Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] [verb] i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could not believe I had actually done it . |
| 2 | My yesterday and said that well my cousin said they 've got ta pay twenty pounds but my friend said there is a those who could n't pay I du n no whether it 'll do any good but I should think some of them |
| 3 | They could n't understand I did n't want to visit you until I was sure I had the strength not to cry . |
| 4 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 5 | Karen could n't believe I got back so quickly the other day . |
| 6 | He could n't believe I did n't know what a crome was ! |
| 7 | I would n't know I 've never snogged with you . |
| 8 | You ca n't complain I do n't tell you things . ’ |
| 9 | Well I ca n't help I do n't know when |
| 10 | I , I do n't know but , I ca n't remember I do n't think about but I 'm really , if I say like |
| 11 | ‘ You ca n't prove I did n't save it . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't say I know too many women who would have allowed themselves to get in such a state . ’ |
| 13 | But I 'm , I ca n't say I 've not been abroad . |
| 14 | I ca n't say I 've never had them cos I have , but I |
| 15 | I 've never been to Germany since , never seen anymore of it than I saw from the air that day in 1945 , and I ca n't say I 've ever wanted to . |
| 16 | I ca n't say I 've ever worried about it , I just thought I 'd look at it when I got there . |
| 17 | I ca n't say I 've ever seen Jeff with a geranium stuck behind his ear ! ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't say I 've ever thought of it as an obsession . |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't say I 've actually worked out penny for penny what my overheads are . |
| 20 | You ca n't say I came here tonight wanting a row — that you ca n't say . ’ |
| 21 | I ca n't say I set out to do a ‘ cut and sew ’ jacket . |
| 22 | You ca n't say I did n't warn you . ’ |
| 23 | Ca n't say I have n't thought about it myself on occasion . ’ |
| 24 | I ca n't say I have ever seen one like that , have you , lad ? ’ |
| 25 | I do n't I ca n't say I do n't like her , but er |
| 26 | I ca n't say I do much sailing in London . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I ca n't say I feel much as if I am , ’ he added . |
| 28 | Thee will not think I talk figuratively when I tell thee that his pine apple stove is sixty feet long , twenty feet wide and height proportionable . |
| 29 | She wrote back to him careful little letters to which no one could object , fearing to display too much emotion in case it called attention to the boy 's over-regard for her but she managed all the same to make her affection felt , telling him : — Pilade looks for you everywhere and will not believe I have not hidden you in a box . |
| 30 | Well he wo n't know I do n't I do n't think he dare show |