Example sentences of "not [adj] [that] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking back on it now , I am not sorry that I went . |
| 2 | And I 'm not sorry that I did that because erm I would n't like I would n't have like to think that er anything I 'd done had escalated the situation you know . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm not sure that I approve of what 's happening , that 's all . ’ |
| 4 | Then she said : ‘ Mr McKillop , I 'm not sure that I approve of your visit . ’ |
| 5 | I got your first letter to Nanking on Saturday , and had plenty of letters at Sian — I 'm not sure that I got them all , in particular I got a letter from Tom sent on March 23 , but I 'm not sure whether that 's the one you referred to , anyway I 'm grateful to you all for keeping me in touch . |
| 6 | There are also times when we need to ensure that we understand what is being said , and this can be done by asking simple questions or making comments which help elucidate or develop what the counsellee is saying , such as , ‘ So you think that … ’ , or ‘ You mean that … ‘ , or even ‘ I 'm not sure that I follow what you mean … |
| 7 | I am not sure that I listened to much more of what Didier had to recount on the subject of Montaine 's death . |
| 8 | I 'm not sure that I 've managed it all that well , myself . |
| 9 | I 'm not sure that I know how to explain it to you . ’ |
| 10 | And I find it hard to believe , because first of all you have to understand the word ‘ intelligent ’ in the way he meant it and I 'm not sure that I know what he meant ; and there are any number of ways of being intelligent . |
| 11 | I admire his talents ; I 'm not sure that I trust the uses he will put them to . ’ |
| 12 | I was not sure that I had been baptized ( having shrunk back from the outstretched hand with water in my late teens , believing baptism a piece of medieval nonsense ) , while wanting to be a member of the church . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not sure that I like it , ’ said the King . |
| 14 | ‘ Look here , ’ said Richards strongly , ‘ I 'm not sure that I like all this . ’ |
| 15 | I agree that I have been reinforced ( although I 'm not sure that I learnt how to make coffee by operant conditioning — I suspect I copied someone , or was told how to do it — but that is a separate issue ) . |
| 16 | Mr Maude : I am not sure that I regard the nation states of Europe as the lower orders . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm not sure that I enjoy being your go between , ’ said Taheb , as she delivered it . |
| 18 | ‘ Not sure that I want the Americans , fairly certain I want their dollars . ' |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm not sure that I want any , ’ she said and inside her skull her hoarse voice grated against the pain . |
| 20 | I 'm not sure that I want to share that with a family magazine ! |
| 21 | They are warm and but it 's colour I do n't know whether I perhaps if I saw cream again this year I might buy it but erm I 'm not sure that I want to when this deep orangy colour . |
| 22 | they are warm , er , but its colour , I do n't know whether I perhaps I , if I saw cream again this year I might buy it , but erm , I 'm not sure that I want erm there 's this deep red , because I 've , I 've bought a red one in a different style , same sort of fabric , its very do you remember ? , when I bought that black and white checked skirt I bought a red |
| 23 | In fact , I do n't think that I 've mentioned anything since March , but I am not sure that I did anything really productive during April . |
| 24 | I felt like kissing the dinghy , and I 'm not sure that I did n't put my lips to the rough friendly fabric of her snub nose . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm not sure that I do . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm not sure that I do . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm not sure that I love Sam . |
| 28 | If the modern world no longer has room for Punch , I 'm not sure that I have any room for the modern world . |
| 29 | But Mr Campbell told Radio 4 's Today programme : ‘ I 'm not sure that I have resigned . |
| 30 | President of er has warned that there could be a real and serious civil war and the conflict that there is between Armenian people and Azerbaijan , I 'm not sure that I understand it , but I suppose it has some similarities to so many other conflicts we see around the world , Northern Ireland , er Yugoslavia , just , it goes back hundreds of years and . |