Example sentences of "i [be] not [art] child " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first I had suggested that I should keep her company but she dismissed the idea at once : ‘ I am not a child , and I refuse to be treated as one ’ , and I guessed she wanted to be alone rather as a young girl might who sets out to post an imaginary letter , hoping to meet on the way the person for whom she has made herself beautiful . |
| 2 | I am not a child , Isabel . ’ |
| 3 | I am not a child now , said Helen . |
| 4 | I am not a child to be frightened by a resolution of a board of directors , or to be soothed by the present of shares ( each carrying 10 liability ) in a company which has been losing money every year from its commencement , and which nothing short of a miracle could make pay a dividend as hitherto managed ; neither is my position in Scientific Circles here such as to render my retaining the editorship of any advantage to me — indeed , I am vain enough to think that I confer more than I receive . |
| 5 | I am not a child . |
| 6 | I 'm not a child and I did n't like my father . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not a child , Faither , ’ he remonstrated . |
| 8 | ‘ Papa , something is very wrong , please tell me , I 'm not a child any more . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You 've no reason to worry , I 'm not a child and anyway the fare is dear enough for one of us , let alone two . |
| 10 | I 'm not a child . ’ |
| 11 | And he realises I 'm not a child anymore . |
| 12 | I 'm not a child ! ’ |
| 13 | I 'm not a child . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not a child ! ’ |
| 15 | But , just for the record , I 'm not a child . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm not a child , I do n't need all this protection and concern ! |
| 17 | ‘ Because I 'm not a child . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm not a child ! ’ |
| 19 | If he did tell me anything it would be a pack of lies , because obviously the secret would n't be a secret any more if he told me the truth , and he can feel , as I do , that with my increasing maturity he needs all the holds over me he can get ; I 'm not a child any more . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm turned fifteen , Daddy ’ — her voice trembling now — ‘ I 'm not a child any longer . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not a child , you know , although you seem to treat me like one . |