Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] that [pers pn] [verb] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | That feeling lasted a while but after we 'd had the children something changed and I slowly realized that I did n't love her anymore . |
| 2 | Walking is cheaper , ’ she said , a little irritated that he had n't got the message . |
| 3 | There used to be a long table and the head used to sit at the end of this table and so to see that you did n't leave off working she used to get the table cloth and always be pulling this table straight . |
| 4 | You 'd much prefer that I did n't . ’ |
| 5 | He had suddenly realised that he had n't had any lunch . |
| 6 | Arriving , I suddenly realized that I did n't have a job to do . |
| 7 | She entered her room , but , as reality started to creep in , she suddenly realised that she had n't said anything more to him about that interview . |
| 8 | She had fully expected Penry to dismiss them as nonsense , and felt so shattered that he had n't that it took her longer than usual to clear away and leave the kitchen immaculate . |
| 9 | But I know me own daughter well enough to know that she does n't want to lock herself inside a convent for the rest of her life . |
| 10 | It usually turns into a frustrating , time consuming and exhausting task , particularly when you move pieces of furniture only to find that they do n't fit in the place you wanted to put them . |
| 11 | I just do n't want you having to face the pater only to find that she did n't mean half she said . |
| 12 | The church is to be distinctive from the rest of the world ; people around us are familiar with a way of life where rank and wealth matter , and people want to achieve what they think matters — only to find that it does n't satisfy them ; God 's people are to have a way of life which is based on equality in God 's sight , and not be measured in terms of social standing . |
| 13 | But a final word of caution : venturis are temperamental , and to enclose yours within a blockwork wall , only to find that it did n't work properly , would be frustrating . |
| 14 | Mr Gibbon has rightly said that we do n't really know what is asked . |
| 15 | Willie was so absorbed that he did n't notice that his knees were being licked and unconsciously he rested his hand on the back of Sammy 's neck . |
| 16 | In the end the opposing Counsel has apparently shown that you do n't know what you are talking about . |
| 17 | Also , I am a bit older than the rest of you , but you can perhaps understand that I do n't want to drop dead without a proper and public recantation . |
| 18 | I was so cowed that I did n't even say who I was ; I pretended to be her . |
| 19 | I only know that I did n't . " |
| 20 | I kept talking to his mother and the girl at the cash-register , but I was so distracted that I did n't know what I was saying . |
| 21 | Jack suddenly remembered that he had n't sought out Ho Chan at school ; he had n't even thought about it . |
| 22 | One thing at a time she could have handled , but this … it was no wonder she suddenly felt that she did n't have the strength to carry on arguing . |
| 23 | Right so you 're only ask that you did n't underline and that your illustrations could be better as well and the handwriting is a bit spidery , right , good , brave , right , go on |
| 24 | She suddenly remembered that she had n't thought to offer him a tip — although , unlike the awful Elise , he had n't seemed to expect any payment . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought I 'd better prove that I do n't always forget about normal times for refreshing the inner man , ’ he drawled , but there was such a twinkle in his eyes , so much charm in his manner , that Fabia felt quite overcome by it . |
| 26 | Rushing around the apartment like a madwoman , she 'd hastily thrown some clothes into a case — and she could only pray that she had n't forgotten anything vital . |
| 27 | The ‘ if you ca n't measure it , it does n't exist ’ brigade long maintained that they did n't , as long as they were of good enough quality , but the generally accepted view among the hi-fi fraternity is that they do , and that different pieces of gear respond differently to different bits of wire ( and indeed to different plugs ! ) . |
| 28 | I had never heard the word and unwisely said that I did n't know what it meant . |
| 29 | You , you apologized for lateness the only thing I wonder on there is er you know it 's ea it 's easy enough to say that you did n't actually sort of clarify the time that you were gon na be there , you just accepted that you were late erm but I mean that 's a you know ju just a point I wonder that rather than apologizing straight of all , straight , straight away if you knew you were late then that was one thing that perhaps you could 've got that in the initial greeting . |
| 30 | Pandarus ' prose not only proves that he does n't take Troilus seriously , so turning our reaction towards a scepticism that stands off from full involvement , but in time it establishes the speaker as a matter-of-fact fixer , who is not only alien to romance but coarsens whatever he touches . |