Example sentences of "not [vb infin] i [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to conform ; I do not think I ever used the term in my reports , except in parenthesis to denote a sort of dirty word . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 3 | I do n't think I even heard his name . |
| 4 | I do n't think I even join up some , I mean there 's lots of words I do |
| 5 | I had no awareness of the supposed stereotypical mother of that era — lipsticked and aproned , waiting at the door — and do n't think I even encountered a picture of her , in books , comics or film , until the early 1960s . |
| 6 | d I do n't think I even I do n't think I even feel Did I say guilty ? |
| 7 | I do n't think I even liked him very much . ’ |
| 8 | I just do n't think I just do n't think repossessions should happen . |
| 9 | I do n't think I really know the answer to that question . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't think I really had any doubts about them , ’ she said slowly at last . |
| 11 | And I do n't think I really expected Feargal to go down to Rosslare ! |
| 12 | I do n't think I really expected to see it , but when I did it amused me to follow you , and when you stopped in Wexford it was idle curiosity that prompted my behaviour , nothing else . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't think I really believed it for one second . |
| 14 | I do n't think I really minded what happened , though certainly the thought of a few more cannon shells flying past me did n't exactly cheer me up . |
| 15 | ‘ As crazy as it may sound , I do n't think I really care any more . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't think I really want an apology , Jack , ’ she said calmly . |
| 17 | Well , I do n't think I quite realised it even then . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't think I quite follow you , ’ she said . |
| 19 | " Really , sir , I do n't think I quite need to do that . " |
| 20 | ‘ But I do n't think I quite have your astonishing nerve , ’ he said , laughing . |
| 21 | I do n't think I quite understand this Allan . |
| 22 | I think I like particular standards , but I do n't think I always keep them . |
| 23 | At the time , the idea of a strong exclusive relationship was something that I did not actually want and I do n't think that even consciously at that time , I would have sought to have had that kind of relationship with David who was considerably younger than me and also , even though I was deeply into the whole scene and everything it represented , I do n't think I actually wanted to settle down with somebody who was a musician and was leading that sort of life style . |
| 24 | I actually do n't think I actually do n't think that the Community Charge payers of should pay for Councillor to go and watch a circus in Denmark . |
| 25 | I , I do n't think I ever said that we could n't go ahead with it this year , I merely pointed out , I merely |
| 26 | Er I remember it so vividly because it , at our house it was quite er an event because mother and father were so Labour and my brother , who erm he , I do n't know why , he 's not alive today and I ca n't so I , and I 've no idea , I do n't think I ever asked him because I 'd be too young , but I do know that the friction was in the house because he was working for the Conservative and she was the first woman that we ever elected er she , this , this lady did . |
| 27 | ‘ No , I do n't think I ever looked inside . |
| 28 | All sorts of people held their hands out to me but I do n't think I ever got anything . |
| 29 | I do n't think I ever met a refined man before . |
| 30 | We got our ration books — for us and the cattle-food as well — but I do n't think I ever worried about the possibility of Hitler invading us . |