Example sentences of "[pron] certainly do [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think you would I certainly do n't think you would find divorced from the real world because he 's involved in consultancy work and research work with the national companies out with the organisation |
| 2 | And even if I was in some way trying to do this , I certainly did n't succeed . |
| 3 | He was quite an average sort of pupil , nothing out of the ordinary , and I certainly did n't expect him to become what he is today . ’ |
| 4 | I certainly did n't expect her to actually complain about the LP she 's supposedly promoting . |
| 5 | ‘ I certainly did n't expect the Warwickshire captaincy , as Bob was a very good skipper as well as being a very nice chap . |
| 6 | I certainly did n't expect to win , ’ said Mrs Ferguson . |
| 7 | And I certainly did n't show them to anyone else ! |
| 8 | Neither Salinger nor Ross knew of my role in Cyprus as a DIA agent , and I certainly did n't tell them . |
| 9 | I was n't able to see her but erm I , I believe the work is very very hard erm in Nepal and I certainly did n't meet any christians whilst I was there . |
| 10 | Despite what you apparently think , I certainly did n't avoid you intentionally and , in any case , if your theory were correct , then surely I 'd have avoided all the male actors ? ’ |
| 11 | But German-born Sebastian said later : ‘ I certainly did n't want to embarrass her and hope I did n't cause any offence . |
| 12 | ‘ I certainly did n't want to take part in the play and I am not at all at ease with those — those people . |
| 13 | I knew you were n't the kind of woman I could conveniently disregard , as I 'd disregarded Celeste , and I certainly did n't want to become entangled with my team-mate 's girlfriend — ’ |
| 14 | And I certainly did n't feel grown-up . |
| 15 | ‘ I certainly did n't doctor the ball . |
| 16 | I did n't think I looked so dreadful before , and I certainly did n't think it was any business of theirs how I looked . |
| 17 | But I certainly did n't think , as I went into the trees , that I should have the apparent answer within another hundred yards . |
| 18 | ‘ I did n't want the students to be ’ , she recalls , ‘ I did n't really want anybody to be , and I certainly did n't think students had any right to be . |
| 19 | I certainly did n't bring enough to buy a new wardrobe — or even a couple of frocks , if it comes to that . ’ |
| 20 | What I knew I certainly did n't go for . |
| 21 | I I certainly did n't go in in in in with a rank on my shoulder , I went in as a recruit . |
| 22 | I did n't really give much thought to coming to France , and I certainly did n't give much thought to making love with you . |
| 23 | I certainly did n't give you lots of meat . |
| 24 | ‘ I did n't ask you to come here in the first place , and I certainly did n't ask for your help out here . |
| 25 | I do n't trust myself and , apart from Benjamin , I certainly did n't trust anyone else yet I had forgotten to take the key down with me . |
| 26 | I certainly did n't count on having a bizarre looking pooch as a companion — I just could n't get rid of her . |
| 27 | I think that everyone probably goes through fights with their parents during their early teens but I certainly did n't know what it was like to run away from home and to have constant dealings with the police and welfare organisations . |
| 28 | I did n't know what the hell was happening , and I certainly did n't know how to cope with it ! ’ |
| 29 | Until an hour or two ago I certainly did n't know that this problem had arisen , but the date April has been on the lips of my er Honourable Friend er and of the Noble Minister er I used to represent part of the City of Leeds and Honourable er a and Noble Lord you 'll have heard recently of behaviour at Elland Road Football Ground on the death of Sir Matt Busby and one can only wonder what sort of people er we 're dealing with , but many of them arrive at Leeds City Station on the day of a match and they come early and they have then to get their way to Elland Road and there are often real problems . |
| 30 | But there has been a lot of concern about the privatised er security contract at St Helier , er the way it was subcontracted by the original contractor , er without any member of the Health Authority actually knowing about that ; I certainly did n't know and I was on the Authority at the time . |