Example sentences of "i [vb past] not [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried not to shout so loud . |
| 2 | He began to talk to the Colonel with animation I 'd not seen before about hunting deer from helicopters in the South Island . |
| 3 | I decided not to do so . |
| 4 | I decided not to say so ; it might sound ironic . |
| 5 | As soon as I decided not to go farther than Cambridge , I wanted to stop dead in the middle of the road . |
| 6 | When I got out of hospital I dared not go outside . |
| 7 | Somehow , my visit to the Sign of the Pestle had caused the attack on me so I dared not go back there . |
| 8 | I dared not turn round now to look for a vehicle , but I held my breath and listened for one — there was only the sound of my rubber soles on the macadam and the noise of wind . |
| 9 | I dared not think how he would be if I went back then so I had to go on . |
| 10 | After Bill 's chattiness I did not think so . |
| 11 | Ellen had once assured me that I was only happy because I did not think too deeply , and probably she was right , but it is still that shallow contentment which makes people bring me their troubles just as the senator was now bringing me his two children . |
| 12 | Starting each hymn on the right note was a great problem for most of us , but I found that if I did not think too deeply about this but started off almost instinctively I generally hit something like the right note , thanks to my years as a choir boy in Maidenhead . |
| 13 | What I did not realise when I bought the house was that in the winter , and sometimes in the summer , the fog rolls thickly in and you can not see your hand in front of your face . |
| 14 | ‘ The rod with the smelt on soon went again and I did not realise how big the fish was and steered it around the swim for a minute to break the ice . |
| 15 | I did not realise how late it was . ’ |
| 16 | What I did not realise then — but what I would discover the moment I embarked on my journey to those front doors — was that I had touched upon the essence of the Arab–Israeli war ; that while the existence of the Palestinians and their demand for a nation lay at the heart of the Middle East crisis , it was the contradiction inherent in the claims to ownership of the land of Palestine — the ‘ homeland ’ of the Jews in Balfour 's declaration — which generated the anger and fear of both Palestinians and Israelis . |
| 17 | What I did not realise before was that whilst new accounts are given much publicity and the rates of interest are proudly displayed , the accounts of existing investors no longer available to fresh punters are discreetly removed from such lists . |
| 18 | I did not switch on the light in case it should dazzle her . |
| 19 | ‘ I did not set out to make a fool of you . |
| 20 | But I did not hold out that much hope … |
| 21 | Even though I did not draw even 15th in the ballot and can offer neither blackmail nor whitemail , I hope that there will be a firm commitment from my right hon. and learned Friend , endorsed by the Opposition parties , that the law needs to be amended , not to restrict in any way the freedom of those who are innocent until proved guilty but to prevent the vile calumny which we are discussing from being perpetrated again . |
| 22 | Neumann , conveniently , attributes to me a generalization I did not make then proceeds to refute it . |
| 23 | I did not sleep well that night : it had been a great day and the call of the wild kept me nervous and excited . |
| 24 | ‘ I did not sleep well , that 's all . ’ |
| 25 | Naturally I did not do quite that sort of thing again . ’ |
| 26 | I was certain , although I could not have said why , that if I did not answer correctly this might well be the end . |
| 27 | ‘ They told me that as long as I did not rush back too quickly , I should have another four or five years . |
| 28 | Indeed , I did not deserve so kind a one , but by this time you have received my last . |
| 29 | ‘ I did not throw down the gauntlet ! |
| 30 | I did not visit so often . |