Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [conj] i [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I I I ca n't answer that I really do n't know . |
2 | ‘ I do n't know that I ever 'ad one , the orphanage never said I did , but they did say me birthday was December the second , and that I was born in 1889 . ’ |
3 | erm , and erm , I do n't know that I ever did this , but I never heard anybody heard anybody walking the street , whistling the National Anthem . |
4 | Well I 've got lots of acquaintances but I do n't know that I necessarily want to put them on the erm |
5 | Well , you know , it you see , time were , I do n't know I suppose , I do n't know but I never seemed to be afraid and I used to have my or something round my waist , a belt with the keys hanging on and they supplied me with a as well , one of these , I do n't know what they 're made of they were n't all that heavy but still they were heavy enough to keep on . |
6 | Well I I was eleven but by the time but I had a birthday , you see , er in the summer and er er well August actually and so when I started at Stowmarket I was twelve , you see , and er and er I was at Stowmarket School and scholarship for four years and er well I do n't know whether I really liked school , did you ? |
7 | I do n't know whether I ever meant to call on Ben or not — it 's been such a long time — but I was interested to see the boat . |
8 | But I do n't know whether I ever got . |
9 | but I do n't know if I still believe |
10 | ‘ I do n't know if I really want one , ’ she said . |
11 | No no I would n't do that I always do it like this if I was playing that hand three flu well you could go well you got a choice you can go take a chance on your last hand , not getting through or you can go two , three , five , six , seven two three four , ace finish them which is what I 'd probably do . |
12 | I ca n't watch as I reluctantly move forward |
13 | Surreptitiously , I tried it , it did n't work , so I placed a coin on the palm of my hand , still it did n't work and I then discovered that the magnet was only made of wood . |
14 | ‘ I ca n't remember that I ever saw that page . ’ |
15 | Ca n't remember if I ever sent you a copy of the autumn BAIE programme — the Intellectual Property Seminar is now 14th January next with a variable member and non-member fee , to try and boost numbers from undersubscribed earlier date . |
16 | I say no , and hope that he does n't realize that I really have no idea . |
17 | ‘ I ca n't believe that I never stopped to think that Amber , four , was in the room , too , when I started punching her father , ’ Gail recalls . |
18 | I could n't believe because I always thought that it was the guys that sniggered , the guys that were n't interested |
19 | I went to take Wendy 's laundry round Tuesday night I forget why I was , I do n't know , well I did n't call but I just drove on and got myself a says Jim you 're early tonight , quarter past ten . |
20 | ‘ You ca n't credit that I just got bored ? ’ |
21 | He did n't even curl a lip in my direction and he did n't howl when I playfully cuffed him behind the ear . |
22 | ’ I think people find me obnoxious because I wo n't admit that I secretly loathe Kyle Minogue and Jason Donovan , but I really do think they 're great artists — if I did n't I 'd be the biggest hypocrite in the world . |
23 | ‘ Anyway , the first time we did the scene , the catch did n't unhook and I literally got dragged through the mud by my boobs . |
24 | I do n't care if I never see him again . ’ |
25 | There is something so immovable , so enduring — yet I am perfectly aware that one day he will fall down — so mysterious about my old mate that although I ca n't say that I actually feel a surge of energy , I do feel some sort of ‘ reward ’ . |
26 | But I could n't sa I could n't say that I ever worked on any of the big |