Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ Minister of the Crown ’ role was hung on little Colin Moynihan for a day or two while everyone tried not to laugh ; he was , after all , only just over five foot tall and Minister for Sport and he had , after all , not slept with Pamella , only been with her at the Winter Ball . |
| 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 | But I did n't take those tablets , I tried not to do . |
| 5 | I heard the voice , but I tried not to listen , concentrating instead on the spider 's web in the window . |
| 6 | ‘ I tried not to listen to all that dirty talk , but the truth is a couple of suggestions left me wondering … ’ |
| 7 | I tried not to listen . |
| 8 | I tried not to let this interfere with les très riches heures de James Kirkup , but the wretchedness and misery were overwhelming . |
| 9 | I tried not to let my fear go through the reins : it was very hard . |
| 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 cringe when he chewed my left ear making a noise like a pig in a trough . |
| 13 | I tried not to watch as I fitted the frame together and balanced the unfinished top on it . |
| 14 | I tried not to give any extra weight to the explanations or justifications made by one individual rather than another . |
| 15 | ‘ I tried not to make a noise , in case you were asleep . ’ |
| 16 | I tried not to shout so loud . |
| 17 | Even if I 've had doubt , I tried not to show it . |
| 18 | I tried not to think about it , which is the only thing to do in such a situation . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I tried not to think about it . |
| 20 | " I tried not to think of you either , " she said . |
| 21 | I tried not to think of her in the feathery nightdress under the influence of the aphrodisiac . |
| 22 | I was terrified , I tried not to look at him , I tried pulling my skirt down over my knees . |
| 23 | I tried not to look at anything in between . |
| 24 | I pretended not to notice it , and , as the students listened with bated breath , instructed them to turn to page thirty in Jespersen . |
| 25 | I pretended not to notice her look of astonishment and got on with my shining . |
| 26 | I knew where it was — she kept everything valuable stuffed down the side of an old sofa — but I pretended not to notice . |
| 27 | So I was determined to show them I could take a joke and the next time a big stork went over I pretended not to know what it was called and asked my girl . |
| 28 | I pretended not to hear , but he shouted a message that he would return . |
| 29 | Even then Mr Pumblechook said , ‘ And fourteen ? ’ but I pretended not to hear him . |
| 30 | His face went as hard as the bronze , it resembled and his eyes said things I pretended not to hear . |