sparta did not abandon her aims in Thessaly ; in 426 the Spartans founded a colony at Herakleia in Trachis , which commanded the Thessalian border ( p. 131 ) ; and later in this book we shall follow this thread of Spartan policy further still ( see p. 153 and chapter 14 , p. 186 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ It was n't a great trial to us and we did n't sit sobbing in a comer about it , ’ she says although other pupils remember Diana as a ‘ private and controlled ’ teenager who did not wear her emotions on her sleeve . |
| 11 | But Saddam did not return her calls , the hostages stayed where they were and Jeff and Ilona were married in her native Budapest last summer . |
| 12 | And she did not hide her feelings over the split with Gowersor her previous partner . |
| 13 | Mr Alan Williams , prosecuting , told the jury the girl was so ashamed she did not tell her parents until April and a ‘ hurried termination ’ was arranged . |
| 14 | It was peaceful with the plop-of the gas fire and the dark sky outside through the window , for like many old people Doris did not draw her curtains till late and Linda did not feel like going back to the bustle of tea-time , but she could n't keep them waiting for their tea . |
| 15 | He did not like her visits ; not only had she viewed his bum , but his rolling tears , so that he now felt a sissy . |
| 16 | Besides , the Queen did not like her children to be indulged . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , I did not close her eyes , nor did anyone who came on the scene before you . ’ |
| 18 | Grainne stood very still , although she did not close her eyes , for to do so in here , with a creature , a something that was watching from the shadowy corners and grinning and copying her every move , was not to be thought of . |
| 19 | But she did not take her eyes from Riven . |
| 20 | Only one of the 20 women referred by GPs did not have her wishes considered . |
| 21 | She imagined that if she did not wipe her eyes , thrusting in a knuckle or a handkerchief , the tears would leave less trace . |
| 22 | Relating that to Labour 's ‘ unprecendented mass conversion ’ to moderation in Brighton last week , Mrs Thatcher said she did not believe her opponents now stood for home ownership , strong defence and financial rectitude . |
| 23 | She hardly ever went out of the house or garden , and did not discuss her feelings with anyone , even Liddy . |
| 24 | Perhaps , being so very different from Grandma herself , she did not understand her needs . |
| 25 | She said the word clearly , but still did not raise her eyes to her father 's . |
| 26 | Rose of Lima herself did not write her memoirs , or anything else , so her subjective understanding of this painful phenomenon is not really known ; what is known is that she offered her life explicitly for the conversion and salvation of those suffering people — one of the reasons , obviously , why she later seemed an appropriate patron for the New World . |
| 27 | Guido , quite evidently , did not share her anxieties . |
| 28 | Julia laid her head back but did not shut her eyes until he had left the room . |
| 29 | She was determined that , at all costs , she would make sure he did n't ruffle her feathers again . |
| 30 | The trouble was that Timothy did n't return her feelings . |