Example sentences of "i did [adv] [verb] i " in BNC.

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1 I did not think I would stay with the band forever .
2 I have added a 40W actinic and a reflector as I did not think I was seeing the true colours of my fish .
3 Having replied Yes with much confidence in his initial request I did not think I could take two steps to the rear , so I hastened to add that the job would take me some considerable time as ti would be my spare-time/spare-time job , consoled myself with the thought that it was the first time that I had made anything to be used in a church , so it would be a challenge .
4 Sometimes I thought that within a few months I would be back in Le Court , because I did not think I could continue .
5 How often declared that I did not think I could possibly deserve my Pamela till I could show her a purity as nearly equal to hers .
6 I did not think I noticed as the car drew level
7 I did not realise I had hurt you . ’
8 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 .
9 He went on to say that if I did not return I would be making myself voluntarily homeless and would never be re-housed .
10 I did not feel I should miss his company , and the fact that I should have no fellow-countryman with me to take charge if I fell sick or was wounded did not worry me , since I had every confidence in Omar .
11 " But I told him I did not feel I should play .
12 He assured Helen , ‘ I did not know I loved you so tenderly until this trial , sweetheart ’ .
13 ‘ It was a trickle of a stream and I did not say I 'd broken every bone , just hurt my leg .
14 ‘ If I did not believe I could lift Darlington I would not have taken the job .
15 I have tried to hide it , but I did not imagine I had been entirely successful . ’
16 Although I did not understand I could see that they were discussing the problem .
17 ‘ If I did n't joke I 'd cry . ’
18 If I did n't go I could stay at home and work on the house .
19 I did n't go I did n't go through a proper sort of instructive thing .
20 No I did n't I did n't go I stopped working .
21 but this time it was a genuine tragedy so he paid me all deposit I put in , he paid me all back , you know , I don I did n't want I do n't want to go caravanning by myself
22 it 's in thingy , I did n't want I was just checking and the
23 Erm to the work and I kept er going you know like I I did n't dodge I did n't miss school .
24 I did n't stay I went
25 If I did n't move I would die where I lay .
26 I did n't realise I was a commodity rather than a footballer , ’ he said self-consciously ten years later .
27 Unfortunately I did n't realise I was becoming ill until I was ill .
28 I did n't realise I had a Yorkshire accent .
29 I did n't realise I had to sign a declaration to the contrary . ’
30 I 'd hate you to think it was all a ‘ donation' from me , and so I enclose my sponsorship form ( which I did n't realise I should have posted with the cheque ) to show that I had a lot of generous sponsors .
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