Example sentences of "[pron] not [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I spent a long time diving frantically after them , jamming the sheet at a bunch only to see half of them streaking out the other end , and I might have gone on indefinitely had I not felt a gentle touch on my arm . |
| 2 | Got to have that Dils doo dee doo doo doo I 'll go and change I 'm gon na let my hair go down am I not wearing a football shirt ? |
| 3 | Did I not stop the lorry by the power of Arnold Bros ( est. 1905 ) ? ’ |
| 4 | Would I or would I not welcome the security of a rope ? |
| 5 | Now I was impressed : I not seen a ski hill like this before . |
| 6 | And besides , did I not have a scientific mind and training ? |
| 7 | Did I not have the spiritual strength ? |
| 8 | You therefore , constantly and vigilantly , ask yourself , ‘ why am I not doing a priority task instead of this one ? ’ |
| 9 | I thought for thought for fifteen minutes I was er should I or should I not join the company . |
| 10 | I told myself that not only had I not had a choice , but that in fact I had n't really needed to make one . |
| 11 | And had I not wiped the floor with the little squirt , conversationally speaking ? |
| 12 | Incidents such as this , and there were many more than I have recorded , could have worn me down had I not taken an almost fatalistic view . |
| 13 | ‘ Lachlan , sit you down again and see have I not got a grand idea . |
| 14 | Sometimes these accidents are caused by laziness , but more often they are the result of someone not realising the significance of doing things the right way . |
| 15 | SOMEONE not having the authority to do so , sells or otherwise disposes of goods which do not belong to him . |
| 16 | Some degree of shared morality is essential to this minimum of cohesion , and any weakening of moral belief may reduce it below this minimum ; hence we can not bind ourselves not to use the law to safeguard existing moral beliefs , no matter how peripheral they may appear to be . |
| 17 | He was shaken , but unhurt , and merely ordered me not to say a word . |
| 18 | Saying this to me was like holding a red rag to a bull : the more anyone told me not to do a thing , the more I tried to do it . |
| 19 | ‘ Would you tell me not to touch the little Degas horse that stands on my desk ? ’ |
| 20 | When he finally pauses to suck some air , I say , ‘ Me not telling the cops is worth ten thousand quid , I reckon . |
| 21 | ‘ Promise me not to wear a switch again , ’ he said , after a fool 's pause . |
| 22 | I remember he once told me not to move the head too much as it weighs 22lbs . |
| 23 | I suppose now you 're going to get timid , and tell me not to rock the boat . ’ |
| 24 | Then I remembered Stephen Roskill telling me not to believe a word Mountbatten said or claimed unless it was corroborated from other sources . |
| 25 | You tried to convince me not to involve the police . ’ |
| 26 | Guy told me not to lower the bridge for anyone except the villagers until he gets back . |
| 27 | At first he tried halfheartedly to appeal to me not to send the story to England for ‘ the sake of the side ’ . |
| 28 | The police came within half an hour and the officer was sympathetic although he advised me not to expect the thieves to be caught . |
| 29 | What I have advocated is possible and not just a dream , but it would be remiss of me not to consider the nightmare scenario of colliery closures at a time when we are increasing restructuring grants by £1,000 million . |
| 30 | She 's open-minded , and a single parent : maybe that has something to do with it and with me not having a husband it made it easier for her to come in and see me sometimes . |