Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] [be] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surprisingly , I found I was not acting . |
| 2 | made at the moment , but I was erm Gemma came for tea last night and she wears glasses she 's long sighted in one eye and er , anyway I noticed she 's not wearing them as much now , so I said to her mum what 's happening ? |
| 3 | But after a few years I discovered I was not earning enough money from my patients . |
| 4 | I could n't sleep or eat for thinking about it but I decided I was not going to be beaten by AIDS . ’ |
| 5 | I had felt at the instant the idea suggested itself to me the first glimmer of positive thought : suddenly I knew I was not going to sink . |
| 6 | Having felt pain , I knew I was not dreaming , and I wondered if I had gone mad , though the fact that I had hallucinated , and had shown myself to have such a naive view of God , would be sufficient proof for some . |
| 7 | At first there was a lack of trust between us : I thought they were not trying hard enough as we went over and over the same issues ; they thought I was trying to take over . |
| 8 | Oh aye , it is painful but I thought it 's not going away so I 'd better go and see about it . |
| 9 | The coach went past me , and for a moment I thought it was not going to stop . |
| 10 | And I thought I am not gon na have that . |
| 11 | I refuse to take it out because it just closes it down again and I thought I 'm not touching it |
| 12 | I thought I 'm not using my diesel . |
| 13 | Do you know , when I went , last one , with the club I thought I 'm not going again ! |
| 14 | That 's what made it so obvious , because it was , he would put the records on , and then come out and start dancing , and I thought I 'm not going that No , they played that , sh what 's it , shake , shake , shake the room , |
| 15 | But they were , they kept on looking at me to see if I was gon na move and I thought I 'm not gon na move till you move . |
| 16 | and I thought I 'm not gon na pay a pound postage |
| 17 | And like I thought I 'm not gon na look up in case he goes for me or something , so I just kept my head in the pillow and pretended the light was blinding me oh ha ha cos when I get you alone what ? |
| 18 | I 'm tired and hungry your mum has n't had dinner yet , put him up and dress and I thought I 'm not gon na hang around doing something for dinner |
| 19 | cos some of them are three ply and I thought I 'm not gon na sit and knit three ply . |
| 20 | From the tone of her voice , I thought I was not going to be able to avoid being slung in the box and slipped off the Isle of Wight ferry . |
| 21 | Anyway they had a , a special coupon in the Campaign this week and I said to Di I said phone this number I said and put our washing machine in , I said they 're not taking no notice . |
| 22 | I got him every time , until the end and I said I am not serving him this time ! |
| 23 | Well I said I 'm not leaving me bloody pan outside |
| 24 | No well I was , I was just telling him something and I said I 'm not telling you till er ten thirty just to keep him in suspense . |
| 25 | I said I 'm not getting a fair square deal here . |
| 26 | Well this girl she 's got two children at and Nora 's got in with her , but her husband is an Iranian so she goes over to Iran every now and again , she 's got a key , I said I 'm not phoning to bloody Iran for you Nora . |
| 27 | I said I 'm not wearing a kilt . |
| 28 | I mean my dear , I said to Paul , Paul yesterday was was babbling on about if Karen would take him back and I said Paul I shall be extremely displeased if you ever leave this house to go back to Karen , you know o after only being with me for something like three or four weeks , I said you 'll never come back again I said I 'm not going to be messed about like that ! |
| 29 | I know it 's daft , she said should 've gone Christmas week and I said I 'm not going down Christmas week so I went the week before . |
| 30 | Well when you all went , as you all left , when the last lot of redundancies were made , I said I 'm not paying no more union , Judith come over about the union meeting , I said I 'm not going to the meeting Judith and I said I want to come out of the union I 'm not paying any more , I said I ca n't afford ten pound a month for crap , well me and Jan had a big barney over it cos I never got on with her anyway and we had a big fucking row about it , she said the union this , the union that , I said where were the unions with my mates , they were n't in damn site , they were never there , we never saw one union representative from the day Audrey got done and we never ever saw erm till the last one got done , I said so do n't you tell me about the union I said they did fuck all , they were n't even here , so I said I do n't want to pay the union , and I said do n't tell me what to do Jane , I said what I do with me money is up to me I said get me out the union and get me out now , and then they all started , they all wanted to come out of it then , oh Maureen I think I might but what would Debbie say , I said Maureen do you ask her for a shit ? |