Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] i [vb past] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have no wish to take the adventure out of climbing — that is not in my professional interests , after all — but I would be a hypocrite if I did not accept that we are causing environmental damage , ’ Rowland confesses . |
| 2 | ‘ I have no wish to take the adventure out of climbing — that is not in my professional interests , after all — but I would be a hypocrite if I did not accept that we are causing environmental damage . |
| 3 | Torrance said : ‘ I have finished 12th and 13th in my last two tournaments and I would have done better in Valencia if I had not driven out of bounds at the last hole . |
| 4 | Hill said : ‘ I should n't have been in that position in the first place if I had not spun on the opening lap . |
| 5 | Hill said : ‘ I should n't have been in that position in the first place if I had not spun on the opening lap . |
| 6 | I told him , however , that he would have to provide the list of guests since I did not feel that I could exploit my own list any further . |
| 7 | That was the point when I decided not to use my 20s for a ‘ proper ’ career . |
| 8 | She says ; I feel I would be failing in my duty as a hostess if I did not tell you everything in this house stops for tea . |
| 9 | I certainly agree that I would not be wholly confident of the conclusion about tunnelling if I did not know that rigorous calculations with the Schrödinger equation lead to the same conclusion . |
| 10 | I did not know whom I might meet there , and cramped as I as I did not fancy my chances at running away if it came to a straight chase on a hard surface . |
| 11 | ‘ Edwin was always a joker but the point was that he seemed to undervalue his own work and to think less of my judgement because I did not . |
| 12 | In fact , afterwards the doctor told me that the training had probably helped and that I might have been in a lot more serious trouble if I had not been so fit . |
| 13 | I was happy with the arrangement because I did not want to be tied to a nine-to-five existence , and my employer remained happy , especially when I made regular appearances as his partner at various golf days — all good for business , of course . |
| 14 | It enables me to say that I was accused of racism by Labour Members although I had not mentioned the race of the individuals in the two cases to which I referred . |
| 15 | Goethe once said : ‘ I would be able to commit all crimes in my life if I did not have the possibility to express them . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ She threatened to take her life if I did not arrive . |
| 17 | I changed my surname because I did not want my sire 's name . |
| 18 | Mine , at any rate , after the initial angers and resentments , has lingered on to this day , and I think there has never been a rime when I did not remember that love and think of Dana . |
| 19 | Also , I am not a typist and I would never have written my first book if I did not know that Joyce was able and willing to decipher my handwriting , unsnarl my spelling and type the manuscript . |
| 20 | I would be failing in my duty to the school if I had not read it . ’ |
| 21 | This demonstrated that I was not yet a legionnaire as I had not been awarded my white képi , and as such was still an ‘ engagé volontaire ’ or recruit ; it went on to say that I had one month 's service in the Legion , and that I was part of the Squadron commanded by Capitaine Duransoy , in the section of Sergeant Major Barlerin of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment . |
| 22 | I chewed the bread and took the wine in one long gulp to control my trembling for I did not wish to disgrace myself . |
| 23 | I would not have told you place or time if I did not know that every man of them is far into the mountains and out of your reach long before this . |
| 24 | In fact , he was so eager to be off that he would have left it in the street if I had not insisted that he should take the coals to his mother . ’ |
| 25 | I have added a 40W actinic and a reflector as I did not think I was seeing the true colours of my fish . |