50 Examples of Negative Sentences (in the past tense)

Negative sentences (in the past)

The negative sentences in the past tense They are those that deny a condition or circumstance that has taken place in the past. Always include a negation adverb or a semantically negative lexeme, which may correspond to the category of verb or locution. For example: I had no choice but to leave.

Negative sentences are quite frequently used, either alone or as part of a larger structure that also includes a affirmation to which the negative sentence opposes.

The negative sentence can refer to a fact of the Present, of past or of future, so that it can be constructed in any of these three verb tenses.

The most common negation adverb is "no." Other widely used adverbs of negation are "never", which negatively expresses something that is held in time, and “nothing”, which negatively expresses all the elements that do not meet a certain condition.

The indefinite pronouns "nobody" and "no" (the latter with all its variants in gender and number) can also be the words that give negative nuance to negative sentences.

Examples of negative sentences in the past tense

1. Not I knew what to answer him at that moment.
2. Never I got along well with my father-in-law.
3. In my life I bought with a credit card.
4. Nothing he forced them to stay in that hotel.
5. Not I liked the way they talked about him or stood in front of others.
6. Not he dared to tell me to my face, he continued with the murmuring.
7. Never I heard about a certain Flores.
8. Not he denied what the only witness who came forward had said.
9. To me not I liked his performance, neither did Teresa.
10. The interviewee not he lived up to our expectations.
11. Not he remembered where he had left the keys.
12. Not was able to park the car in the area.
13. Not he refused to accept that money.
14. Not he wanted to know anything about his ex-husband.
15. No company manager gave explanations.
16. Neither With the help of a tow truck we were able to get the car out of the gutter.
17. No one he took care of the expenses for the damage suffered.
18. Not I was able to start the water pump.
19. Never I suspected that the criminal was that character.
20. Not I heard about that fellow college student again for years.
21. Never you forgot your first boyfriend.
22. Never I was involved in those legal matters.
23. Not We were able to get to the wedding because there was a lot of traffic.
24. Never we knew the name of the person who helped us.
25. My son not he spoke until he was two years old.
26. Police not he was able to find the culprit.
27. Not there was no clue at the crime scene.
28. Not we had studied nothing for the oral.
29. My brothers never they understood why I left my house.
30. No one he told me that the party was a costume party.
31. President not he was able to finish his mandate.
32. Nothing what they told me made sense.
33. Never I had seen such a nice movie.
34. No one he found out about the affair between the director and the actress.
35. Not they wanted to take nothing.
36. Not you were there when the winners were announced.
37. No one he was able to prevent the show from being interrupted.
38. Neither I even thanked him for his kind gesture.
39. Never you found nothing in that department.
40. No one never knew his whereabouts.
41. Not there were reasons to think that the empire would disappear.
42. Never but there was a man like him.
43. Not I could still listen to the album you gave me.
44. Never I was in an event of this quality.
45. Not I was ready to hear the verdict.
46. No swimmer managed to beat the Chinese record.
47. Not they knew each other back then.
48. Never I found the card that came with the flowers.
49. No one he clapped when the monologue ended.
50. Already not there were people in the street when the carnival float passed.

Other types of sentences according to the intention of the speaker