Example sentences of "she [vb past] not [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She then discovered that she cared not at all for the dangerous glint that suddenly appeared in his eyes as he stared down into her still blush-pinkened skin . |
| 2 | She tried not to . |
| 3 | She tried not to blush , but could feel the heat creeping into her face . |
| 4 | She tried not to even consider the soft swell of his expressive mouth , and gabbled on to break the tense atmosphere . |
| 5 | She tried not to worry , but the thought of coming face to face with the handsome , the dashing Miguelito made her heart thump in her chest . |
| 6 | She pretended not to be disappointed and there for the moment the matter rested . |
| 7 | She pretended not to notice . |
| 8 | Helen 's back was very straight and she seemed not to be eating . |
| 9 | Although she seemed not to be doing a lot of that these days . |
| 10 | It was a fear that she sensed not with her intellect , more with her body , as though the very cells themselves had a collective memory . |
| 11 | Gildas , smiling his crooked smile across the table and reading his friend 's thoughts , said , ‘ Do n't worry , she said very little , virtually nothing , as soon as she started to speak she decided not to . |
| 12 | She decided not to . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , she decided not to be put off by him , and climbed out of the truck when he slipped out to make way . |
| 14 | But she decided not to . |
| 15 | Something unfamiliar stirred in Elisabeth , a profound emotion in which painful longing — she knew not for what — was accompanied by anxiety . |
| 16 | ‘ For some mysterious reasons , which have never been discovered , she was seized and carried off in the dark , she knew not by whom . ’ |
| 17 | Constance could not get out of her mind the careless way Gioella had completely taken over Ludovico , excluding her as if she mattered not at all . |
| 18 | She preferred not to after that . |
| 19 | Wrapped in her own thoughts , she did not at first hear what her husband was saying and only became aware of his monologue when Hank said : ‘ Say , Dad , that 'll be good . ’ |
| 20 | Initially she was supportive of the continuing claim to office of President Barre whose overthrow she did not at that stage recognise . |
| 21 | And as the salon in Susan 's home town of Bristol was part of a reputable chain , she did n't for a moment expect any problems . |
| 22 | A man she did n't at first recognise . |
| 23 | She did n't of course . |
| 24 | She did n't in the least mind being accused of having done something she had actually done . |
| 25 | She did n't in any way splash it across the newspapers because that ruined her sister 's chances . |
| 26 | You 're too feisty and she did n't in the end , did n't she ? |
| 27 | Full skirts — goodness knows how many petticoats made walking very hard , so all this almost enforced leisure upon them , and this was again part of the duty of the woman to show that she did n't need to work , she did n't in fact even have to lift a finger because the man or her servants would do all this for her . |
| 28 | to get up to the thirty five mile an hour you got ta go through all the five gears so you 're forever pa going like that erm and that made it worse so that last fortnight she has n't been on the bike and that last weekend when she went out she went because we was busy , she got her bike out and she went up to work one or two of her mates and then come home she said she 'd wished she had n't of gone up |
| 29 | I said if it , if she had n't of been here today , then yes we would of done , I says , but I 'm not gon na cover up for her ! |
| 30 | Without anything almost wished she had n't of come |