Example sentences of "i [verb] not [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sat up feeling strangely light-headed and carefree ; maybe I 'd not had much sleep , but at least I had beaten the organist , at least I 'd been spared the Magnificat on an empty stomach . |
| 2 | Though I had worked out every detail for me and the wheelbarrow , I had not given much thought to the Land Rover . |
| 3 | ‘ Marriage will be the end of his talent , ’ Bonamy predicted , though I had not seen much talent in the poems Robin had so far shown me . |
| 4 | thought bream to be the culprits , but could n't be sure because so far I had not seen any prime out in the swim to indicate they were , in fact , present there . |
| 5 | I had not heard that theory advanced with such bravura before . |
| 6 | I had not heard such a remark before . |
| 7 | There were some worries , of course : I had not formulated any principles for the evaluation of an experience which was developing under our eyes ; and there were some obvious discrepancies between what students experienced in different schools . |
| 8 | Because I had not done much mathematics at school or at Oxford , I found general relativity very difficult at first and did not make much progress . |
| 9 | I replied that I had not done so-that I was happy in the Foreign Office , and in the House of Lords which I had never contemplated leaving , and that it was in these fields that my strong preferences lay . |
| 10 | There is something very impressive of state and royalty in the march of these sixty or more elephants ; and if I had not regarded this display of magnificence with a sort of philosophical indifference , I should have been apt to be carried away by such flights of imagination as inspire most Indian poets . |
| 11 | I remembered that when I had first come to live with Jean-Claude , I had learnt to hear him thinking , and how I had not lost this gift but came to enjoy the sound of his inner voice much less . |
| 12 | Now I can be quite sure I had not intended this pleasing symmetry . |
| 13 | If I wanted to , I could change my name regardless of the fact that I had not committed any crime . |
| 14 | I might have learnt to like Stephen Fry 's version of Jeeves on television , if I had not read those maddening articles in which he was eager to give away my money in order to soothe his conscience . |
| 15 | I decided that I had not come all this way only to indulge in polite conversation . |
| 16 | I 've not visited this particular town before and there are one or two old buildings I would n't mind looking at . ’ |
| 17 | Although I 've never I 've not met this element before it 's rather interesting . |
| 18 | I 've not done that for years . |
| 19 | I 've not done that car out for ages . |
| 20 | I 've not done enough potatoes . |
| 21 | Erm I 've not done this before and I wanted to try it out with a small group like yourselves to see how we go on with it . |
| 22 | We did ya this copper kettle he asked , I 've not seen that before . |
| 23 | no I 've not seen that one then . |
| 24 | I 've not seen that , right do you want a cup of tea ? |
| 25 | ‘ I 've not seen many , ’ answered George . |
| 26 | I hope this is right as I 've not seen many . |
| 27 | I 've not seen any funny posters . ’ |
| 28 | I 've been out on the on the streets and the roads and we 've had a few beers and I 've not seen any trouble but the first I 've heard of trouble was was this morning after breakfast in a nearby hotel and and by by the trouble that 's been caused I do n't know the details of it but I believe it 's been quite intense really . |
| 29 | I 've not seen any more sight of that heron . |
| 30 | I 've not seen any there 's not been any more in erm workmen in . |