Example sentences of "[is] [not/n't] [verb] i " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I no longer want full government funding from a government that is going to be dictatorial as hell , which is not to say I would not prefer it under a government of a different kind . ’ |
2 | That is not to say I consider I became , necessarily , a ‘ great ’ butler ; it is hardly for me , in any case , to make judgements of this sort . |
3 | Nevertheless , this is not to say I did not gain a fairly clear impression of what was taking place within the room . |
4 | ‘ That is not to say I am not looking around and it 's reassuring that there 's money available if necessary . |
5 | ‘ But that is not to say I am going to rush back there at the first opportunity . ’ |
6 | ‘ The European Championships are on that weekend , but if Bryan is not involved I 'm hoping he 'll be here . ’ |
7 | If this is not done I do n't think there will be any credibility left for any of us in the international community or in the United Nations . ’ |
8 | If anything is not changed I will still report on it . |
9 | I it is not envisaged I mean I must n't mislead you at all I want I want to be understood on this issue . |
10 | If she is not practising I tap on her door . |
11 | But it 's not ask I mean it 's it 's er er |
12 | That 's not to say I did n't think about sex — I did — and in order to relieve my frustration I would read books , watch videos and practise solitary sex . |
13 | That 's not to say I 'm not terrified about the state of our rivers and trees — but I do n't think it 's the best way to care for our environment . |
14 | There was neither an immediate protestation nor confirmation from Charlie ; then he said , ‘ No ; I have never wanted anyone else ; but that 's not to say I 've never had needs , and they had to be met . |
15 | That 's not to say I have n't had needs , and they had to be met , she thought . |
16 | cos it 's not raining I do n't know what I 'm talking about |
17 | She 's not to know I was supposed to catch yesterday 's plane . ’ |
18 | It 's certainly the case that I appear to be hitched up with Tod like this , but he 's not to know I 'm here . |
19 | No it 's not working I think it 's you know |
20 | It 's not dying I 'm afraid of ; it 's being dead . ’ |
21 | It 's not going I think it is . |
22 | My recollection , and I 'm speaking from memory , and I could be wrong , but I think that the last time I looked at lists of the various companies in Telford , where I 'm obviously more concerned , not , well , that 's not to mean I 'm not concerned elsewhere , but I 'm more familiar with respect to them , my recollection is that the more American than anything else on that site . |
23 | But it 's not insured I can tell you that . |
24 | ‘ It 's not Seawitch I 'm worried about . ’ |
25 | I 'm much less aggressive , which is n't to say I do n't have a strong ego … ’ |
26 | If that is n't genocide I do n't know what is . |
27 | ‘ It 's OK , ’ said Henry , ‘ you can fill up on choc bars and then pretend to eat it and when she is n't looking I 'll sling it in the bin . ’ |
28 | You probably figured out by now that I 'm part of the team that made the game and to prove it is n't bugged I only have to quote some of Ian Osborne 's words : |
29 | Work 's very important to me and if the love affair is n't working I ca n't be happy at work . ’ |
30 | I 'll tell you now if the poster says Labour is n't working I 'm not having it . |