Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mind you I should n't talk I worked until I was sixty |
| 2 | Even so , if you consider the pressures contingent on me that night , you may not think I delude myself unduly if I go so far as to suggest that I did perhaps display , in the face of everything , at least in some modest degree a ‘ dignity ’ worthy of someone like Mr Marshall — or come to that , my father . |
| 3 | ‘ Let's not pretend I had a choice . |
| 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 not believe I had actually done it . |
| 6 | My yesterday and said that well my cousin said they 've got ta pay twenty pounds but my friend said there is a those who could n't pay I du n no whether it 'll do any good but I should think some of them |
| 7 | They could n't understand I did n't want to visit you until I was sure I had the strength not to cry . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's only what anyone knows , really , you could n't say I 'd had exactly wide experience . |
| 9 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 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 | ‘ I could n't believe I had the virus . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | My mother could n't believe I 'd turned down the highest single accolade known to show business aside from This Is Your Life ( which I 've also managed to avoid by dint of a pact with the reclusive man with whom I share my digs ) . |
| 14 | I could n't believe I 'd done it , and I felt just great . |
| 15 | Karen could n't believe I got back so quickly the other day . |
| 16 | He could n't believe I did n't know what a crome was ! |
| 17 | But I would not say I learned nothing from Vincente . |
| 18 | Oh yeah I suppose it will be much too early Left home at er today come in , I thought I so I 'd only gone about half a mile down the road filled up my car , paid the money the car would n't start I kept turning nothing was happening and then all of a sudden after a couple of minutes it erm like the way I 've button up my coat ? |
| 19 | You would n't think I 'd been complimented on them , would you , but when I 'appened to show them accidental to a gentleman once , he said I ought to go on the stage and wear tights and a little frou-frou skirt — here , where you goin' ? ’ |
| 20 | 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 ! |
| 21 | he would n't talk I says no names mentioned , well it is I have to put there and there like , but Aye twenty tapes , you do n't have to use all the tapes , like you know , just , for different languages |
| 22 | I would n't say I enjoyed it , but it went much better than I expected and my audience were very appreciative . |
| 23 | Well I have n't I would n't say I 've done it , I 've just asked them to make |
| 24 | I do n't think I could , I 'd go up that erm I did alright and I would n't say I 've done well . |
| 25 | I would n't say I 've had experience in movies . |
| 26 | No , I would n't say I did , and I would n't say that 's what I was looking for , particularly , because again I mean it 's a much abused notion that perhaps that class disappears in postwar Britain , I think that 's a political issue that was an attempt to make it look as if class was disappearing , class differences rather , but I think there is a lot of evening out , there 's not the stark differences of the quality of life of furnishings that you would have found say in homes before the war . |
| 27 | ‘ I would n't say I do think I can beat her , but you 've got to pretend you can . |
| 28 | oh I would n't know I mean these zoom lenses are pretty powerful are n't they ? |
| 29 | ‘ My dear brother must have guessed I 'd come here and tipped them off , but then he would n't know I had these . ’ |
| 30 | Cos I would n't know I 've done enough okay ? |