Example sentences of "did [not/n't] [vb infin] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually Mrs Webster explained that she had had an evacuee before me , who had ‘ breathed on the wall ’ , and she did not want me to do likewise . |
| 2 | When I first came my husband did not want me to go out to work . |
| 3 | Leslie did not want me to go with him to the station , and so I watched him from the hotel-room window , his jaunty walk bravely exaggerated . |
| 4 | My father and Elizabeth did not want me to go to England alone , because I had been so ill . |
| 5 | Felipe did not want me to go but my father listened to no one . |
| 6 | Later I found that Mains did not want me watching his team train ‘ because I knew too much about rugby ’ and would tell the opposition of his plans . |
| 7 | They did not want me to stop work to write or to see them . |
| 8 | The woman was simply his mistress , whom for some reason he did not want me to meet ; or who perhaps did not want to meet me . |
| 9 | ( My ex-husband did not want me working in Oman with him , and even when I was in the UK arranging the divorce he took steps to prevent me returning to Oman to teach until he had himself left the country in 1987 . ) |
| 10 | No ! he would shout , and make it clear that we would not discuss it … he used an expletive that I have not used , indicating that he did not want me to raise that subject with him . ’ |
| 11 | The Secretary of State 's comments today were so shabby and his speech was so shallow that he did not make me laugh . |
| 12 | The man talked non-stop and did not expect me to contribute . |
| 13 | I did not realise I had hurt you . ’ |
| 14 | I did not think I noticed as the car drew level |
| 15 | ‘ I was playing in a particular game and did not think I had done anything spectacular at all when I was approached by Heffernan who told me that he wanted me for the Ireland team to play Australia in the Compromise Rules series , ’ recalls McGilligan . |
| 16 | He did not know I had read his notes and I did not confess I had , but he elaborated on what I had read , and I was convinced he had right on his side — if not prudence . |
| 17 | I did not know where I was , but that did not stop me saying , ‘ I 'm here ’ . |
| 18 | They did not offer me works of comparable greatness as alternatives , so their objections were hardly a problem . |
| 19 | ‘ It was a trickle of a stream and I did not say I 'd broken every bone , just hurt my leg . |
| 20 | ‘ He gave me much time and attention but did not allow me to waste a minute ; he left me fully free to express my feelings and thoughts but did not hesitate to present his own ; he offered me space to deliberate about choices and to make decisions but did not withhold his opinion that some choices and decisions were better than others ; he let me find my own way but did not hide the map that showed the right direction . |
| 21 | The first lawyer with whom I worked , however , ( Lawyer A ) did not allow me to examine files . |
| 22 | Miss Andrews did not invite me to order that the sum should be paid out to Crossman Block on terms that they should not part with it without a further order of the court ; in such an event she accepted that it would be better that the sum should remain in court . |
| 23 | The obligation of the bath Mrs Webster never failed to observe , though she did not trust me to keep to the statutory four inches , but ran the water in for me , adding , in spite of my protests , a most nauseous soap powder . |
| 24 | Carol did not let me have a key of my own . |
| 25 | I have tried to hide it , but I did not imagine I had been entirely successful . ’ |
| 26 | Here he bade me stay , saying that there was only the laboratory overhead , and that he did not wish me to enter there . |
| 27 | ‘ She did not wish me to know her family . |
| 28 | Either he did not wish me to get into trouble or , more probable , he did not relish the thought of giving me so much gelt — sixpence . |
| 29 | He said nothing , but frowned , and did not encourage me to enter . |
| 30 | Sir : I am surprised that Mr Prescott did not contact me to air his concerns on the independence of the Channel Tunnel Safety Authority ( 12 October ) . |