Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] not [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd not even seen Leanne for about four months and then she was with him , but I got half my arm blown away . ’ |
| 2 | Well my husband and I were married in nineteen forty four , you see , and er as you see I go every year and it 's nineteen eighty six , so therefore erm I you see I , I do n't really want people to know my age |
| 3 | I do not normally give way to someone who has just ambled into the Chamber , but I shall make an exception on this occasion , because I rather like the hon. Gentleman 's florid looks . |
| 4 | ‘ I am numb , I do not even feel anger towards whoever did it . ’ |
| 5 | I share AA Miller 's sense of outrage at the crimes he lists ( Points of View , today ) , but I do not thereupon throw reason out of the window . |
| 6 | I do not merely spend time in Manchester — where I spend more time than anywhere else outside London and my constituency , which is my home town . |
| 7 | I have to confess , for what it 's worth , I do not really like Lewis Carroll , Alice through the Looking Glass , and Alice in Wonderland , they bore me stiff ! |
| 8 | ‘ I do not really see Ezra Pound in Rapallo , ’ Max Beerbohm told me . |
| 9 | I do n't somehow see Wendy as having me that way . |
| 10 | Well I do n't particularly like cows then er but then I think they 're well done . |
| 11 | Surprisingly , I find that all my reasons for postponing giving birth still apply : I do n't particularly like children ; I value my independence , the freedom to come and go , the open doors ; I want to write , and literary history tells me that my chances of succeeding as a writer and a mother are pitiful ; I hate and fear the nuclear family , the stifling atmosphere , the exploited wife and mother , the generation gap . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't normally eat breakfast at all , ’ Alyssia informed him , her mouth beginning to water at the smell . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't normally eat veal now , ’ she said after dissecting the course that followed . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't normally waste shots on happy families , ’ Mitch assured him acidly , and Maggie stood and looked at them both wearily . |
| 15 | I do n't normally pick things out just because of odd wordings , and start checking it out . |
| 16 | I do n't normally mind heights , but this is different . ’ |
| 17 | That 's a shame because I do n't normally use overheads and I 've got into them this year and er my stats group in particular , who get the same sort of treatment as you do , have actually said th |
| 18 | I do n't just sack people . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ The universities have a lot to offer industry , and industry has a lot to offer universities , and I do n't just mean money , ’ he said . |
| 20 | There was a lot of stress on resources , and by resources I do n't just mean books in libraries , I mean staffing resources primarily … and we used to be very fierce about the quality of course leadership , for example . |
| 21 | I do n't just think Niki does n't want to be known , I know it . |
| 22 | I do n't just want people to get their rocks off . |
| 23 | I do n't just knit sweaters , but experiment with new patterns , colours and textures making anything from hats to curtain . |
| 24 | I do n't just play tunes at keep fit classes . |
| 25 | Personally , I do n't even eat chicken ; I prefer my protein to come from eggs , fish and cheese — but that is a personal choice based on my own unhappiness at the way we raise animals for slaughter . |
| 26 | I do n't even smoke cigarettes or touch alcohol . ’ |
| 27 | Please , you must believe I do n't even know Garry Turner . ’ |
| 28 | I do n't even know Hearts fans that would like to go out there . |
| 29 | So I do n't even know names of roads , just tell people where I 'm going . |
| 30 | I do n't even dare look . |