Example sentences of "not [subord] i do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Really I I I just go out mainly , I 'm not , not cos I do n't , I just , I go out because there 's nothing else to do and it 's boring being stuck in on your own all the time ! |
| 2 | No you 're not cos I did n't know what to put in the box . |
| 3 | ‘ Not unless I do it in the next three months , ’ she told him . |
| 4 | This was not because I did n't want to dance but because I had not yet learned how to do it properly . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't make love to you last night , not because I did n't want to , but because it was n't the right time , or place . |
| 6 | One last thing — I should like my letters to be returned — all my letters without fail — not because I do not trust your honour , but because they are mine , now , because they are no longer yours . |
| 7 | So I hope you 'll understand that if I do n't include my subscription with this letter it 's not because I do n't support you and if I shop in Smiths it 's not because I want them to sell pornography . |
| 8 | I do n't really want to be seen as part of the team and it 's not because I do n't like them — they 're all nice people — it 's just that I do n't want to be The Word 's latest wanker . |
| 9 | As Wittgenstein observed : ‘ If however I doubt whether a spider feels pain , it is not because I do n't know what to expect ’ ( Z 564 ) . |
| 10 | I wo n't do defended cases because I ca n't spare the time , not because I do n't feel competent . |
| 11 | I froze not because I am not proud to have worked for my company , and indeed consider myself fortunate to have done so — and not because I do not admire my company and put everything that I can into serving it . |
| 12 | ‘ I can not because I do n't believe God would change His plans just because I asked Him . ’ |
| 13 | It 's not because I do n't love you and Dad , you know that . |
| 14 | The sort of parts Michelle Pfeiffer or Sharon Stone get , I would not because I do not look right . |
| 15 | Er , I mean , I do n't go not because I do n't enjoy the pictures but I think that it 's got to be something really special . |
| 16 | and it 's like I said mum it 's not because I do n't trust Angela |
| 17 | The message would be : Do as I preach , not as I do . |
| 18 | Otherwise , it would be a case of ‘ Do as I say , not as I do . ’ |
| 19 | Much as I would like to assist the hon. Gentleman , I can not as I do not accept that transport for students at boards of management colleges should remain with education authorities . |
| 20 | No , not when I did it . |
| 21 | I did n't although I did n't slam it but I did shut it . |
| 22 | They ca n't cos I do n't think there 's enough |
| 23 | Erm , when I first started erm I think the typists felt that erm as an ordinary typist I ought to er be in the typing pool but the I 'm glad I did n't because I do n't think I would have felt very happy amongst er |
| 24 | I wo n't because I do n't do them ! |
| 25 | The reason I packed in the charity job was n't because I did n't sympathise . |
| 26 | It was n't because I did n't like what she was saying , some of it I did n't like what she was saying |