Example sentences of "i do not [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , I do not pretend for one moment that children should not be taught to add , subtract , read and think logically . |
| 2 | While my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) was speaking , I said that I challenged any Conservative Member of Parliament to spend just one week — I do not ask for longer — living on the money that so many of our constituents who are pensioners have to rely on — the state pension and income support . |
| 3 | I do not know for certain why I went up there to watch them doing it . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , I do not believe for one moment — I made this point on enough occasions to the hon. Member for Antrim , East ( Mr. Beggs ) — that , if we had not given potential investors the opportunity to buy a power station that could be converted to gas , there would have been much hope of bringing a gas pipeline to Northern Ireland . |
| 5 | There , I did not eat for two weeks , and Bothwell 's children — there were two babies — were born dead . |
| 6 | Joaquim Lobato said angrily , ‘ I did not ask for that . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It was done from my section and I am afraid I did not ask for sufficient permission . |
| 8 | I did not ask for more money — I was in Bayreuth at the time . ’ |