Example sentences of "i [vb base] not [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean not just trying but if you if you get chosen to play the violin it means practising and practising and staying with it so that you become a good violin player . |
| 2 | Erm and it , it was us , I mean not only do we , I mean we develop her a a response , that means , we , we work with Councillor 's we work with Senior Officer 's in other departments and we look at the policy angles , like for example with , with that piece of legislation , when , when we first realised what the impact for that legislation was , it was gon na mean that we were ten million pound short in our housing money basically , that was , that was what it looked like on the surface and you think oh my god how you gon na make up for that short fall , that would mean an eleven pound a week rise in rent , that 's what it worked out as , so , well we ca n't do that , how , and then you have to look at the legislation and you say what are the loop holes here , and erm , and it involves contacting outside organisations and getting there opinion and finding out what other Council 's are doing and responding to things like this , and we did come up with a way , of , of reducing that deficit , but that 's the kind of thing we do . |
| 3 | I do not ordinarily go to Egyptian plays . |
| 4 | ‘ I do not exactly expect you to give your share away , mademoiselle . |
| 5 | Some , as you will see , I do not altogether agree with . |
| 6 | I do not altogether share her regret at the loss of such places . |
| 7 | Mrs Sams ( 44 ) from Birmingham , said : ‘ I do not normally swear but he has driven me to it . |
| 8 | I do not normally give way to someone who has just ambled into the Chamber , but I shall make an exception on this occasion , because I rather like the hon. Gentleman 's florid looks . |
| 9 | I believe that the House should insist er that the not only should th should be a majority o of local of of of local authority members , but these so-called independent members are really quite superfluous to requirements they are p they are creating another kind of semi-quango , they are concentrating more power into the hands of the Home Secretary and for that reason , although I do not wholly agree with the amendments that have been put down , I shall certainly vote for them all . |
| 10 | By that , I do not simply mean the gods , but human culture itself as well . |
| 11 | Although I do not wholeheartedly agree with the view the author takes of the mechanical world of the train being somehow better than that of nature , I can still find it interesting and thought inducing from a philosophical angle . |
| 12 | Every time I have to strike my heart is in my mouth , and although I do not consciously hold back when I strike , I wonder if I am doing so without being aware of it . |
| 13 | In this instance , I do not particularly welcome this debate , because I regret having to make these points tonight in this way . |
| 14 | However , as an mere individual I do not also have a right to inherit his seat in parliament . |
| 15 | By an unemployment reserve , I do not just mean a register but a reserve of people who are being trained and well paid and who feel part of the economy and of our industrial community . |
| 16 | Perhaps I do not even care ; I do n't know that , either . |
| 17 | It was a Frankie Howerd interview that made me realise I do not even want one . |
| 18 | I do n't know how to — I do not even want to — dispel this cold mist left over from the fog . |
| 19 | ‘ I do not even want to share you with him . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I am numb , I do not even feel anger towards whoever did it . ’ |
| 21 | And she thought , guiltily , I do not even feel guilty . |
| 22 | I am dying , she thought , as her forehead broke out into a fine sweat , I do not even have to think of it , my mind is on other things , but there is a disturbance , quite plainly to be felt , in the mechanism of my heart . |
| 23 | But I do not even have a vocabulary to describe the distinctive tang of a pear or a peach . |
| 24 | I do not even acknowledge them as my own . ’ |
| 25 | I do not even like to see her , it makes me uncomfortable and I wish her gone , as quickly as possible . ’ |
| 26 | The carving is of a quality I do not even understand . |
| 27 | Still , I have no intention of prescribing a correct attitude towards difference , even less a correct theory of difference ; I do not even know what the latter could possibly be . |
| 28 | I do not even know if I should . ’ |
| 29 | In some cases , I do not even know what my own opinion is . |
| 30 | I do not yet know in what form this particular section will be published , whether as a foreword or as an interpolation into the body of my work , but I can begin to see that even here I can make something triumphant out of necessity . |