Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] not [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I had n't had as many fish as the bait fishers I was very pleased with the success and the quality and also with being afloat at sea in such idyllic circumstances . |
| 2 | I have never come across anything like them again , although I have n't seen very many gardens . |
| 3 | ‘ I have not forgotten my promise to help you find a place , although I have not done so yet . ’ |
| 4 | It 's my spiritual home , although I do n't worship there now . |
| 5 | Very very erm suggestive metaphor although I do n't know exactly what it 's extraordinary one , erm erm erm , the , perhaps we should begin to step back a second here , to think about how we normally individuate things . |
| 6 | It looked pretty dull to me , although I did not say so . |
| 7 | So I got er experience of three months now , that was really very nice experience which I always wanted to be a teacher although I did n't join here . |
| 8 | I had once won a prize for French poetry composition at school , so I did n't feel too outclassed in this respect . |
| 9 | I spent most of my time with Branwell , so I did n't think very much about the girls . |
| 10 | I did n't sleep the night before the exam because of nervous tension , however , so I did n't do very well . |
| 11 | They were n't speaking English , so I did n't know exactly what was said , but Anwar , after a glance , followed by a concerned closer study , followed by a little step to one side for a better angle , pointed anxiously at Changez 's arm . |
| 12 | ‘ I did n't understand what he meant , and nothing happened for a few weeks , so I did not feel so worried . |
| 13 | Washing up is a problem because of the business of having to fetch water and heat it up , so I do not bother much with tinned soup , which can make pans such a mess . |
| 14 | I want to be drunk too , so I do n't feel so sober and hated . |
| 15 | ‘ I think the better the players are treated in these respects , the more enthusiastic is their response to the challenges before them , ’ points out McGilligan , ‘ Let's face it , the whole sport has become more professional off the field — and it 's good to see it — so I do n't think too many people would begrudge players a few wee perks . ’ |
| 16 | Q : I bought my PC a month ago , so I do n't know very much about it yet . |
| 17 | " Oh boy , here we go again — you will come and visit me in the White House sometimes , Mother , wo n't you , so I do n't get too lonely there ? " |
| 18 | Let me put it this way , I 'm doing the one job in the world which I really want to do , which I love — and work to me is pleasure , so I do n't have very much time and even the things I do in a way are relaxation . |
| 19 | Its magnitude is only 9 according to official estimates ; I have never seen it with low-power binoculars , but I have suspected it with × 20 , though I would not have noticed it if I had not known just where it was . |
| 20 | She knew he was thinking : If I had not put so much of myself into this house , perhaps I 'd leave . |
| 21 | ‘ I would n't have stayed if I had n't felt so ill , and now that I 'm better I 'll go home if you can get me to Paris , Monsieur Lemarchand . ’ |
| 22 | If I had n't chucked away the rulebook shortly after Johannes Gutenburg invented printing , this would be the proper time for me to rise and shine . |
| 23 | That pair had you cornered , and heaven alone knew what they intended to do next if I had n't risked both life and limb by stepping in to help you . |
| 24 | If I had n't run away and made good , you 'd never have been the father of Lady Firth . |
| 25 | Bob , 39 , said : ‘ Robert would have been a goner if I had n't got there when I did . |
| 26 | Debbie , 23 , of Blisworth Street , said : ‘ If I had n't ran away when I saw the balls of fire coming towards us it might have been much worse . |
| 27 | If I had n't known otherwise I would have said that he meant every word of it . |
| 28 | I tell you the truth : it is to your advantage that I go away ; for if I do not go away , the Paraclete will not come to you ; but if I go , I will send him to you . |
| 29 | ‘ It is to your advantage that I go away , for if I do not go away the Paraclete will not come to you . |
| 30 | I said , well if I do n't talk loudly she does n't hear what you 're saying . |