Example sentences of "i [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Did I not tell you it would be my very best work ? ’ |
| 2 | When I was lately a little kind to you and you carried yourself so foolishly , did I not tell you you should say nothing of what passed to any creature , and yet you made a common talk of the matter ? |
| 3 | LADY DAVERS : Did I not tell you , Jackey , that I should have a wit to talk to ? |
| 4 | Did I not tell you that I must keep you well and visible for my own protection ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Did I not tell you that I bite ? ’ he asked menacingly . |
| 6 | I have no doubt wha did I not tell you about the fact that I hit the roof when he said that she has said that when he was twenty one , she was going to buy him a Vauxhall Chevette . |
| 7 | Well , did I not tell you |
| 8 | Did I tell you or did I not tell you |
| 9 | er , did I not tell ya ? , |
| 10 | ‘ Do I not promote your interests along with my own ? ’ |
| 11 | Why did I not think of that , then ? |
| 12 | When do I not pay SSP ? |
| 13 | When do I not pay SSP ? |
| 14 | ‘ Why should I not talk of safety , Caroline ? ’ |
| 15 | Did I not stop the lorry by the power of Arnold Bros ( est. 1905 ) ? ’ |
| 16 | I was being utterly foolish ; my duty was to stay on , do A-levels , and go on to Oxford or Cambridge ( which took an extra term ) ; the local grammar school was not good enough to fulfil this latter purpose and if I went there , I would only be throwing my education away ; and , besides , did I not realise that , in the face of difficulties , one should never give up , but struggle on and thus establish a superior strength of character ? |
| 17 | Do I not face them as though they are slaves ? |
| 18 | We walked up to the fall and what would I not give if I could convey to you the images and feelings which were then communicated to me . |
| 19 | Not only did I not want surgery or drugs , but I hoped that in refusing them I would not be offending my surgeon ! |
| 20 | Each situation should be approached by enquiring , for example , what are the goals involved , that is , ‘ what do I want ? ’ , what are the boundaries to the situation , that is , ‘ what constraints do I not want to challenge ? ’ , and what are the barriers to the goal , that is , ‘ what is blocking the path to where I want to be ? ’ . |
| 21 | At once all sternness and hostility fell from him and , amusement lighting his dark eyes once more , ‘ I do know that , Fabia , ’ he drawled , adding , with pole-axing charm , ‘ Believe me , I would n't take you anywhere , did I not want to . ’ |
| 22 | But , while there was a great urge in her to want to extend the dream of an evening , there was also that part of her that , for all Ven 's , ‘ I would n't take you anywhere , did I not want to ’ and his ‘ What a charming companion you 've been ’ , caused her to push temptation away . |
| 23 | And as her heart turned over , so she again remembered his , ‘ Believe me , I would n't take you anywhere did I not want to ’ of yesterday . |
| 24 | Would I or would I not welcome the security of a rope ? |
| 25 | How could I not feel it ? |
| 26 | ‘ How could I not feel sorry for him ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ He is so deep in his books he would forget to eat , I declare , did I not remind him . ’ |
| 28 | I found myself pleading — ‘ Oh do not go now I have found thee ’ Why can I not stay with thee forever ? ’ |
| 29 | Not only could I not do it but the effort was so excruciating that I opened my mouth to scream and could n't breathe enough for that either . |
| 30 | Might I not go out and wander and be ‘ guided ’ to quite a different set of plants . |