Example sentences of "i do not [adv] [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I do not even want to share you with him . ’ |
2 | I am dying , she thought , as her forehead broke out into a fine sweat , I do not even have to think of it , my mind is on other things , but there is a disturbance , quite plainly to be felt , in the mechanism of my heart . |
3 | I do not even like to see her , it makes me uncomfortable and I wish her gone , as quickly as possible . ’ |
4 | 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 . |
5 | I do not therefore wish to belittle or . |
6 | THIS is such a delicious offering , of the kind that makes you chuckle in recollection on the way home , that I do not really want to give the game away by saying too much about what goes on . |
7 | As I do not really wish to purchase a new knitting machine until I have a ‘ practise ’ run I was really pleased , that was until I found out it was no longer available . |
8 | I must admit that I do not always want to go to work but once I am there I nearly always have a really good time . |
9 | ‘ I do n't simply want to help go out and kill more Iranian youngsters . |
10 | Er , I do n't physically have to type out the labels , but I have physically have to be in the office , to initiate the computer sorts , because under something called personal job insurance scheme , I 've layered the sort of routine under a lot of security codes and I 'm only , the only person who knows where they are . |
11 | no , I do n't particularly want to say |
12 | ‘ Sometimes I know he wants me to do something and usually it 's something I do n't particularly want to do . |
13 | I 'm sure he 's going to be fine , but I think I 'll have to make it clear that I did actually have a life before he came along , and I do n't particularly want to do everything with him ! |
14 | I do n't particularly want to go |
15 | ‘ No , I do n't particularly want to see Napoleon myself , ’ I said . |
16 | I 've seen Anne and Nonnie and I do n't particularly want to see anybody else . |
17 | ‘ The point is I do n't particularly want to spend a whole evening in John 's company at the moment . ’ |
18 | So it , it wo n't suit everybody , you might not want , in my case I do n't particularly want to live with a burglar alarm . |
19 | I do n't particularly want to get involved in anything like that |
20 | Well she said I 'd sort of thought of going , are you going , I says yeah okay I said , if you wo n't go I 'll , we 'll go together , I said but I do n't particularly want to get , you know , roped into it at the moment . |
21 | I think that 's a good enough reason , when I say I do n't particularly want to add anything else . |
22 | I do n't particularly want to know you . ’ |
23 | ‘ You can , ’ came the reply , ‘ there 's a spiral staircase inside , I gather , but the gamekeeper lives there now and I do n't particularly want to meet him . ’ |
24 | 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 . |
25 | I do n't particularly like driving to the Dordogne through the night with the car almost on two wheels . ’ |
26 | And I do n't particularly like sitting on boards . " |
27 | 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 . |
28 | I said I do n't well stop running the tap . |
29 | I do n't just mean decentralizing the housing by having it in area offices . |
30 | Go round and talk to the various people you know that are interested and say to them ‘ Look , I 'm planning to try and do this work , but I do n't just want to do this on my own , I want to take into account other people 's views . ’ |