Example sentences of "of [adj] i [modal v] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've got a headache , I 'm stuck here in this damned house , you keep following me around and annoying me , and on top of that I ca n't work ! ’ |
| 2 | on top of that I ca n't understand it I mean do , alright , have , but if the petrol 's gone up , it has n't gone up that much |
| 3 | I may possibly be able to greatly increase that distance but of that I can not speak with certainty . ’ |
| 4 | This remark , occurring as it does in a passage in which he is distinguishing between the grounds of the class metal ( ‘ the possession of certain common peculiarities ’ ) and those of the class sensation of white ( ‘ nothing but resemblance ’ ) clearly implies that if I had had no other sensations of white I could not assert the proposition ‘ This is a sensation of white ’ with the meaning it has when I have had such sensations . |
| 5 | If Yamaha wanted to give me one of these I would n't object ! |