Example sentences of "and [pers pn] do [not/n't] [verb] i " in BNC.
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1 | And I do not think I 'll make it to inspector ( to inspector ) |
2 | I have myself devised many staff plans over the years , and I do not believe I am being unduly boastful if I say that very few ever needed amendment . |
3 | And I do n't mean I 'm bending them , but there were some , as I 've said many times , a lot of silly people refereeing in speedway , and thank goodness now , ninety nine per cent of them are being sensible and we 're seeing some good refereeing . |
4 | I 'm forty-two and I do n't expect I ever will be myself now . |
5 | And I do n't feel I 'm moving away from comedy . |
6 | I do not consider he or she a terrible mistake which I will regret for the rest of my life , and I do n't feel I have lost important years of my adolescence . |
7 | ‘ He 's in a funny mood today , and I do n't feel I 've thanked him properly for his Christmas present . ’ |
8 | ‘ I do n't understand Phil Collins and I do n't suppose I ever will ’ , said Morrissey , ironically in the week when Phil Collins ' ‘ No Jacket Required ’ knocked ‘ Meat Is Murder ’ off the number one spot . |
9 | ‘ And I do n't suppose I would have been bright enough . ’ |
10 | ‘ I do n't think I am a born light entertainer and I do n't think I 'm a born serious political interviewer , ’ Sue explains . |
11 | It certainly was my worst nightmare , and I do n't think I will ever get over it . |
12 | I would have written far sooner , only — to be quite frank — I feared a snub , and I do n't think I could have borne it … |
13 | We lived a fairly isolated life , and I do n't think I 've ever learnt how to be at ease socially . |
14 | I enjoyed my life with them and I do n't think I could have coped in the beginning without them . |
15 | When Shanti had been with us for a few days , a friend said to me , ‘ I saw Michael out with the baby in the pram , and I do n't think I 've seen a man look happier in my life . ’ |
16 | ‘ It 's not my game and I do n't think I would like it much . |
17 | ‘ I 'm not your average 21-year-old and I do n't think I 'd be able to maintain the sort of life I lead if I was n't so mature . ’ |
18 | I began broadcasting when I was twenty-one — it was what I wanted to do more than anything , if you do n't count an early ambition to be Hopalong Cassidy or Flash Gordon — and I do n't think I 've had many happier moments than acting in my first radio play . |
19 | And I do n't think I need point out that I am in the most awkward situation of all . |
20 | And he was looking forward again : " I do n't feel I 've ever got to the point I aim at and I do n't think I ever will , but I would like to feel that I was getting a little nearer to it each time . " |
21 | I 've made a complete fool of myself and I do n't think I can bring myself to ask what I came to . " |
22 | I do n't recall any real feelings of resentment , and I do n't think I fully appreciated the future implications . |
23 | And to understand that change I want to go back to the beginning and just to trace what has happened to the Chinese Communist Party since it was formed in nineteen twenty one when it had a mere I hope everybody can see that , it 's not very large today and I do n't think I can any better than that In nineteen twenty one when it was first founded , it had a mere fifty seven members and it did n't grow very much for a number of years . |
24 | The position in Sociology is well known and I do n't think I need to set it out . |
25 | Eventually he said , ‘ This is a very old , heavy trap , and I do n't think I can force the thing apart . |
26 | ‘ Yes , she still writes to me , ’ Harry answered Cora-Beth 's question , ‘ but the way I feel about you is different and I do n't think I can explain . |
27 | And I always remember , now whether this is true I would n't know , and I do n't think I 've ever spoke about this before but I , thinking about it just now , it 's just struck me , I remember one chap saying , Well now if we put some barbed wire across the road about two foot high , he said , No horse will jump over barbed wire , now I do n't know I do n't suppose that 's true I do n't think it is but this chap said that . |
28 | I know a lot more about it , and I do n't think I 've lost more than once or twice in 12 times at Vegas . |
29 | I never had that white supremacy idea , and I do n't think I was paternalistic . |
30 | Then she breathes out and gives a real smile — one of those big things that brightens her face like a starburst — and I see she 's been frightened , and I sigh , and suddenly I 've got a lump in my throat and I 'm trembling and I do n't think I can move away from this wall . |