Example sentences of "not [vb infin] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When asked by a pompous college dean , ‘ My good man , I do not think I know you ? |
| 2 | ‘ I was playing in a particular game and did not think I had done anything spectacular at all when I was approached by Heffernan who told me that he wanted me for the Ireland team to play Australia in the Compromise Rules series , ’ recalls McGilligan . |
| 3 | I do not think I deserved this sort of treatment . |
| 4 | I do not think I knew who Plato was at the time , but I enjoyed hearing Mr Crossman speak , and seeing the other pupils , although they were mostly people thought of in the town as being particularly well-educated already . |
| 5 | Even so , if you consider the pressures contingent on me that night , you may not think I delude myself unduly if I go so far as to suggest that I did perhaps display , in the face of everything , at least in some modest degree a ‘ dignity ’ worthy of someone like Mr Marshall — or come to that , my father . |
| 6 | In view of the persons who will be present , I do not think I exaggerate . ’ |
| 7 | I did not think I noticed as the car drew level |
| 8 | Thee will not think I talk figuratively when I tell thee that his pine apple stove is sixty feet long , twenty feet wide and height proportionable . |
| 9 | But I do not think I have to worry about it — there is , oh there is , there really is , another kind of light between these walls , too luminous for words . |
| 10 | I do not think I have the strength . |
| 11 | After his signature , he added : ‘ P.S. Do not think I stole the plate , linen , etc. from you . |
| 12 | I use to dread going in to work — in the two years I worked for the Inland Revenue I do not think I worked a full month — and in the end I left . |
| 13 | My ears were burning , and my left shin throbbed as if it did not know I had stopped walking . |
| 14 | He did not know I had read his notes and I did not confess I had , but he elaborated on what I had read , and I was convinced he had right on his side — if not prudence . |
| 15 | He assured Helen , ‘ I did not know I loved you so tenderly until this trial , sweetheart ’ . |
| 16 | But you can not expect I mean we was actually lucky there was a job there now , when it closed down . |
| 17 | Age does not matter I like reading , travelling , making friends and photography . |
| 18 | I can honestly say now I do not feel I have subsequently ever lost a race I would have won had I been allowed to use the whip . ’ |
| 19 | I could not believe I had actually done it . |
| 20 | She wrote back to him careful little letters to which no one could object , fearing to display too much emotion in case it called attention to the boy 's over-regard for her but she managed all the same to make her affection felt , telling him : — Pilade looks for you everywhere and will not believe I have not hidden you in a box . |
| 21 | ‘ I can not claim I know Mr Peckham . |
| 22 | He did not know I had read his notes and I did not confess I had , but he elaborated on what I had read , and I was convinced he had right on his side — if not prudence . |
| 23 | That anything he undertook or contemplated would be a thorough piece of work , I knew ; but I do not suppose I appreciated how much preparation he would have considered necessary , including intensive readings . |
| 24 | Better not mention I shave my legs on |
| 25 | If my list of cons against Alfieri seems great , it does not mean I dislike everything he does for as I 've said he plays the important role of introduction and conclusion which I like especially and count as a clever idea on the part of Miller . |
| 26 | But — hoo-ha ! — this does not mean I have to stay in one particular mirror . |
| 27 | I obviously love to see Leeds win , and just because I 've predicted a draw , that does not mean I do not think Leeds are capable of winning . |
| 28 | Well , to clarify , I have a season ticket for Ibrox and I also ‘ support ’ leeds united , but since I see Rangers play every week , I would probably class them as my number one team — this does not mean I do nt like Leeds — its all a matter of prioritising the teams . |
| 29 | well I 'll get the car and you can go out , I says you 're not getting the car out and I 'll not go I said you can go |
| 30 | I did not realise I had hurt you . ’ |