Example sentences of "i [vb past] not [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I did not think it a good book , but I shall always be grateful to it .
2 In looking back at my records I notice that I did not send you the enclosed form which I have now completed .
3 Because the first one was quite small I did not give it the full ‘ advance ’ treatment that I usually do .
4 ‘ No , Constanza , ’ Ludovico replied , ‘ I did not give you a shock .
5 You came here once before asking questions and perhaps I did not give you the best answers . ’
6 I did not find it the most co-operative of neighbourhoods , ’ Morton said wryly .
7 I did not understand what the man was doing , but I wanted to be near the fire .
8 And he had once elicited from her the statement , ‘ I did not have what the English refer to as ‘ a good war ’ . ’
9 And that was also why I did n't leave you a note explaining what we were up to as Jeff told me to .
10 By now I did n't care what the soldier thought .
11 I did n't pay them no heed at the time , because in this town somebody is always looking for somebody .
12 The letters lying there on the mat did n't exactly look as though if I did n't open them the world would stop .
13 I sent , I did n't send him the originals I sent a copy .
14 Oh I did n't do you the
15 From time to time Mr Salmon used to read to me from his morning paper , but as he could never find a mention of the Royal Fusiliers I did n't discover what the old man was up to .
16 I did n't bring you a stamp .
17 I am worried as well about the way you asked me where I went after we 'd arrived in Oxford because I did n't tell you the truth then either , I went to Holywell cemetery and went to the grave of a friend of mine .
18 Yeah that was alright I w I did n't tell you the truth when we said that , sorry !
19 but there 's there 's something I did n't tell you the other day
20 Yes , well I did n't tell you the best part ! that was the best part !
21 But I did n't show them the robot animal .
22 I did n't show you the , the grade and the stage curves because we all know what they look like but what I 'm saying is that by doing the count provides us with additional information on this group of patients .
23 If I did n't give him a square meal on Monaghan Day he 'd drink himself stupid in Mohill . ’
24 A month ago I did n't give him a dog 's chance , but a funny thing seems to have happened on the way to X-ray . ’
25 I did n't give him a chance to say anything , just said I was coming to his place right that minute , and then I put the phone down . ’
26 We 've had a few lazy laughs in the past , and I knew he carried clout , but I did n't give him the respect he deserved .
27 I did n't give them a second glance .
28 So I got dressed and went to the corner shop to nick three Wormy bars , but Brett and Damon snuck up behind and they said they 'd tell if I did n't give them a bar each .
29 I did n't give her a choice .
30 Sure I have to , Nellie , for if I did n't give it a redd up at least once in a while he 'd have the place like a right midden . ’
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