Example sentences of "be that i [vb base] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I imagine so ; there was certainly a big turnover … perhaps the answer to that question ought to be that I do not know . |
| 2 | It 's that I do n't want it . |
| 3 | My main reason for not introducing elliptic integrals here ( you can though attempt Examples 3.9–3.11 if you wish to have some experience in handling them ) is that I do not want to burden your memory with new formulae , and besides , for cases of most practical interest ( the field far away from the ring and in the vicinity of the axis ) eqn ( 3.56 ) may be integrated out , as will be presently seen . |
| 4 | Where I differ from Bourdieu is that I do not think that this important distinction leads inevitably to absolute aesthetic relativism . |
| 5 | It takes me about a quarter of an hour to walk briskly to work — the maddening thing is that I do not bring so that walking is reduced rather as my feet get tired in the heat , and we have had some really hot and humid days . |
| 6 | The other part of the problem is that I do not plan the talks for the winter meetings and the excursions very far ahead . |
| 7 | The only reason that I am speaking is that I do not believe that the guillotine motion has anything to do with speeding up the Education ( Schools ) Bill because time was being wasted . |
| 8 | The other thing that is important is that I do n't think you can get anything on the cheap . |
| 9 | My reservation is that I do n't think the game could sustain it . |
| 10 | But part of that problem is that I do n't think the course tutors do perhaps as much as they might , I mean they do nowhere near as much as Shirley does |
| 11 | ‘ All I 'm saying , ’ it was Tom 's voice , ‘ is that I do n't think you should pester Belinda to give you her opinion on your work . |
| 12 | ‘ The one thing that worries me is that I do n't think he cares . |
| 13 | Well what I am saying is that I do n't think it is his primary concern . |
| 14 | That 's perfectly true , it is a system of the end of the world and my only consc my only complaint is that I do n't think that what my Right Honourable Friend is suggesting is in fact a destruction of the tripartite system . |
| 15 | Well I do n't know , is that I do n't think that 's thirty eight is it ? |
| 16 | ‘ The only reason I do n't punch you , ’ I said , ‘ is that I do n't want to come down to your level . ’ |
| 17 | is that I do n't want him so |
| 18 | Yeah well b well what I 'm trying to say and I ca n't emphasise it too strongly is that I do n't want anybody going round like writing another stupid letter to somebody saying that erm you know the reason we 're inundated that it has n't been advertised properly cos I tell you what it 'll come back right in our faces cos it 's our bloody fault Well that 's right well we know that I mean I told them all I told them all quite clearly when I was up in Glasgow that they 'd be quiet for at least a month because p it 'll take time to filter through . |
| 19 | ’ All he asks of me , ’ George would say , ’ is that I do n't land on his carpet . ’ |
| 20 | All I hope is that I do n't end up in an office again . ’ |
| 21 | My answer to that is that I do n't feel that my job is to do PR . |
| 22 | ‘ Nick , ’ he continued with a tone of wry honesty in his voice , ‘ there are some mighty clever people who say I could be President of the United States three years from now , but what no one seems to realise is that I do n't care about that . |
| 23 | My biggest comment on football is that I do n't like Sunderland … or Gazza ( Gascoigne ) . |
| 24 | The difference between us is that I do n't like this boxing business — and he still loves it , even now . |
| 25 | The most amusing part of all this is that I do n't have a lover . ’ |
| 26 | If I 've got this right , then what you 're saying is that I do n't need to feel any jealousy about the multiplicity of your sexual partners , because you 're married . |
| 27 | ‘ And as for the idea that I am being some how manipulated all I can say is that I do n't know about the other girls but I have been in a similar industry — television , for the last couple of years and now I know how it works . |
| 28 | Marcus , now solemn , replied , ‘ One answer is that I do n't know what happened . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , the funny thing is that I do n't know really what it 's like because I 'm not in that little room any more . |
| 30 | The Air Force will write to his mother if there 's anything to tell , and the awful part of it is that I do n't know where she lives . |