Example sentences of "that i [verb] no " in BNC.
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1 | Much later it struck me as odd that I experienced no superstitious fear or repugnance in the presence of a dead body , although I am so squeamish that more than once I have had to ask a neighbour to deal with a dead rabbit that one of the cats had brought in during the night . |
2 | I have other patients to care for ; I have a day ; I have a family ; I have … you know , I have a life ahead of me , and these things do come up often enough that I saw no contradiction to the … not only the needs of the patient but the final ending — what would happen would be the same . |
3 | It 's not true that I saw no one while I was writing my book reviews in the printer 's office . |
4 | I shall try and ensure that I reach the aspirations of the people and that I let no one down . ’ |
5 | ‘ Oh yes , it 's relevant to that I 've no doubt . |
6 | Well I smoke myself so I believe that I 've no right to tell anyone else not to smoke . |
7 | What you 're really saying is that I 've no right to ask Madeleine to make sacrifices . |
8 | I know it 's a bit of tenuous link but there we are — other than that I 've no great claims to knowing any Leeds players |
9 | Thinking about it now , for the first time , I realized that I 'd no idea how a karaso was made : an arm-length shaft of wood , smooth and shiny as a newly opened conker , with five prongs at the end that were perfectly shaped into the smooth curves of a grasping hand . |
10 | I could have got away with murder that Saturday night , although under the present circumstances I had better add that I made no attempt to do so . |
11 | I know beyond question that I am Oedipus and he is I. I should make it clear that I hold no truck with the theory of reincarnation ; it is just as clear to me that I am Marie Romanov , whose life overlapped with mine . |
12 | He seemed so pleased with himself that I could n't help saying that I should mind them very much myself but that I had no objection to his wearing them — a view which I believed surprised him . |
13 | I think it 's hard to be honest with yourself about certain things and I wanted to think that I had no part in the grandiosity of MainMan and a lot of the bad things about MainMan . |
14 | My friend , a widow , was on the point of saying if he could n't attend , neither could she , when it occurred to me that I had no engagements for the weekend in question . |
15 | And once she was sure I would n't — because I did make it clear , you know , that I had no intention of doing more than agreeing to the legal business — she felt safe again . ’ |
16 | And I said — for I was permitted to answer — that I had no desire for marriage , but wished to live unwed and happy with my dear brother and no other . |
17 | And it was not helping the poor that kept me going , but the thought of having to admit that I had no stomach . |
18 | ‘ The truth — that I had no idea what had happened to her sister . |
19 | I prefaced my response to this question with the comment that I had no knowledge of the relationship of support for these two projects . |
20 | Once I could have seen them off by asserting that I had no interest in such things , preferring to live from one day to the next , unfettered by possessions and responsibilities . |
21 | I mentioned to Kirk that I had no intention of asking him about that part of the tour . |
22 | The implications were that I had no physical characteristics of my own , but that in the same way as I ‘ had ’ my father 's nose , or my grandmother 's eyes , I somehow inhabited a body which was not mine but a replica of my mother 's , and over which , therefore , I had no control . |
23 | It would seem that I had no choice in either matter , but whereas the former flattered me as well as frightened me , the latter insulted and enraged me . |
24 | I know that I had no intention of stopping the procedure , whatever anyone said or did to influence me . |
25 | I was bleeding from a laceration on my scalp and was so drunk that I had no recollection of what had happened ; a Sergeant quizzed me closely and seeing that I was incapable of speech , took me downstairs and put me into an ambulance . |
26 | In those circumstances I considered [ at 1.30 a.m. ] that I had no option but to grant the interlocutory relief that was sought by way of a declaration that in the circumstances which were then prevailing , it would not be unlawful for the hospital to administer a blood transfusion to [ Miss T. ] despite the absence of her consent because that appeared manifestly to be in her best interests . |
27 | Explained that I had no power to do this without your authority but would be glad to know Tolbukhin 's views and that if they coincided with mine I would ask you officially . |
28 | I thought , I must get it cut — and then I remembered that I had no money to waste on that sort of thing any more ; it would just have to grow , or I 'd have to cut it myself . |
29 | Our arrival was just in time to take off again , so that I had no opportunity for a rest , a meal or anything else . |
30 | I congratulated him , saying that I had no doubt it would be a good day for our foreign affairs but it was a sad day for British housing . |