Example sentences of "not [vb infin] that i have " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not think that I have fantasticated them , but time always supplies some element of fancy . |
| 2 | Perhaps he does not know that I have a suitcase full of letters from constituents who are desperately concerned about the Bill . |
| 3 | Suzanne worries over it , she would not approve that I have told you . |
| 4 | It did not matter that I had rejected my father 's ways , that I had become a marine and was as poor as a church mouse while McIllvanney had become a rich man ; the stench of privilege still clung to me and McIllvanney loved to discomfort me because of it . |
| 5 | Of course I can be mistaken about the meanings of the words I use , but this will not show that I have any mistaken beliefs about my present sensory states . |
| 6 | I can not believe that I 've cut up the dress he used to love me to wear and all I get for thanks is cheek . |
| 7 | I could not believe that I had got my first job . |
| 8 | I could not believe that I 'd been so stupid , or that such a simple mistake was about to have such dire consequences . |
| 9 | I do not acknowledge that I have done wrong … |
| 10 | I hoped she would not discover that I had told Mr Edgar about her quarrel with Heathcliff . |
| 11 | So taken was I with this vision of perfect Iceland that I did not realise that I had walked into a skua colony , not , that is , until one fearless great skua hit me . |
| 12 | I said I understood this , but did not add that I had been told of the beauty of these women and their attention to make-up , of their fine skin and care for the traditional in their clothes and way of life . |
| 13 | I conceded that it might have been wiser , and indeed more seemly , to have consulted her before a decision was reached ; but I did not add that I had advised the Prime Minister to agree to a meeting over her head because I was convinced that she would never accept a challenge to her authority . |
| 14 | All that morning I was frightened that my sister would discover that I had stolen from her , but luckily she was so busy cleaning the house , and roasting the chickens for our Christmas lunch that she did not notice that I had been out , or that any food was missing . |
| 15 | At this distance in time , I can not pretend that I had my doubts about its merits : what I did dwell on was a certain psychological subtlety in retailing the author 's love-life , though in terms which today would he considered ludicrously niminy-piminy . |
| 16 | ‘ I can not deny that I have had my troubles off the park , or that my mind was on other things for a while , but my head is down and I am concentrating on making a contribution to the team once again . |
| 17 | I did not say that I had irrefutable evidence . |
| 18 | which I could n't find today did I not in the actual end approved version does it not say that I 've got the tape and people fixed |
| 19 | As Jesus himself says ( Matthew 5:17 ) : ‘ Do not imagine that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't think that I 've ever been questioned about them . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't think that I 've made great strides in the game ’ , he comments , ‘ but I 've made steady progress since I turned pro . ’ |
| 23 | Some colleagues are giving me some messages to read out it would n't be appropriate to do so today because colleagues they er forget them , so I 'm gon na do them tomorrow which will be more appropriate so please do n't think that I 've er forgotten them . |
| 24 | And that 's only because I had good teachers — I do n't think that I have any special superhuman gift for it . ’ |
| 25 | Despite this great advantage I do n't think that I have ever , before or since , worked in such frustrating conditions . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't think that I have anything more to say to you , Johnny . |
| 27 | " I do n't think that I have . |
| 28 | I do n't know that I 've got any ambitions that way although you never know , do you now , what they say there 's many a good tune played on an old fiddle I thought you was going to say old women do n't , older women do n't appeal to me , but what about the one who raped me when I was thirteen ? |
| 29 | I do n't know that I 've even seen that . |
| 30 | Feargal wo n't be here , so he need n't know that I have n't left yet . ’ |