Example sentences of "and she [verb] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she wasted not a moment . |
| 2 | She had thought it would be a pity not to have him around any longer : Rachel and Maggie both liked him and she had not told either of them about his wife . |
| 3 | We were both about seven years old , and she had not yet developed the ability to pronounce the sounds ‘ ck ’ and ‘ th ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ Servants , be obedient to them that are your masters ’ she read in Ephesians 6 — and she had not been obedient . |
| 5 | Tonight she and Hugo were dining with an important senator who generally included show business personalities among his guests and she had not yet decided what to wear . |
| 6 | The official story had always been that Greg was simply a close family friend , but a child could have seen through the pretence and she had not been a child for a very long time , perhaps not since that long-ago night when she was four years old and had stood , unseen , outside a bedroom door … |
| 7 | ‘ But Ruth love , ’ Sarah said gently — and she had not uttered a word of reproach — ‘ you need a home ! |
| 8 | She had no excuse for going into his part of the house and she had not seen him near the servants ’ quarters since that first afternoon . |
| 9 | She had taken it all for granted for so long , her creature comforts had been assured and she had not given a moment 's thought to how they were provided . |
| 10 | He had n't remarked on them , and she had not asked . |
| 11 | She had wanted to draw again , and to paint , and she had not wondered before the first class as to the group she would be joining . |
| 12 | The crucial evidence was that there was no indication that the manner of Williams ' driving had been unsuited to the road conditions , and she had not been drinking . |
| 13 | Carrie was very pleased to see the change in her father now that he had settled into his new job , but she still fretted over her parents , and she had not forgotten her vow that one day she would have enough money to buy them a decent house to live in . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm sure your wrong , ’ said Anna , but she remembered how Maria Jakob had said that if the money was not forthcoming she must think of something else , a way to make up to her for Melusina 's death , and she had not meant a donation to the Cats ' Protection League . |
| 15 | She had dared , and she had not been struck dead for it ; she had exposed herself , and she had not been raped , assaulted , or even insulted . |
| 16 | She had dared , and she had not been struck dead for it ; she had exposed herself , and she had not been raped , assaulted , or even insulted . |
| 17 | She had not slept with Ivan , nor ever would , but was deriving a secret satisfaction from the knowledge that present at her party that night would be all the men with whom she had ever slept : or all save one , and he had been from another country , and she had not known his name . |
| 18 | He 'd never mentioned it to her and she had not even thought about it until now , but therein lay her escape . |
| 19 | Her feelings of grief were complicated by feelings of guilt and she had not wept . |
| 20 | She really did have a long way to go , and she had not yet learned to recognise the precise lineaments , the demeanour and the shape of the shadow of Stan . |
| 21 | The door to his room had been closed and locked when she visited the mother , and she had not bothered to come to the house when Tatyana committed suicide . |
| 22 | Scarlet had understood that she was meant to understand that Brian was a hopeless father and a worthless human being , and she had not told him of the call . |
| 23 | Barbara Coleman lived at the villa and she had not known about the cache . |
| 24 | This woman was not his wife , and she had not come out here to seek conversation . |
| 25 | Perhaps Piers had been no more than a struggling architect when they had first met , and she had not been content to lead a life of poverty . |
| 26 | His wife 's hair was straggling over her eyes , and she had not made up to hide the ravages of the night 's events . |
| 27 | Yesterday , in the course of their confrontation in the car park , he had assumed she was married and she had not corrected him . |
| 28 | Yes , he had told her , and she had not believed him . |
| 29 | They would walk in the dusk by the water , listening to the lapping of the tide against the boats , and there would be someone there , perhaps , whom she would understand , appeal to more than his usual friends , for she could do things like deal with electricity and mend things , and she had not always lived in England , that was interesting , and she did not just giggle and think about clothes , and he would find her a relief to talk to , this rather exceptional , different person , someone with imagination . |
| 30 | It was a bridesmaid 's dress , left over from her cousin 's wedding in Charters Towers last year , and she had not worn it since , but the brief glimpse she had had of the other female guests had told her that her more casual outfits would not do tonight amongst the Hamiltons ' sophisticated entourage . |