Example sentences of "not [verb] [pron] i [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm It 's not easy to give an example that 's brief , because of what I 've just said about the style , but I offer one very short passage here , which might or might not convey what I 'm attempting to say . |
| 2 | If I meet my young son from school , laughing with his friends and waving to me and the dog , who wags its tail and barks in return , should I be supposed not to know what I am talking about if I pronounce them both to be conscious ? |
| 3 | ‘ I do not know what I am thinking . |
| 4 | ‘ Jay , right , he can not know what I 'm talking about , say you 're distraught , acting irrationally , suffering from bizarre flights of fancy . |
| 5 | ‘ Then , of course , I did not know what I was signing . ’ |
| 6 | If I said , ‘ It looks blue ’ but otherwise seemed incapable of colour discrimination , of being able to respond differently , verbally and in other ways , to differently coloured things , and , particularly , of being able to tell when other blue things were present and when absent , then people would rightly suspect that I did not know what I was talking about , that my experience could not really be of its looking blue . |
| 7 | I was so young and foolish and I did not know what I was doing . ’ |
| 8 | Van Doren 's excuse to the investigating congressional committee was the most interesting part of the unedifying episode : ‘ I was almost able to convince myself that it did not matter what I was doing because it was having such a good effect on the national attitude to teachers , education and the intellectual life . ’ |
| 9 | I could not believe what I was hearing . |
| 10 | Being sure I was on course did not convince me I was going the same way as everyone else . |
| 11 | Does anybody not understand what I 'm trying |
| 12 | I knew that he would not understand what I was going to say but it was as if there was an invisible person in the carriage before whom I had to justify myself . |
| 13 | I can not remember what I was expecting exactly , but I found this slightly disappointing . |
| 14 | And I say I I ca n't , I honestly can not remember what I was doing , I remember the environment one because I got a module written on that erm I remember that I had put in er I want to do first aid and safety in the home sort of thing er , they were three modules that I wanted er , to do . |
| 15 | Twenty metres or so from the grass-packed hill which looks over the Rabbit Grounds I switched to Silent Running , pacing stealthily through the long weeds and reeds , careful not to let anything I was carrying make a noise . |
| 16 | ‘ Do you not hear what I am saying ? |
| 17 | It was a pretty good feeling , even not knowing what I was going to do in life now . |
| 18 | Not knowing what I was letting myself in for , but feeling in the mood for experiment , I said I would have one too . |
| 19 | And , whether you believe that or not that is not effecting what I 'm saying today and whether it 's accurate or not ! |
| 20 | Maybe you only get one chance at a fish like that — a particular fish anyway — and I blew my chance through not planning what I was going to do after I had hooked him . |
| 21 | Oh good , er , That 's the first time I 've heard religious sort of erm I better not say what I was going to say . |
| 22 | I would n't trust anybody I was talking to that lady , paper shop you know where you used to wait for Les |
| 23 | I do n't know what I am looking for , and I do n't find it . |
| 24 | I do n't know what I am doing . |
| 25 | I do n't know what I am doing . |
| 26 | And , cos we had a bit of a laugh about it , I do n't know what I 'm telling you about it for cos you hear him read anyway ! |
| 27 | I really do n't know what I 'm saying . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't know what I 'm saying any more . |
| 29 | I do n't know what I 'm saying |
| 30 | and none of you are , do n't know what I 'm saying to you right |