Example sentences of "[vb past] he did not [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | To the end — or at least to his testimony in Poindexter 's trial , in 1990 — Reagan maintained he did not believe that he had been trading arms for hostages . |
2 | He pretended he did n't know me or did n't want to . |
3 | He found he did not mind . |
4 | Maggie noted he did not say since they were children . |
5 | The Chancellor also signalled he did not favour an early cut in interest rates and argued that the decision to impose VAT on fuel had been ‘ logical ’ and would not be reversed . |
6 | The Chancellor also signalled he did not favour an early cut in interest rates . |
7 | " But it seemed he did n't want any responsibility for any military action , even while out of the country , " said Habib Olahi later . |
8 | Now it seemed he did n't believe she was up to the task . |
9 | But she noticed he did n't put the map away until he 'd located himself precisely . |
10 | When he was reviled , he did not revile in return ; When he suffered he did not threaten But trusted to him who judges justly . |
11 | He was given a brain scan there that showed he did not need immediate brain surgery . |
12 | Mr Chambers said Mr Smith claimed he did not have £407 and , when he said he would take his Astra instead , Mr Smith said it had been sold . |
13 | Flook claimed he did not see the family as they crossed a dual carriageway in Patchway , Bristol , as he was chased ‘ bumper to bumper ’ by two men in the other car . |
14 | She guessed he did not know she was calling from Hatherley . |
15 | When Dad returned he did n't speak a word to either of us . |
16 | In an interview last week on the French radio station France Inter 's RadioCom program , Alcatel Alsthom NV president Pierre Suard indicated he did not rule out taking a stake in France Telecom if the latter is privatised by the next administration : ‘ I do n't think the question has been posed today , but when it is , I can tell you that we will study it very seriously , ’ Suard said — ‘ It is essential that France Telecom has a structure that enables it to extend itself beyond France and I think that can come from a new shareholder ; there is industrial logic in the ‘ world 's number one manufacturer of telecommunications equipment ’ owning a stake in a telecommunications operator , ’ he added — ‘ It is the Anglo-Saxon logic ; AT&T is constructed on that basis , but up to now , it has not been European logic , ’ he said . |
17 | His tone was without menace , but Lisa sensed he did not believe her . |
18 | Quinn protested he did not know what Zack was talking about — it would have been too phoney to know all the details without a reminder . |
19 | He showed no surprise when Blanche told him the number plate of the car was false , and Nowak emphasised he did not want the police to press charges if the driver was found . |
20 | Well , after we sold about fifty thousand , Terence Stamp decided he did n't want to be on our cover so we got Morrissey to pose in the same position . |
21 | As for regret , she was feeling that already , but how much sharper it would be when he decided he did n't want her any more , as he certainly would do sooner or later . |
22 | Take this example of a man who suddenly decided he did n't like his job any more and walked out that same day . |
23 | McLeish decided he did n't understand it either but he was n't about to discourage Sergeant Crane . |
24 | Brendan Ormsby 's transfer from Leeds United to Cardiff City was called off yesterday after the defender decided he did not want to play in the Third Division . |
25 | At sixteen he discovered girls and decided he did not have a vocation . |
26 | That meant he did n't take her anger seriously , thought he could beat her hands down , and that surely gave her the advantage ? |
27 | I was glad that my presence , my little money , meant he did not have to carry messages across Paris on his motor cycle . |
28 | Now that she bothered to look she saw he did n't look a great deal better himself . |
29 | But she soon saw he did not remember her at all . |
30 | I mean he kept he did n't know . |