Example sentences of "i [vb past] not " in BNC.
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1 | I met not a soul on the walk , but the path was in very good condition , a feature we noticed many times in NZ , that the tracks are well looked-after even when apparently hardly used . |
2 | Well , I agreed not to speak more than half an hour , but I see that I have been speaking for a little longer than forty-five minutes . |
3 | I agreed not to tell the police , and said goodbye . |
4 | John Bunyan wrote of the reading of his youth : " Give me a ballad , a news-book , George on horseback , or Bevis of Southampton ; give me some book that teaches curious arts , that tells of old fables ; but for the holy Scriptures I cared not . " |
5 | I tried not to think about it , which is the only thing to do in such a situation . ’ |
6 | I tried not to watch as I fitted the frame together and balanced the unfinished top on it . |
7 | I tried not to let this interfere with les très riches heures de James Kirkup , but the wretchedness and misery were overwhelming . |
8 | I tried not to cringe when he chewed my left ear making a noise like a pig in a trough . |
9 | I was terrified , I tried not to look at him , I tried pulling my skirt down over my knees . |
10 | ‘ I tried not to breathe , but in the end I just did . |
11 | In the last six articles I tried not to describe any canoeing technique as right or wrong . |
12 | I tried not to look at anything in between . |
13 | ‘ I tried not to think about it . |
14 | Even if I 've had doubt , I tried not to show it . |
15 | " I tried not to think of you either , " she said . |
16 | I heard the voice , but I tried not to listen , concentrating instead on the spider 's web in the window . |
17 | I tried not to think of her in the feathery nightdress under the influence of the aphrodisiac . |
18 | ‘ I tried not to listen to all that dirty talk , but the truth is a couple of suggestions left me wondering … ’ |
19 | I tried not to shout so loud . |
20 | That night I tried not being decent , being sharp and bitchy , instead . |
21 | But I did n't take those tablets , I tried not to do . |
22 | I tried not to give any extra weight to the explanations or justifications made by one individual rather than another . |
23 | ‘ I tried not to make a noise , in case you were asleep . ’ |
24 | I tried not to listen . |
25 | Well I tried not to , but |
26 | I tried not to let my fear go through the reins : it was very hard . |
27 | I did not expect another career , since I felt that I had already had one , but in the event I found not only that , but a fascinating path through life that my original naval calling could not possibly have produced . |
28 | After I got my free plaster and sticky tape to keep the cotton wool swab on I found not just a cup of tea and rich tea on offer but a wide choice of beverages and crisps and chocolate biscuits all individually wrapped — from looking at that feast you would n't believe the NHS is strapped for cash . |
29 | I pretended not to notice it , and , as the students listened with bated breath , instructed them to turn to page thirty in Jespersen . |
30 | I pretended not to notice her look of astonishment and got on with my shining . |