Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] i [vb past] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can ask you to accept that I should n't have come to you like this if I did not believe that the matter may turn out to be very grave indeed . |
| 2 | It would be wrong if I did not correct the inaccuracies that are contained within the letter . |
| 3 | I have to confess that I saved up for a portable television before I saved up for a washing machine , but then my priorities may have been different if I had not had a laundrette opposite the front door . |
| 4 | I felt aggrieved at this because I had not worked with the sister during my placement , and could not imagine how she could possibly assess my work and capability . |
| 5 | I was very unhappy after this because I did not want to be apart from my Momma . |
| 6 | At the rime his Jewish appearance did not strike me as peculiar because I had not yet got used to the idea of people thinking racially , but I learnt later that he was half Jewish and that he did this job to keep his Jewish wife out of trouble . |
| 7 | I was nervous because I did not have any friends and I was worried that I would be on my own . |
| 8 | Most difficult of all , admits , is setting foreign language puzzles : ‘ I translated some puzzles into Russian once , which was not easy since I did not even know the Cyrillic alphabet ! ’ |
| 9 | There were seventy- five paintings in the exhibition and by the time I left , which was quite early as I did not stay for dinner , most of the pictures had a little red sold label . |
| 10 | I am sorry if I did not reply . |
| 11 | And when I , I mean when I , I actu actually felt quite emotional cos I 'd not been to Park to see a match for a long time and I mean we 're living up here erm , and er , I just felt quite emotional when I got out and saw that lovely pitch it was in perfect |
| 12 | I would find the hon. Lady 's argument more credible if I had not experienced the difficulties of trying to remember , when on Tyneside to talk about Tyneside . |
| 13 | I knew , given the atmosphere Jean-Claude was creating , that it would be better if I did not wonder aloud why , in a civilized country like France , the poor were not looked after better . |
| 14 | He asked whose side I was on , and when I told him I was strongly opposed to Bodyline he said he thought it would be better if I did not go on with it . |
| 15 | It might help if I did , but would still be effective if I did not . |
| 16 | I should not have discussed it at all if I had not been asked the questions . |
| 17 | ‘ He rewards me — I owe him my life — he would kill us all if I did not — how many answers do you want me to give you ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ They told me that as long as I did not rush back too quickly , I should have another four or five years . |
| 19 | As long as I did not look at her , Sadie resigned herself to wandering behind me . |
| 20 | She was upset because I had not been allowed to rest on the drive . |
| 21 | The idea that one can adopt an orphan baby elephant in Kenya and supply it with food and medicine for under £15 would be even more droll if I did not remember adopting a number of black babies in Africa as a schoolboy , and giving them foolish names like Chrysostom or Donaldina or Ambrose , at five shillings ( 25p ) a time . |
| 22 | ‘ He is angry because I did not keep my promise to go home early . |
| 23 | I started this case with 0/6 because I did not have the 0/1 in stock . |
| 24 | Ellen had once assured me that I was only happy because I did not think too deeply , and probably she was right , but it is still that shallow contentment which makes people bring me their troubles just as the senator was now bringing me his two children . |
| 25 | Pete , of Bruton , Somerset , said yesterday : ‘ I laughed at first because I did not believe it . |
| 26 | In July 1914 while preparing the volume for publication , he confided to his close friend Florence Henniker : ‘ Some of them I rather shrink from printing — those I wrote just after Emma died , when I looked back at her as she had originally been , & when I felt miserable lest I had not treated her considerately in her latter life . |
| 27 | I felt even readier when I saw not a Gharrgoyle insight at Gharr 's table . |
| 28 | My hon. Friend the Minister of State represents an outer London borough and he would be surprised if I did not at least briefly mention the position in the London borough of Barnet . |