Example sentences of "i [vb past] n't [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the taxation of the plaintiff 's bill of costs , came before master er and er in his taxation , it seems , and I 'm , I think I 'm right in saying it , it seems that erm there is no substantial dispute as to the particular items in the various bills of costs with which he was concerned , it maybe that if there were a discrepancy , he has , he dealt with it and nothing has been said before me today , er to suggest that the figures appearing in the bill of costs ought to be varied and accordingly I have not er have to consider the detail items in the bill of costs , the only issue I did n't decide is whether master was correct in disallowing interest for the period that he did , er Mr for the plaintiff says that he was wrong er that there was no good reason for disallowing him any interest and that accordingly I on this appeal should erm discharge or reverse that part of taxing order as disallowed interest . |
| 2 | What I did n't want was to work for a large organisation . |
| 3 | What I did n't expect was a statement of truth . |
| 4 | What I did n't realise was that her holiday started the day after she 'd had dinner with me , she was going to Italy to look at churches with her beloved son . |
| 5 | What I did n't realise was that she then felt she had a right to run my life . ’ |
| 6 | I was struck with terror , since my Russian vocabulary , while exemplary on maritime matters , extended little further than ‘ cow ’ , ‘ milk ’ , and ‘ bull ’ which I did n't feel was quite adequate for the occasion . |
| 7 | He gave me three games — which I did n't think was a fair chance . |
| 8 | All I did n't want to happen was for him to become violent , which I did n't think was ever on the cards . |
| 9 | I did n't fancy being around when Sunil got back to check his library . |
| 10 | The only thing I did n't like was the monotonous khaki wool . |
| 11 | One bit of the letter I did n't like was the comment about strengthening the 1979 Act which , more properly should be abolished altogether . |
| 12 | The only thing I did n't like was being called ‘ Porky ’ . |
| 13 | Er , the only one I did n't like was erm but she looked quite so Claire would call . |
| 14 | I did n't like being called a rowdie , but then I did n't exactly have the time or resources to sue for defamation , if that 's the legal terminology for someone who slags you off in public . |
| 15 | What I did n't say was that I had n't been making love to her but to Alison , taking her from behind on the kitchen table , her rump high in the air and her toes squirming helplessly an inch or two off the floor . |
| 16 | What I did n't understand was why I did n't feel happy walking down the street afterwards . |
| 17 | ‘ To say I did n't know is no excuse . |
| 18 | She makes me discover things in myself I did n't know were there . |
| 19 | It 's obvious from the record that I was weighted down by an incredible burden I did n't know was mine or not. , |
| 20 | What I did n't know was how to stop . |
| 21 | What I did n't know was that a few months before we started to work together she had written a proposal to the Thai government to start a ‘ machine knitting project ’ in one of her districts . |
| 22 | But what I did n't know was he was a member of the local mafia and did n't want to see his chance of making a fortune disappear into thin air . |
| 23 | What I did n't know was that this species , again in marked contrast to the Mbuna norm , is a precocious spawner , and one morning I discovered my by now 1.5″ female brooding . |
| 24 | ‘ What I did n't know was that the man was an insomniac . |
| 25 | What I did n't know was that I was the entertainment afterwards ! |
| 26 | What I was trying to say my Lord was that I did n't know was associated or was associated at that time . |
| 27 | What I did n't know was of the ninety-plus pieces of work , both large and small , which Save The Children undertook in the United Kingdom . |
| 28 | I heard rapping at the window beside my bed and another young woman whom I had n't met was standing on the window ledge of the hotel . |
| 29 | What I had n't expected was the reaction we got here today which is that erm whilst there are smiling dis , he 's smiling now , there are smiling districts who might be pleased to be named as areas in which a major exception might be accommodated and I had n't expected the others would like a bit of it if there was one going too . |
| 30 | What I had n't considered was that she was much bigger than me and that I was n't strong enough to keep both her and the bicycle upright : inevitably she lost her balance and fell heavily on the road with me and the bicycle on top of her . |