Example sentences of "a [noun sg] i did not " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was careful not to push me in a direction I did n't want to go . |
| 2 | McMahon hardly considered it would do anything else : ‘ I sit here in my cell writing this , having served almost nine years of a life sentence for a murder I did not commit … |
| 3 | I do n't like being accused of a crime I did n't commit , cos I admit to things I do . |
| 4 | Thank you for doing a talk I did not feel up to . |
| 5 | A dame I did n't even know . |
| 6 | It 's a wonder I did n't kill Benjamin but , when I opened my eyes , two of the rogues were dead of huge gashes between shoulder and neck whilst Benjamin was on the point of driving his sword straight through the breast of a third . |
| 7 | well they were always against me , well Bill was during the war , what I 'd done to them , finished all the decorating , put shelves up , go on the slate to put his aerial up , he would n't go up , I had to climb out my bedroom window onto the gutter and its a wonder I did n't kill myself then , put his aerial up and |
| 8 | Some of the houses were haunted , though as a child I did n't know they were haunted . |
| 9 | How susceptible my brother would be to whatever vibes I could send out was a question I did n't like too much to think about , given the state of his head , but I had to do something . |
| 10 | ‘ And I did indeed enjoy my visit but I think I have missed the best treat in the entire house , what a pity I did n't see you first . ’ |
| 11 | What a pity I did n't know — Sister Dew could have looked in on you . ’ |
| 12 | A pity I did n't collect when I had the chance . |
| 13 | I du n no I just said I wanted to go to a pub I did n't say I was going to the pub . |
| 14 | Neumann , conveniently , attributes to me a generalization I did not make then proceeds to refute it . |
| 15 | " Two weeks later I was ready to go to a place I did n't know , and where I knew no one . |
| 16 | To write about a place I did not know might seem to be breaking one of the most quoted warnings to the novice author : " Write about what you know " . |
| 17 | You — everything about you — presented a complication I did n't need in my life . ’ |
| 18 | As a African I did not celebrate 200 years of Australia , |
| 19 | because if someone else says that and then all of a sudden I did n't know this and now I know it . |
| 20 | For a moment I did n't even recognise it as the same owl Derek and I had been round to see a few weeks before . |
| 21 | ‘ What a blessing I did n't fall for some curtaining remnants this afternoon . |
| 22 | But at once , for very fear that the bearded man who had reached out as I struggled with my hamper ( ‘ No , no , I do very well , thank you ’ ) might follow me and find out everything , I hailed a porter and then a cab , assuming a confidence I did not feel . |
| 23 | If she had a husband I did n't want to know him . |
| 24 | No , there 's something about that one at what 's a name I did n't like . |
| 25 | I did n't think I 'd be able to keep my sanity or my family if it happened again , but there was no way I was going to let him make me sign for a loan I did n't want . |
| 26 | It 's in a paper I did n't put on the reading list because most of it is not relevant , it 's called Is Democracy Special ? and this in his collective papers . |
| 27 | Turning to me suddenly , he pointed through the windscreen and said something in a tongue I did n't understand . |
| 28 | Then a man I did n't know who was sitting next to me nudged me in the ribs . |
| 29 | For good measure she added : ‘ I would n't marry a man I did n't love , whether it was a dustman or the King of England . |
| 30 | If that was just a warning I did n't want to be around when they got really nasty . |