Example sentences of "i [verb] not [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I mean not many people who 'd clashed with mrs thatcher did survive . |
2 | the thing that annoys me most is that , the amount of bad memories people have , I mean not bad memories as in bad thoughts , but bad |
3 | Star Trek 's something that will never die , I mean not Star Trek erm Dar |
4 | I mean I do n't think they do , they do that these days , I hope not any rate . |
5 | no you do n't I do n't mean glue on |
6 | Now I know not all players are like this . |
7 | In 1547 , after the English victory over the Scots at Pinkie , Huntly was to say ‘ I hold well with the marriage , but I like not this wooing ’ . |
8 | But tell me if you will , whilst you were attending to these sartorial niceties , the small , yet I feel not insignificant matter of our impending relegation to Sheol did n't , perchance , wend its winged way into your mercurial consciousness ? ’ |
9 | Well I went not last Friday but the Friday before , they were doing it |
10 | I gave not one cheep , not a chirrup — |
11 | I do n't that bit there . |
12 | Well , I do n't one glass one alright , I go |
13 | alright I do n't two weeks is too long I think |
14 | I do n't fancy writing it all over again , like homework . |
15 | ‘ I do n't corrupt women , ’ he returned evenly , but with a hint of tightly controlled anger . |
16 | I do n't little boys in in gowns . |
17 | I do n't olive oil , that 's the trouble . |
18 | I do n't I do n't English actress is she or |
19 | We did agree to meet , but I do n't same time tomorrow . |
20 | I go there , and I sit in her room , and we are very quiet , I do n't fucking camp around , I never smoke , and we tell one another the truth . |
21 | So our having the tape-recorder is affecting the quality of Mrs Padmore 's life — which , however , has an indirect effect on the quality of our life , given the I think not unreasonable premise that an improvement in the quality of someone else 's life offers us some kind of pleasure or satisfaction , or at any rate spares us discomfort or guilt ; though whether this is what I had in mind when I borrowed the tape-recorder this morning I think unlikely . |
22 | She said she because I left it to you in case you wanted to spit in the sink she goes oh I did n't last night , so I never brought it up alright ? |
23 | although I did n't last Tuesday , I did the Tuesday before and she seemed |
24 | I did n't ten minutes later . |
25 | That 's about all I can tell you about that , but er it makes you wonder whether I had n't better keep out of Street , does n't it ? |
26 | I hoped Doone would net him soon , but I had n't much faith . |
27 | I agreed ; I had n't much choice . |
28 | Well I had n't much choice have I ? |
29 | I had n't enough money to get there by conventional means but no matter . |
30 | But I had n't any choice . |