Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [subord] i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er and erm it 's difficult for people to maintain er not only as I say , but in their lifestyle over a particular period of time , so you could be more likely to get at the truth by this method , than by sending out questionnaires . |
| 2 | And the conservative group is running the council in the sense that labour has scrambled , obviously over the last few days , to reduce its tax level to something closer to the tories and I 'm going to stand with my fellow liberal democrats tonight and vote for a higher figure because , not only because I think that there 's sort of things we want to do in our budget , are b are b are better and and would be better done than not done , but because I think there 's a fundamental political ethical issue here and it 's one which has been confronting this country for a great many years and which is going to be crucial in the next election . |
| 3 | You are a young gentleman and I am sorry to say , not better than I wish you to be . |
| 4 | Well not not if I have salad on it , anyway . |
| 5 | I hope you will be with the health service workers , not just because I have the honour and privilege of being a national officer with this greatest union in the country . |
| 6 | In view of this , it would be no more than proper and right for me to talk in some in great detail about it , but I am not going to , and not just because I have an eye on the clock , or an ear for the protest of stomachs . |
| 7 | 2 I think she 's glad to see me , not just because I give her treat food , but because she 's lonely . |
| 8 | I have no desire to pass on nasty stories about other people , not even when I know the facts of the case . |
| 9 | Q. I never see my Upside Down Catfish during the day , not even when I feed the other fish . |
| 10 | Because I 'm not here because I want to be , that 's why . |
| 11 | yes , but its not there if I 've had it all out in it ? , you took up to bed with him that 's why you ca n't |
| 12 | Not quite cos I mean at one time , when he was Christopher 's age god he was never free from cold was he ? |
| 13 | That 's not quite as I remember it , Melissa thought , but let the inaccuracy pass unchallenged . |
| 14 | I understand the concerns that people will have about the forthcoming changes , not least because I have seen similar exercises in IBM . |
| 15 | The brake 's alright , although it was n't on when I put some brakes on |
| 16 | He says my mum used to take me everywhere I wanted to go but she ca n't anymore so I 've got to get there by bus or by bike . |
| 17 | ‘ This is n't just where I live , it 's where I work . |
| 18 | but that 's no problem for me , it used to be a problem but it is n't now because I 've worked on building up my confidence in other things so I 'm good at quite a lot of things and I always keep re-enforcing that that I 'm good at doing these things . |
| 19 | Well I have n't really because I 've got double glazing . |
| 20 | ‘ I wanted to give them to his wife but she is n't here so I 've given them to him instead , ’ she said . |
| 21 | Erm but yeah but that 's one of er oh pass me pass me the thing I do n't actually when I think about it it 's getting nearer the time . |