Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Such a sight might not altogether displease me , but I certainly would n't find it amusing . |
| 2 | Again , it 's a very interesting feature of our system and not widely understood I do n't think that magistrates are also judges of the Crown Court under the legislation setting up the Crown Court and magistrates do sit in the Crown Court , but these days there 's considerable contact between the magistracy and the Crown Court . |
| 3 | ‘ You promise ? ’ mother said , a slight stitching of her brows as she sat back in the ladder-backed seat the only indication that she might not entirely believe me . |
| 4 | But it was not enough to give me a complex , not as it would have been in America . |
| 5 | I was seething , yes , but not enough to keep me away from you . |
| 6 | It is not enough to make me forget that the owl remains elsewhere . |
| 7 | Certainly his terse telephone technique had annoyed me last night , but not enough to make me want to spit at the sight of him . |
| 8 | I felt fine — refreshed almost — my leg a little sore but not enough to impede me , although I did wonder at the wisdom of the ‘ cute red heels and hose ’ as I wriggled my feet into the 4-inch-high stilettos . |
| 9 | Deliberately avoiding eye contact and slightly quickening my pace were not enough to get me by . |
| 10 | Nowadays Tristan und Isolde would not especially exhaust me . |
| 11 | It 's not much point me just sort of reciting the percentages . |
| 12 | I was put to work with him on the same bench and he not only taught me toolmaking , he also taught me about the trade union movement and the kind of society he wanted to see . ’ |
| 13 | The ruling not only hurts me but every other artist ’ , Koons added . |
| 14 | Not only had I had that run in with him over the rehearsals but he was also the fussiest teacher in the school when it came to long hair . |
| 15 | Not only had I had three months reprieve , but there had been no confrontation over any further treatment . |
| 16 | Apparently not only had I collapsed on stage last night , but I was having intravenous chemotherapy between shows , sobbing and grimacing in agony in my dressing room . |
| 17 | After I 'd kissed her goodbye I felt pretty happy because not only had I at last had an extremely enjoyable sexual experience , but I 'd also been able to give enjoyment . |
| 18 | Not only had I written to ask Mr Briggs more about him , I had also written twice to Mrs Fairfax . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Not only had I gained the technical degree I 'd been chasing , but I 'd finally achieved a position in a business when I could use that expertise to its full potential . |
| 21 | Not only had I to get his damn' book back but regain his ring . |
| 22 | Not only had I proved myself a liar but I 'd not been much good at school and did n't even get my leaving certificate . |
| 23 | As a student I supplemented my grant by joining the Officer Training Corps , which not only brought me many good friends but also allowed me to participate in various outdoor activities such as abseiling , pot-holing , parachuting and canoeing . |
| 24 | Uncle Walter would not only disinherit me , he would disown me ! ’ |
| 25 | It means some bastard not only laid me out cold , and stuck me face-down in the Comer , but even rammed me well down into the mud with a foot in the small of my back to make dead sure of me , before he lit out and left me there to drown . ’ |
| 26 | It not only frightens me , it repels me . |
| 27 | Daphne not only welcomed me with open arms but to my surprise expressed delight at the thought of my occupying one of her spare rooms . |
| 28 | Not only have I never been mobbed at Sainsbury 's but I had been assured that the likes of Sheridan Morley and Julia Mackenzie would be giving their all . |
| 29 | Not only have I got a career that I can earn money from . |
| 30 | Not only have I been unable to identify any such ritual — it would , for instance , be incorrect to interpret the shamanistic seance as practised by the Chewong in such terms — but other practices , analogous to eskimo dog beating as presented by Briggs ( 1970 ) are equally absent . |