Example sentences of "[pron] [not/n't] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why was I not instantly informed of his true situation ? |
| 2 | He says you 're out and I not yet I said . |
| 3 | The only channel I could really work with was the Clean ; Crunch and Lead developed a very hard , transistorised quality which , had I not already known differently , would have convinced me that this was a totally solid state preamp . |
| 4 | I had once taken hold of a piece of rock , and was about to trust my whole weight upon , it , when it loosened from its bed , and I should have been sent headlong to the bottom had I not instinctively snatched hold of a tuft of grass , which grew close by it , and was so firm as to save me . |
| 5 | Was I not right about the wee lass , saints preserve her ! |
| 6 | But am I not right in supposing that Moose Jaw is the mid-west divisional point of the C.P.R. ? ’ |
| 7 | Am I , am I not right in saying |
| 8 | Am I not right in thinking that the batons themselves are fused , therefore they are a safety device , therefore t the fuse in the baton will go if you do exceed the thirteen ? |
| 9 | Am I not right , Mr Frere ? ’ |
| 10 | The ‘ Pied Piper ’ side of Dominic is seen in a verse called Without Finance : As I saunter unabashed , Best foot forward , Hair slicked back , Am I not just the sort of chap That fortune often favours ? |
| 11 | Well , well that 's what I said , but she says can I not just alter it and leave it at that ? |
| 12 | But can you say , sir , that there is nothing between you that should not be ? [ pause ] You answer me not and may I not fairly presume you can not ? |
| 13 | Besides , did I not once , as a young man , |
| 14 | Have I not ever come before Thee with a radiant countenance , ready for any injunctions or orders Thou mightest give ? |
| 15 | He said he remembered her well , hoped she was flourishing , and had I not better get off to my supper ? |
| 16 | Was I not perhaps the greatest fool in Christendom ? |
| 17 | Er I not really sure it depends on what you mean in that particular context . |
| 18 | I not too bothered that Scum Could get to the league cup final and FA cup final ( as long as they lose ) , I hope they do with several replays along the way . |
| 19 | Afraid they would come after me , that Harry would be punished on my account ; that worse might befall Daisy and I not there to help … |
| 20 | should make a nice , am I not very good with it , |
| 21 | I mean I not very happy with the lounge either . |
| 22 | Beyond this , current sensations converge with knowledge and memory and desire to make sense of the experience of the present : I not only experience this object but I recognize it — as something of a certain kind ; as yours , as mine , as something I have seen before ; and it means something to me in terms of my appetites and needs and ambitions . |
| 23 | My world of science is so much richer than theirs , because I not only know the systematic names , but I am also fluent in the trivial ones , the scientific nicknames which allow us to chat about science over coffee . |
| 24 | That day , I not only forgot the can of fruit and the opener when I sat down to lunch , but was up and down , putting on more clothes and trying to find the most sheltered spot in relation to the wheelbarrow . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , the process started at Bristol was a beginning and has since been continued so nobly by Jo , that there are occasions now when I not only know that I am good — getting close to the shining white — but even a benefit to society ! |
| 26 | Well I not only got the job , I was made principal ( and that another miracle ) and Douglas not only supports me , He 's going to join me later . |
| 27 | Within a few minutes I not only felt but heard the tissue in the sinuses beginning to break up , and by the time he had finished both were completely clear . |
| 28 | She said , ‘ Sweetie , do n't forget I not only need the right man for me , but the right stepfather for Dickie . |
| 29 | As Donald Davie has remarked , his concept of a minority culture was modelled on the ‘ gathered church ’ of the Dissenters — a communion of saints — and the irreplaceable charm of Scrutiny to the post-war undergraduate lay ultimately in the simple fact that on every issue it made things look simple : ‘ a present of perhaps a dozen authors or books or whole periods and genres of literature which I not only need not but should not read . ’ |
| 30 | Although the week was reckoned to be a quiet one by Fair Isle standards , I not only added eight ‘ new ’ birds to my life list , but made a number of friends who remain friends to this day . |