Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [verb] not [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | I 've been , I 've been through them all and er there 's only one or two that I 've not actually had any contact with actually one way or another . |
2 | My understanding of the case was that I 'd not yet found a remedy to cover the fibroid as well as everything else so I chose Phosphorus LM1 from the rubric bleeding fibroids since it covered her fears and complemented the Arsenicum . |
3 | I can only say that I know not whence they came , nor have ever enquired whither they are going . |
4 | There is of course no logical reason why things should be different this time , wrote Harsnet , why this too should not be an illusion , the illusion of imagining that I know not only what step to take first but also what step to take second and even what step to take third . |
5 | Every now and then Mazzin would run his hands over me , checking that I had n't somehow ripped off the bindings and was n't about to attack him . |
6 | ‘ Proof that Silas really loved me , and that I had n't just become a habit with him . |
7 | I later wrote a little piece for the magazine of the Old Boys of my former grammar school and I said , quite truthfully , that I had n't even told my family what was said between us . |
8 | I remembered I 'd had nothing to eat or drink before leaving the house , and thought how awful that I had n't even made Toby a cup of tea before obeying my impulse to run . |
9 | I admitted that I had n't quite got around to organizing that aspect of my life yet . |
10 | I wanted it to be that I had n't really been that big before I left — in other words , prove them wrong . |
11 | But when Joelle introduced us I realized that I had n't really been prepared for the meeting at all . |
12 | But apart from that I had n't really thought about it really . |
13 | I realized , suddenly , that I had n't once seen her properly dressed since my arrival . |
14 | I had some difficulty in persuading him that I had not even seen , let alone read , the book , either in manuscript or in print . |
15 | But it seemed to me that I had not properly answered his question and that he was really voicing the unthinking complaint of the people who lived in the little houses all over the world . |
16 | The hon. Gentleman has introduced me to sayings of his in the House today that I had not previously appreciated . |
17 | And in another light-year or two I was through the word-barrier , and the book had suddenly reached the stage — the wonderful moment to get to — where I could walk right into my imaginary country and see things that I had not consciously created , and listen to people talking and watch them moving , all apparently independent of me . |
18 | I did n't realise that I had not completely accepted Zoe . |
19 | Karen never let me forget that everything we owned was originally hers and hers alone , and that I had not only contributed nothing to our joint capital but was n't bringing in any income either . |
20 | And the problem is , having nearly died , I have to ration my energy so that I do n't completely burn myself out again . |
21 | We can all still bring leather in from our friends in Australia but for reasons that I do n't wholly understand , this is very much dearer than the local er supplies available and for the time being it 's not of interest to the saddlery-makers in Walsall . |
22 | It 's got so bad that I do n't even know what to say . ’ |
23 | It 's such a necessary part of life that I do n't even question it . |
24 | ‘ Miss Abbott will tell you that I do n't even possess one of my own to entertain her in . ’ |
25 | Do n't know why I 'm singing that I do n't even like . |
26 | Er , I mean , we have met him , once or twice , but that 's as much as I can say , and it 's been er su such a span of time , that I do n't even know now , whether I would recognise him walking along the street . |
27 | She has very clear pale skin and so is used to having quite strong make-up ( ‘ so that I do n't just look a bland mass ’ ) . |
28 | And he gives me a look of a kind that I do n't altogether like . |
29 | ‘ Well if it comes to that I do n't exactly trust the dear boy myself ’ she had remarked to her mother who was winding up a short visit en route to stay with some Canadian cousins . |
30 | He stared into his brandy and then , rather sourly for such a charming man , said , ‘ I 'm afraid that I do n't quite follow you , Bodo . ’ |