Example sentences of "i [verb] not [verb] for [num] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | What I 'm saying to you is , erm I do n't expect for one minute to have a computer installed in my office , ccessdon'tw alter it to that a particular way , and |
| 4 | I do n't suppose for one moment she has given a thought to what life might be like if she had to ‘ make do ’ married to someone who was n't too well off . |
| 5 | I do n't suppose for one minute that it is that simple but could you please advise me ? |
| 6 | I do n't suppose for one moment that man fully understood the import of what he was saying . |
| 7 | I 'm going to investigate , see if I ca n't do a conv I do n't think for one minute I will but it 's possible do a conversion er into erm the box type . |
| 8 | I do n't think for one minute that there are teachers who are drunk in charge of children in the classroom . |
| 9 | I do n't believe for one minute that the majority of your readers are male , nor that the majority of riders are male . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't believe for one minute I 'd have been the saviour , but I 'd have loved the chance to make a contribution in my country 's hour of need . |
| 11 | And I do n't believe for one moment that you could have been ignorant of the fact that she was wealthy . |
| 12 | Well for most we try and work a Shorthorn for I think that the Shorthorn and the black bull is the true traditional cattle you know maybe and I do n't believe for one minute that the the cattle would be any better if you had a lot of Limousins or something else . |
| 13 | There , I did not eat for two weeks , and Bothwell 's children — there were two babies — were born dead . |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't think for one minute that he 'd made it there under his own steam , ’ Simone murmured , and André laughed smugly . |
| 15 | I did n't write for five or six years afterwards but I do n't know if that was a direct result of what happened over ‘ The Dark ’ . |
| 16 | I had n't ridden for three years . |
| 17 | ‘ These are words I 've not used for five years . ’ |
| 18 | Obviously I get the odd pains from it because I 'm doing things I have n't done for 15 months . |
| 19 | That 's not to say they are things that are happening this month that , that I have n't planned for three months ago . |
| 20 | I have n't slept for two years |
| 21 | One is secret and compartmented , and another is sort of boyish and boastful , and it would be in character for him to say , I wo n't be here tomorrow , I will be down south , and then for him to say , Yes , it was a quick trip and I flew all night and I came back and I have n't slept for 48 hours , always complaining about how busy he was and how terribly overworked . |
| 22 | I have n't worked for 30 years , since my first child was born . |
| 23 | ‘ I have not prayed for twenty years , ’ he told Elliott , ‘ and on Sundays I plan how to kill Portuguese . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I did not show today because I have not trained for three weeks , ’ he said . |