Example sentences of "i [adv] do not [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the theoretical point of view , however , I personally do not find the question of ‘ intrusive ’ and ‘ linking ’ in RP very interesting ( one might perhaps class it as a matter similar to the grammatical and stylistic question of whether or not to use ‘ whom ’ ) but anyone who wishes to go into the subject could read Windsor Lewis ( 1975a ) , Pring ( 1976 ) , Windsor Lewis ( 1977a ) and Fox ( 1978 ) . |
| 2 | For the last couple of days I have frantically been trying to work out some sort of compromise , but whichever way I look at it , I just do not have the cash to flee the country . |
| 3 | I just did not like the sound of this woman . |
| 4 | ‘ I still do not trust the parasite , sir , ’ Jinkwa confided . |
| 5 | But although I was not sent away , I still did not have a sex . |
| 6 | It is n't always easy for anyone to get to the bottom of every detail of a bill er which refers to earlier legislation and erm er er I 'm sure that my Noble Friend would sympathise anyhow erm er er w with with me insofar as I also do not have the advantage of er legal qualifications which he manages to make up for most adequately . |
| 7 | Chairman I honestly do not have an indication of the final amount of costs , this often happens with consultancy work , it 's like answering the question how long is a piece of string , you do n't know until you 've reached the end of it . |
| 8 | Avoiding a direct answer , he said : ‘ I really do not cherish the idea of some — heavy , I think you call it — moving in . |
| 9 | Lord Mayor , I really do not have the time to speculate in detail why Councillor has made this mistake . |
| 10 | Perhaps it 's got to do with the fact that I have er four children , I really do not have the time to sit down and read papers in depth . |
| 11 | I really do not mind the baby at all . ’ |
| 12 | It should be clear from the previous chapters that although I still had some sense of personal identity when I became anorexic , I simply did not have the opportunity or know-how to form an Eriksonian ego identity . |
| 13 | It was then that I resolved to enjoy the rest of the year , accept that I simply did not have the talent to make the professional grade , and find a job . |
| 14 | I simply do not have the manpower to make arrests in the teeth of such concerted action . |
| 15 | I simply do not see the need to exalt one code by denigrating the other . |
| 16 | I have never had much stomach for fighting and I certainly did not relish the prospect of having my head knocked off for a few cigarettes ! |
| 17 | Sir Rhodes Boyson , Member for Brent North and a former minister , said this , also on 8 May 1992 : ‘ I certainly do not want a common currency or a central bank . |
| 18 | You can not want such a person for a wife , and I certainly do not want a husband who thinks that of me — even before marriage . ’ |
| 19 | I certainly do not charge the Minister with dishonesty ; if I were to do so I should be reprimanded . |
| 20 | I certainly do not doubt the sincerity of the right hon. Gentleman 's remarks , but throughout modern economic history , when any Government have sought to misdirect national resources in a manner that goes completely against the grain of the marketplace , has not the result of such a regional policy been exactly the opposite to what the right hon. Gentleman has sought to achieve ? |
| 21 | I certainly do not share the view of Charles Plummer nearly a century ago ( when the fate of Napoleon III was still fresh enough to point an implicit moral ) , that Charles the Bald was " a typical Frenchman in many respects , intellectually clever but caring only for the outward pomp and circumstance of empire without the strength of character to grasp and hold the reality of power " . |