Example sentences of "[subord] i [adv] [vb past] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After perhaps ten to fifteen minutes the feeling faded , although I also did not wish to speak and I made my way outside . |
| 2 | For many years afterwards I was naturally very wary of any dog and , although I soon learnt not to run away , as this would only make them run after me , I never willingly approached them . |
| 3 | I would be if I did that , if I just did n't eat . |
| 4 | But then if I really did n't enjoy it , I would n't do it , would I ? ’ |
| 5 | That cos I really did n't want to call him , because I did n't want to , to hear you know , oh I 've done this , and this , and this , and then you know I would get , and say oh my god I have n't done nothing and I realize I 've done much more than . |
| 6 | for It was no good my making a list before I came down because I just had n't seen anything like this in the Marks in Norwich . |
| 7 | And er I was n't eating right because I just did n't feel hungry I did n't bother about food I just seemed to keep going and keep going . |
| 8 | It was Susy who took up most of the lunchtime conversation , partly because I probably did n't know enough about the sport to talk about it sensibly to James . |
| 9 | ‘ Slowness is beauty ’ , which struck me as very odd in 1908 ( when I certainly did not believe it ) and has stayed with me ever since — shall we say as proof that you violated British habit ; and thought of it . |
| 10 | That was not really convenient for me as I often did not know at what time I would return from saying Mass in the outstations . |
| 11 | Finally , a very sweet nurse came along and asked what I was doing there , as I obviously did not belong . ’ |
| 12 | On the other hand , Sciama was there , and he was always stimulating , even though I often did n't agree with his ideas . |