Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [not/n't] [adv] [vb infin] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not therefore mind leaving these matters in the safe hands of the Germans , just as many nations before 1914 were content to leave them in the safe hands of the British . |
| 2 | However , I do n't particularly like watching television for more than 5 hours in a day , and that is certainly not necessary and is possibly harmful to mental and physical health . |
| 3 | I do n't particularly like driving to the Dordogne through the night with the car almost on two wheels . ’ |
| 4 | And I do n't particularly like sitting on boards . " |
| 5 | Sara , a 38-year-old mother of three , said , I do n't particularly like talking about this , but Len insists I keep a corset , suspenders , the whole works on while we 're making love . |
| 6 | I said I do n't well stop running the tap . |
| 7 | I do n't just mean decentralizing the housing by having it in area offices . |
| 8 | I do n't just say taking part for taking part sake . |
| 9 | Not only is it raining , it 's 5 o'clock , and though I 'm not defeatist by nature I do n't even bother looking for a taxi , deciding instead to walk the two miles back to the London flat . |
| 10 | I do n't even remember hitting Charles . |
| 11 | I do n't even like having them on the island , not even Mrs Clamp , who comes every week on a Saturday to clean the house and deliver our supplies . |
| 12 | Frankly , I do n't much like wearing them — however , it is expected so I 'll put it on when I get in . |
| 13 | I do n't really like kissing very much . |
| 14 | I do n't really like asking people that , you have to ask them and I do n't know , I 'd tell people it does n't really bother me , |
| 15 | I do n't really like walking around thinking I 'd like to buy that — I 'd rather not go . |
| 16 | Marie likes to ask me about my family and that , but I do n't really like talking about that much — except Annie , that is . |
| 17 | too closely I do n't actually recall seeing in the er in the actual wo consultation documents erm funding is not one of the issues being addressed by the merger with . |
| 18 | The number of people that I hear saying things such as I do n't remember stepping over people in the street five years ago and it 's true , in this city I do n't actually remember doing that , not with the frequency with which it happens today and your government and your party has no record to shout about , absolutely none . |
| 19 | Using the ME-6 through a valve combo I found myself trying to squeeze more tone out of all the distortion settings , something I do n't ever remember trying to do with BOSS 's DS1 compact distortion pedal which , for some reason , I assumed the overdrive on the ME-6 would emulate . |
| 20 | But , I do n't ever remember seeing him sit down to have any . |
| 21 | I do n't ever remember seeing , but there was we were n't allowed to have hair down , was you ? , |
| 22 | but erm , I said well I du n no , I said I , I do n't ever remember seeing it |
| 23 | I do nt even bother reading the Mirror cos its sports pages are so crap . |
| 24 | In the communal gardens I did not generally like drawing alone ; children and young teenage boys away from adult supervision , like young people everywhere , would sometimes taunt me or become rude , whereas one time , I sat against a house wall and was looked after by a family . |
| 25 | ‘ I was 17 years old when I committed the offence for which I was sentenced to die , and I did n't even start thinking and caring about my life until I was at least 20 . ’ |
| 26 | I did n't personally think having a piano on the back of a truck was much use either , but it looked good and gave the band somewhere to balance their beer cans . |
| 27 | ‘ I did n't actually start playing in bands until I was about twenty-three , ’ says Guy . |
| 28 | ‘ You did n't even start working for him until — ’ |
| 29 | Well you did n't actually revisit planning the future properly |
| 30 | Er you did n't really start thinking seriously about being a baker until about your last year of your apprenticeship . |