Example sentences of "[am/are] not [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I am not writing I draw . |
| 2 | ‘ I am not saying I believe that . |
| 3 | ‘ It is always nice to beat Boris although I am not saying I have proved I am a better player , ’ said the 24-year-old Stich . |
| 4 | You 're not to say I killed her . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You 're not suggesting I turn up like Lady Godiva ? |
| 6 | You 're not to think I killed her . |
| 7 | But that 's it , I 'm not buying I 've got a couple of boxes of chocolates we bought from Tescos did n't we ? |
| 8 | Well I 'm not daunted I think , challenged I think is probably the word , but I think there is room in the market , I mean they have their Oxford English Dictionary say , which is one of their flagships you might say . |
| 9 | A disobedient Norfolk farm boy was propelled into a lifetime of professional poaching by the combination of a harsh , flogging father , who for years ‘ never spoke to me nor owned me ’ , and an entertaining , caring grandfather who had poached himself : ‘ I 'm not shure I did not inherit some of my sporting ways from him . ’ |
| 10 | I was n't playing well for the rest of the team , and that is one of my strengths , because even when I 'm not scoring I know I can contribute . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I 'm not sayin' I believe it , mind , but I want to know about that happy-birthday message . |
| 12 | I 'm not saying I chose an affair expressly to ward off the 30th birthday blues , but my age and stage contributed more than mere chance . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not saying I lose sleep about it , but the prospect of making a howler in front of millions of people is a worry . |
| 14 | I 'm not saying I condone it , ’ he interpreted her look , ‘ but at the moment maybe it 's all she has to protect her from feelings of inadequacy . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm not saying I did n't lift my arm and I 'm sorry for the embarrassment it has brought on the club and our supporters . |
| 16 | Well , I 'm not saying I see it quite like that , I mean , that 's the mythology … ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm not saying I think he 's foolish . |
| 18 | I mean , I 'm not saying I want us to be living at the top of a tower block on some vandalized estate but there 's more to life than this , I know there is . ’ |
| 19 | I 'm not saying I want to see Morris ' Utopian vision in action exactly as it is , but a lot of his idea is still very inspiring a century after it was written . |
| 20 | I 'm not saying I do n't like playing acoustic , mind , but it 's tough sometimes . |
| 21 | I 'm not saying I believe this , and I 'm not saying I do n't , but … |
| 22 | He saw the flicker of doubt in her eyes , and added with a husky laugh , ‘ I 'm not saying I do n't want you . |
| 23 | I 'm not saying I suppose it 's better |
| 24 | I 'm not saying I believe this , and I 'm not saying I do n't , but … |