Example sentences of "[pron] [not/n't] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How often in the past have I not given due credence to relatives ' statements of how bad the client was ? |
| 2 | If this is correct , why was I not given any indication that this was a possibility ? |
| 3 | Did I not have good reason to be angry with the man ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Do I not have any rights ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Did I not say last night that you were serpent-licked , and Mary agreed ? |
| 6 | Did I not sustain terrible losses ? ’ |
| 7 | So I not blame those people here in Britain who support the war and who hope that the allies win . |
| 8 | Can I not take one step without falling on my face ? ’ |
| 9 | And then there 's this technician or something here and they ask me to breathe in helium from a mask and make me repeat some of the things gorilla man said on the video so I feel like I 'm becoming him they 're trying to make me him ; I do n't think I sound the same as the guy on the brain-snuff video but fuck knows what they think there are too many to know what the fuck they think ; loads of them , officers from all over the fucking place with different accents , London , Midlands , Welsh , Scottish , elsewhere , God knows , it 's not just Flavell and McDunn though I still see them now and again especially McDunn who looks at me kind of weird most of the time like he ca n't really believe it was me did all these things and I get this bizarre feeling that he thinks I 'm kind of pathetic I mean that in a grudging , still-determined-to-bust-the-fucker way he actually has more respect for gorilla man than he does for me because I 've just gone to pieces under the questions and the things they put in my head with those photographs and that video ( ha which means gorilla man has already put stuff into my head , already has fucked my brains , filling my head with the idea of that , the vision , the meme of that ) and I thought I was some tough cookie but I was wrong I 'm just a dunked digestive baby I 'm soft I 'm flopping I 'm disintegrating and that 's why unless I 'm the best fucking actor he 's ever seen McDunn ca n't accept I was capable of the things gorilla man did , yet so much of the evidence , especially the dates and times that sort of stuff , points at me not to mention that piece of TV-crit I did that reads like a hit-list now . |
| 10 | But I almost owe it to the reborn me not to take that kind of shit from any man again . |
| 11 | He begged me not to take that job at Warrington . |
| 12 | If the latter is the case , it is probably due to them not receiving enough light . |
| 13 | Ian Lang warned them not to let young minds be stupefied by computer games and video nasties , and encouraged local authorities to prosecute parents whose children were regular truants . |
| 14 | She came to see him once , was shy and vague and noncommittal , later wrote to say it was best for them not to see each other again . |
| 15 | The lawyer said Mrs Kennedy pleaded with them not to gag young Jonathan , who told his assailants he was only six , but they ignored her . |
| 16 | The press could provide little enlightenment because all newspapers had received a D-Notice asking them not to print any details about the background to the case . |
| 17 | ‘ The Americans are n't going to be impressed by somebody from Sprague 's Committee who was n't within miles of the Abbey telling them Not to worry old boy the Redcoats have muddled through again ca n't recall the details but just take my word for it … |
| 18 | In general , it is often unnecessary for exporters to cover every currency risk but imprudent for them not to cover any risk . |
| 19 | And Lincoln was criticized , attacked for this , that er and he said in response to this the attention of the country has been called to the proposition that one who is sworn as the constitution says to take care that the laws be faithfully executed should himself not violate those laws a fairly reasonable proposition you might think , if your oath says to uphold the law then you start going round breaking the law er something wrong here somewhere methinks . |
| 20 | Could she not use one-to-one correspondence to check ? |
| 21 | Were she not to experience such moments of trepidation there would be something strange m her nature indeed . |
| 22 | For had she not earned such curses ? |
| 23 | Do you not think British Rail would have , have |
| 24 | You not get any perks from working in here ? |
| 25 | Do you not want another cup of tea with the ? |
| 26 | Would you not welcome some refreshments while you wait ? |
| 27 | Are you not getting any treats ? |
| 28 | Can you not stay another day to sail round the island ? ’ |
| 29 | Why did you not do any actions ? |
| 30 | Have you not seen young girls with eyes like stars ? ’ |