Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] i [modal v] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | since I am one of those people who do something the wrong way round , if there is the slightest opportunity , I also inserted the needle incorrectly the first time only spotting my mistake when I read on and found that I could not follow the next instruction if my needle was at the back of the work . |
| 2 | He argued that I can not know that my diary is in the ( closed ) bottom drawer of my desk unless I have reason to believe that my experience makes that proposition probable ; we can suppose , perhaps , that my relevant experience is that I remember having put the diary there five minutes ago and that I do not remember having touched the drawer since , together with my general knowledge of the consistent behaviour of the experienced world . |
| 3 | I stated that I would not hesitate to condemn and punish unacceptable behaviour ; equally , I would issue praise . |
| 4 | He apparently forgot that I could not understand German or else decided that what he wanted to say could not be left unsaid , for he began to talk fast and seriously . |
| 5 | I discovered that I could not get near my father . |
| 6 | I decided that I could not tell anybody . |
| 7 | A third Free Presbyterian minister said : ‘ Perhaps the main reason [ for leaving the Orange Order ] was that in 1969 I was saved by the grace of God and therefore felt that I could not sit and be associated with members of the Orange and Black while they consumed alcohol in their meetings on the 12th and 13th mornings each July . ’ |
| 8 | As I walked away , I think I knew that I would not go back . |
| 9 | But , even there I knew that I could not have rejoiced . |
| 10 | ‘ If I 'd known then what I learned since I would not have lost the job or my place but I simply had some growing up to do . |
| 11 | I said that I would not believe a son of mine could behave as he was alleging you had behaved . ’ |
| 12 | Ron said that I should not go on to the track and kill myself because I might pull a hamstring . |
| 13 | ‘ I said that I could not commit myself as my academic time was not yet finished , but I would like to be at their disposal later . ’ |
| 14 | I said that I could not imagine being an atheist at any time before 1859 , when Darwin 's Origin of Species was published . |
| 15 | ‘ As for me , I wished that I would not lose you . ’ |
| 16 | At the time I had few qualms and found the role-playing exciting ; today I feel I was condescending to the people I deceived and I would not do it again . |