Example sentences of "nor [vb mod] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not , therefore , detach myself from the wickedest soul nor may I be denied identity with the most virtuous . ’ |
| 2 | So I must neither die myself , nor must I destroy the individual in whom my identity resides . |
| 3 | Nor must I omit a dozen or so Turkish friends , whose friendship I was able to resume years later , above all Aziz and Ulviye Isvar and my closest Turkish friend — indeed one of my closest friends — Naci Ortaç , whose wife was the daughter of a Grand Vizier . |
| 4 | I am not just trying to extol the virtues of a well-managed filtration system , nor should I need to , but this is an actual necessity to maintain Siamese Tigers at their best . |
| 5 | It might be ( and indeed I think it would be ) an improvement in our law , if a release or acquittance of the whole debt , on payment of any sum which the creditor might be content to receive by way of accord and satisfaction ( though less than the whole ) , were held to be , generally , binding , though not under seal ; nor should I be unwilling to see equal force given to a prospective agreement , like the present , in writing though not under seal ; but I think it impossible , without refinements which practically alter the sense of the word , to treat such a release or acquittance as supported by any new consideration proceeding from the debtor . |
| 6 | well that maybe true , but I think it 's working off an analogy on that , turning it the other way round and saying well erm if , if I got to the stage of erm , well possibly even seeking some information from the commission , well certainly if I gave you a conclusion for example , that it should be referred , erm and I think again even if I came to the conclusion that I should neither want , er there 's no point in seeking information from the Commission , nor should I refer it , or at least refer to the stage erm what his clients would be saying should be done in the interim and what he says in effect , for the reason he 's outlined is , er that we should proceed on the basis of erm the validity of the act erm and of the byelaws |
| 7 | Nor could I shake off a feeling that Aunt Louise was sitting beside me , enjoying it too . |
| 8 | Nor could I contemplate the journey which fills me with fear near to fainting . |
| 9 | Though I had small scale maps at three inches to a mile for some areas they are not produced for all the Sahara , nor could I have afforded the hundred pounds they would have cost if they had been . |
| 10 | I could n't look at them ; nor could I look back into the room . |
| 11 | Nor could I face , any longer , the shame of admitting I wanted a life of my own , in case this should lay me open to a charge of pretentiousness or self-importance . |
| 12 | Nor could I let him bully me . |
| 13 | Nor could I believe that it was the intention to bring in at a single stroke a charge to tax that would be calculated to interrupt the education and expectations of so many parents and children , for it is surely common knowledge that the provision of free or subsidised education for the children of those teaching in independent schools was part of their usual terms of employment and that the salaries paid would be wholly insufficient to meet a charge to tax based on the full fees of the school . |
| 14 | On the other hand , the following example implies that the support — here the speaker — has actually realized the action denoted by the infinitive : ( 21 ) Nor could I foresee how much pleasure I was to derive " putting some style " into those fatuous concoctions titled PROGRESS REPORT ON BEET … |
| 15 | Cor , nor could I ! |
| 16 | Nor could I . |
| 17 | The traffic going to Mr McGiffert 's shopping complex did not wreak havoc on the Ringdufferin Road , nor would I expect the traffic going to the golf course to do so . |
| 18 | Nor would I dismiss their contributions to the analysis of sexism , or deny the contribution , in my own profession , they have made to the re-emergence of work with young women . |
| 19 | Nor would I have taken that any more seriously than I took his actual words . |
| 20 | ‘ Indeed , nor would I , love , ’ she replied in her most placid manner , and then we both laughed , rather unkindly . |
| 21 | ‘ Nor would I ever mention your name . ’ |
| 22 | The American law of libel , including as it does no protection for the individual politician as well as political institutions , goes further along the road of freedom of the press than the English law ; nor would I wish to extend it . |
| 23 | ‘ Nor would I , ’ said Beuno . |
| 24 | ‘ Nor would I , ’ George said instinctively . |
| 25 | ‘ And nor would I , ’ she said slowly , ‘ if you had n't all been so kind . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Nor would I stand in my kinswoman 's way , my lord , ’ said Hussey eagerly . |
| 27 | It suits neither the development industry , nor would I suggest it suits the public to be left in limbo land for a considerable time . |
| 28 | You wo n't nor would I . |
| 29 | ‘ Nor would I wish to lock swords with a woman who 's become so formidable . ’ |
| 30 | I did n't have the time , nor would I have expected to be romanced in a way which might have encroached on either of our careers . |