Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [not/n't] [verb] i " in BNC.

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1 Mind you I should n't talk I worked until I was sixty
2 I should n't bother I should just carry on chucking a bit on here and there same as everybody does , I ca n't see many buggers go for that bloody eight pound a bag .
3 I 'm not really doing that right because I mean I should n't agree I What you say is right whether I agree with it or not .
4 well I 'll get the car and you can go out , I says you 're not getting the car out and I 'll not go I said you can go
5 I could n't stand me 'ome gettin' tore ter pieces , an' they 're so smelly , ’ she moaned .
6 I could n't pretend I was ill .
7 I have n't been able to drink actually , er I could n't get me
8 I could n't steal I could n't steal
9 Well I could n't take I could n't do nowt about it at all so I went to see t head of firm and Aye , he says , it 's bad , he says , we do n't know to do things like that .
10 Afterwards I could n't believe I had managed to say this ; I could n't believe that I 'd had the intelligence , the wit , the inspiration to come up with this perfect reply .
11 ‘ At the time I was convinced it was an allergic reaction to something because I could n't believe I could be suffering from acne at my age ’ .
12 I could n't believe I was sitting in church but that was the start of the road back .
13 I could n't believe I had the virus .
14 At this party , I rushed around like a student on the last day of school , confronting over and over again people 's incredulity and dismay at my impending departure , assuring them that I could n't believe I was leaving , exchanging addresses and agreeing to keep in touch until the end of time .
15 As I looked down I could n't believe I was being asked to attempt it .
16 I could n't believe I had done it ; I had reached the point in a trainee pilot 's training when he feels that he can now really get some flying under his belt and his flying really starts .
17 I could n't believe I 'd done it , and I felt just great .
18 So well Paul come out , I was talking to Steven and he said I come home last night and he said I could n't park me bloody car up cos there were cars everywhere , and they were all theirs .
19 I could n't know I 'd be on a murder case . "
20 But I could n't see me staying away all that time … not from you , and then probably being persuaded to follow their line and make America my home .
21 I could n't see I was so
22 ‘ Is it any wonder that , while I might have been too hard-headed to accept what is happening to me , I could not deny I actually felt my heart give a tug that night ? ’
23 I could not believe I had actually done it .
24 I could not believe I was not the only one and it was such a relief .
25 Slaven said after the game : ‘ I could not believe I was not on the substitutes ’ bench . ’
26 You know me , if it 's possible I 'll ‘ elp any way I can , but there 's one or two things even I dare n't open me mouth about . ’
27 I mean , I could go from anywhere , Lowerick down to the borders and I 'd I 'd be , I 'd feel at home , but I would n't feel I mean , I went down to England for something like four days , and like from Berwick , ma , about it must be about ten miles from Berwick to the Scottish , the Scotland thing and I was a craning my head out the bus window to see it !
28 And should 've gone abroad but I would n't go I er I er I had this position offered in the electricity works here then
29 I would n't think I 'd discuss it under functions really
30 Well I would n't call me a roly
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