Example sentences of "not i [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If not I 'll remain immobilized at my place , tied hand and foot … and in whose interest would that be ? |
| 2 | Well it 's not I 'll tell you in a moment . |
| 3 | having this whole thing out , right , she 'd pay right , I bring home wage , right believe it or not I 'll tell you it 's about between a hundred and eleven and a hundred and fourteen pounds a week , that 's forty and ten , that 's a hundred and fifty pounds a week , right , now if she got to pay poll tax out of that , right , what she 's getting which is twenty odd pounds a month |
| 4 | If not I 'll go and buy one tomorrow . |
| 5 | I mean I , it 's not I 'll give you some money when I get home alright Quite difficult now , I try and think of something I have n't given her before . |
| 6 | If not I 'll leave you to your own devices until you see sense . ’ |
| 7 | If not I 'll have a load of money . |
| 8 | I 'll try and nip up there tomorrow , if not I 'll have to go on Monday I do n't think any , I do n't think run away , what will Monday 's date be , the ninth ? oh well There are those new Chronicles that have got to come out |
| 9 | It 's very difficult now with all the other cutbacks , I just do n't know how I 'm going to manage and whether or not I 'll have a roof over my head by the end of the year or what will be happening . |
| 10 | Well if we 're not I 'll ring him up and say I 'll say er |
| 11 | And if not I 'll see if I can think of an excuse to try and contact her myself . ’ |
| 12 | I might be back in time to see you before coffee if not I 'll see you |
| 13 | When visiting a foreign country , for example , I may feel that I have reason to obey its laws on the ground that if I do not I may bring the reputation of my university into disrepute . |
| 14 | Had you not I would have lent you some instructional literature — onanism is , you see , terribly important , a most efficacious ritual . |
| 15 | ‘ My house has been broken into , my sister and I could have been in danger and all you 're concerned about is whether or not I would have shot the bastard who did it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ A temporary farewell only — I doubt not I shall return to court in the summer , whether it be at Westminster , Eltham or Richmond . |
| 17 | You 'll come , boy , because if you do not I shall have you dragged there . |
| 18 | If not I 'd go in there and say please could |
| 19 | With someone who 's not I 'd try and get them to wait for a couple of days and then if they would n't I 'd go through the and get them it today . |
| 20 | I 've I 've got your range of one to six here , John , and I 'm not I must stress I 'm not singling you out — I mean your company is fairly typical of what 's happening in this area — but the main difference between one and six is that erm two and six is that number two covers for two hundred part up to two hundred pounds |
| 21 | Er but we 're not I must explain we 're not discretionary managers . |
| 22 | I asked the doctor who was seeing me in the hospital antenatal clinic whether or not I should stop taking the drug and he said it was OK and that I should just carry on . |
| 23 | I asked the doctor who was seeing me in the hospital antenatal clinic whether or not I should stop taking the drug and he said it was OK and that I should just carry on . |
| 24 | This may sound ridiculous , but I have recently met a very nice man , the same age as me , similar tastes , sense of humour , not exactly good-looking but perfectly presentable , and I 'm wondering whether or not I should marry him . |
| 25 | It also depends on whether or not I can tell you what you want to know . |
| 26 | My argument for functionalism is therefore critically dependent on whether or not I can convince you that progress in one of these areas — cognitive neuropsychology — is unlikely to be simply an illusion . |
| 27 | I know what I feel like listening to , it 's just whether or not I can find it . |
| 28 | But if you comply with my proposals I will leave you ; if not I will make the most of this opportunity . |
| 29 | And if not I will move from the Chair , the adoption of the minutes of last year 's A G M. Those in favour of that ? |
| 30 | Now why , now is Councillor Warby now saying I would have done it , not I will do it . |