Example sentences of "not [verb] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | I do not think I deserved this sort of treatment . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I did not think I noticed as the car drew level |
| 5 | After his signature , he added : ‘ P.S. Do not think I stole the plate , linen , etc. from you . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Macbeth defends but at the same time accuses himself ; ‘ Thou canst not say I did it : never shake/Thy gory locks at me ’ ( 50f . ) . |
| 8 | In order not to freeze I installed a wood-burning stove . |
| 9 | My ears were burning , and my left shin throbbed as if it did not know I had stopped walking . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He assured Helen , ‘ I did not know I loved you so tenderly until this trial , sweetheart ’ . |
| 12 | When he was not looking I came down and took the car . |
| 13 | A disobedient Norfolk farm boy was propelled into a lifetime of professional poaching by the combination of a harsh , flogging father , who for years ‘ never spoke to me nor owned me ’ , and an entertaining , caring grandfather who had poached himself : ‘ I 'm not shure I did not inherit some of my sporting ways from him . ’ |
| 14 | I could not believe I had actually done it . |
| 15 | she 'll get it by hook or by crook , that 's on the , wonder she 's not in jail though for not paying I heard how many time , how much she 's borrowed over Christmas , for at , for , for er , what they call it as well you know er , what they call it Beverley her daughter |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I 'm not saying I chose an affair expressly to ward off the 30th birthday blues , but my age and stage contributed more than mere chance . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm not saying I did n't lift my arm and I 'm sorry for the embarrassment it has brought on the club and our supporters . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | I did not realise I had hurt you . ’ |
| 22 | You 're not to think I killed her . |
| 23 | ‘ Let's not pretend I had a choice . |
| 24 | You 're not to say I killed her . ’ |
| 25 | Nevertheless , this is not to say I did not gain a fairly clear impression of what was taking place within the room . |
| 26 | That 's not to say I did n't think about sex — I did — and in order to relieve my frustration I would read books , watch videos and practise solitary sex . |
| 27 | And after a week of not earning I said , There something wrong here . |
| 28 | By means best not mentioned I tracked down a living link with Martha . |
| 29 | ‘ It was a trickle of a stream and I did not say I 'd broken every bone , just hurt my leg . |
| 30 | But I would not say I learned nothing from Vincente . |