Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb base] not " in BNC.

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1 I should , however , like the Minister to clarify the issue of rights of way in dock areas , where I do not think that many trains will be travelling at the high speed of 125 mph .
2 Every seventh day of the week , he would disperse from his slumber , leaving his slacks , filthy items and boots behind , where I do not know .
3 You 've got ta probe and establish the reasons why I 'm gon na talk to him and most people it 's , it 's , it 's a lie , they 're not gon na talk to him , they want to use the accountant as a reason to say oh erm I 'm , I ca n't do it this time the accountant said no or I 've not spoken to him yet I 'll have to put it off for a , for a bit longer
4 The real reason is I am frightened what folk will say , or I do not want to give up this particular habit of mine .
5 I 'm a cocaine addict and I need something , 'cause I 've not had none for so many hours now .
6 Although I 've not been down a mine since then , er the German mines to my er estimation were far more advanced than what the British mines were .
7 Although I have not seen the report , it does not surprise me that the Rover Group was sold for a song .
8 Although I have not seen it scratch against rocks recently , it does still occasionally gulp air from the surface .
9 For much the same market , and although I have not had time to finish it , so far it is very powerful .
10 ‘ We are of the same Line you and I , ma'am , and although I have not the ancient Samhailt , I understand it .
11 By the way , I have received copies of the Dyfed consultation drafts on golf courses and windfarms , although I have not yet had time to read them .
12 You see , I have been searching the moors with my telescope , and although I have not actually seen the prisoner , I have seen the person who is taking him food . ’
13 Although I have not yet announced my presence , this does n't stop me giving Rainbow a little treat .
14 ‘ I have not forgotten my promise to help you find a place , although I have not done so yet . ’
15 She stated : " Although I have not achieved my goal of becoming chief constable , …
16 In particular , the number of stopping places available to them has been drastically reduced over a period of three or four decades during which the travelling population has been on the increase , although I have not been able to discover the measure of it .
17 His self defence , and I now read from actually only a paragraph or so earlier than my opening passage , his self defence in the reason of Church government is quite interesting erm ‘ If I hunted after praise by the ostentation of wit and learning , I should not write thus out of mine own season , when I have neither yet completed to my mind the full circle of my private studies , although I complain not of any insufficiency to the matter in hand , or were I ready to my wishes it were a folly to commit anything elaborately composed to the careless and interrupted listening of these tumultuous times .
18 Although I do not begin to claim the sort of historical breadth of either Brown or Bynum , I do believe that their approach is not only helpful but necessary if we are going , as we must , to use the lives of women before us to encourage us forward .
19 ‘ Everyone will be watching her to see what she does and although I do not think she is very fit , she has to be the favourite to win . ’
20 Although I do not know Charles well , I am convinced that he is a gentleman . ’
21 As Chapman observed : ‘ Although I do not suggest that the Arsenal go on the defensive even for tactical purposes , I think it may be said that some of their best scoring chances have come when they have been driven back and then have broken away to strike suddenly and swiftly . ’
22 Every time I have to strike my heart is in my mouth , and although I do not consciously hold back when I strike , I wonder if I am doing so without being aware of it .
23 Although I do not speak English as well as I should , I did at one time know England well .
24 I tried straw about two years ago , approx half a bale in a 1500 gallon pond , although I do not know if it was barley or wheat straw .
25 Although I do not wish to dwell on it at this stage I feel I should say something regarding my understanding of Christianity .
26 And although I do not agree with them that either suicide or anorexia are attempts to ‘ get attention ’ , but rather attempts to get identity and wholeness , the following passages may serve to illustrate the paradoxical type of thinking which dominates both states of mind .
27 HIS great courage and imperturbable COOLNESS in the face of what must at times have seemed to him to be insuperable odds WAS , I must confess — although I do not really like him — quite UNBELIEVABLE .
28 Although I do not develop this aspect of the analysis here , I also suggest that the images or metaphors which are applied to define racism by analogy hold the key to understanding people 's emotional investment in antiracist positions .
29 If it is a possible view that section 8 is intended to put a 16- or 17-year-old in exactly the same position as an adult and there is thus some ambiguity , although I do not think that there is , it is a permissible aid to construction to seek to ascertain the mischief at which the section is directed .
30 I agree with the principles set out above although I do not believe an English court would give damages in those particular circumstances .
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