Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] i " in BNC.
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| 31 | Let us pretend that it is only that Grainne is too far above me , and let us continue the pretence , for I do not think I can bear it any other way . |
| 32 | I do not think I can bear this , thought Grainne , but even as the thought was framed , she knew that for someone it had had to be borne , there had been no escaping it , this bottomless dark pit , this vast endless night sea … |
| 33 | I do not think I can do any more . |
| 34 | And I do not think I 'll make it to inspector ( to inspector ) |
| 35 | When asked by a pompous college dean , ‘ My good man , I do not think I know you ? |
| 36 | I made few friends , but once I adapted to this life I do not think I was particularly unhappy . |
| 37 | ‘ I really do not think I could manage my affairs without her assistance . ’ |
| 38 | I do not think I am being cruel . |
| 39 | I do not think I would be out of order in recalling a private conversation with the Secretary of State for Transport about a year ago on this subject . |
| 40 | ‘ Effendi , ’ he whispered , ‘ I — I do not think I should say . ’ |
| 41 | You see now that the most common cause of death is what they call the of diseases resulting from degenerate lifestyles , and I 'm very proud and I 'm very proud to tell you that although I come from South Africa , and you might not think I 'm very intelligent , as you sit here , down here and there , I can sign your death certificate already . |
| 42 | ‘ I was playing in a particular game and did not think I had done anything spectacular at all when I was approached by Heffernan who told me that he wanted me for the Ireland team to play Australia in the Compromise Rules series , ’ recalls McGilligan . |
| 43 | It will not cover me for the hearing . |
| 44 | This , of course , did not affect me at the time ! |
| 45 | You 'll not ketch me complaining about my lot |
| 46 | Nevertheless , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , I think that this needs saying , quite calmly and objectively , in this commentary , which will not spare me when I have done badly or in the wrong spirit or left half-done , but will not either , in a spirit of false modesty , gloss over those things in my life and work which have been a success , even , mildly , a triumph . |
| 47 | No logical reason , he wrote , but that will not make me change my plans once I have begun . |
| 48 | This stand does not make me blind to the distress others feel or to the disillusionment that this issue causes . |
| 49 | ‘ It does not make me happy . |
| 50 | Feeling guilty does not make me a better person . |
| 51 | I have been reassured on countless occasions that a hypnotist can not make me do anything against my will . |
| 52 | Pitting my brain against Mr Kent 's maths test did not make me happy . |
| 53 | Being restricted here does not make me a special case , though . |
| 54 | Though he did not make me as starry-eyed as Daisy Yates , he was the best-looking man of any age I had ever seen , and I adored his old-fashioned manners . |
| 55 | Even if a band that I liked did this , I 'm sure that it would not make me gay ( And even if the power of rock introduced you to the delights of homosexuality , who cares , eh ? |
| 56 | This will not make me too popular at the Richmond Athletic Ground or Sunbury and it 'll probably not happen anyway . |
| 57 | I really can not find fault with this book except to say that even splendid photography can not make me love all of Piffetti 's furniture . |
| 58 | She was astounded , and did not make me much wiser . ’ |
| 59 | ( I may believe Jesus ' teaching to have been exemplary , or that he was a man singularly in tune with God ; but this , as I would argue , does not make me a Christian . ) |
| 60 | But again this does not make me a Christian . |