Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where there is a large number of transactions — the notice mentions 30,000 records — I do not think we should simply consider an isolated case where it would be impossible to say whether there had been a direct benefit from the acquisition of the wrappers or not . |
| 2 | I do not think we can profitably continue Question Time . |
| 3 | ‘ As leader of the Liberal Party , ’ Steel noted in the extract enclosed , ‘ I do not think I will ever be awarded full marks for either party management or pioneering policies … ‘ |
| 4 | How often declared that I did not think I could possibly deserve my Pamela till I could show her a purity as nearly equal to hers . |
| 5 | He did not think he could ever be that kind of person but Nutty said some of the best riders were the quiet , sympathetic ones . |
| 6 | We must do whatever we can to bring the murderer to justice , although realistically I do not think he will ever be found , ’ wrote Lt Col Stewart . |
| 7 | ‘ We must do whatever we can to bring the murderer to justice , although realistically I do not think he will ever be found , ’ concluded Lt Col Stewart 's statement . |
| 8 | Lt Col Stewart 's statement concluded : ‘ We must do whatever we can to bring the murderer to justice , although realistically I do not think he will ever be found . ’ |
| 9 | Lt Col Stewart said : ‘ Realistically I do not think he will ever be identified . ’ |
| 10 | It 's a mild type , but if not treated it could suddenly develop into an acute form with increased coughing , loss of appetite , fever and fast breathing . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm not singing I ca n't sing . |
| 12 | They 're not to know I 'd never fight . ’ |
| 13 | it must have been Thursday because I did n't want him to come , I said to Jim , tell him not to come we 'll just turn the whole lot off . |
| 14 | Knowing Christopher , she has judged it right to leave him to make his own attempts , though had he not succeeded she would probably have joined him and discussed the solution with him . |
| 15 | Even when allowances were made , the " heroes of Krishnapur " , as he did not doubt they would soon be called , were a pretty rum lot . |
| 16 | To buy a brand new PA system costs a lot of money for a single person , and as a group it is a huge risk as we are still at school ( lower 6th ) and do not wish to spend that sort of money when we can not guarantee we will still be together in a week , let alone a year 's time . |
| 17 | ‘ But I have not said I will not come ! |
| 18 | I you have not said it would not meet the Department of Transports criteria for financial support for example . |
| 19 | No that was some drops of acid that you could see We 're trying to work out what the properties of this gas if you 're not listening you wo n't be able to do number four . |
| 20 | ( Gregory 's slogan was : ‘ That which he could not assume he could not heal . ’ ) |
| 21 | If someone bought me an expensive perfumed soap , I would save it — not believing I would ever have another — until I found it years later , grubby and odourless ! |
| 22 | I can not I can not do I can not differentiate that I 'll tell you what I could do I 'd have no problem at all if you gave me something Y equals U squared no problem |
| 23 | If jade is not polished it can not be made worth anything . |
| 24 | After that night in Rocamar , when you told me you could n't feel anything for anyone , I dared not hope you 'd ever change — ’ |
| 25 | Also , there is the situation where a wife may not feel she can really give her husband a present because the funds she would be spending would actually be his . |
| 26 | [ Philip Leapor ] informs me she was always fond of reading every thing that came in her way , as soon as she was capable of it ; and that when she and learnt to write tolerably , which , as he remembers , was at about ten or eleven Years old , She would often be scribbling , and sometimes in Rhyme ; which her Mother was at first pleas 'd with : But finding this Humour increase upon her as she grew up , when she thought her capable of more profitable Employment , she endeavour 'd to break her of it ; and that he likewise , having no Taste for Poetry , and not imagining it could ever be any Advantage to her , join 'd in the same Design : But finding it impossible to alter her natural Inclination , he had of late desisted , and left her more at Liberty |
| 27 | James Stephen did not believe they would ever reconcile their pursuit of profits with policies of amelioration . |
| 28 | But I do not believe we can truly follow that great commandment unless we have a concept of care and concern for our fellow citizens which is reflected in the organisation of our society . |
| 29 | I do not believe she would ever leave us of her own will . ’ |
| 30 | Always start ‘ Tall , good-looking Mary Smith , as she stepped out of her cottage that morning , did not realize she would not see her children until the following , three months later . |