Example sentences of "and [vb base] i [verb] not " in BNC.
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1 | I was so shaken up and upset I did not get to say thank you or even see his face , just the helpful hand outstretched to me . |
2 | Falstaff as ‘ a masculine decayed cornucopious form of the love goddess ’ is amusing as a paradox , though how the boar can be both Mars and Persephone I do not quite see . |
3 | But if I write back and say I have n't actually had any wages since the seventeenth of January I might get it backdated from then . |
4 | I know it happens in individual subjects and there 's the element of repetition but , you are at the same time making them reflect over a certain period and say I have not entirely wasted my time , there maybe some youngsters for whom it will be extremely difficult , and I except that but my thinking is that is you look hard enough you can find something that everybody has done at whatever level that they can take some pride in . |
5 | ‘ I 'm just trying to keep going and hope I do n't break down . ’ |
6 | But German-born Sebastian said later : ‘ I certainly did n't want to embarrass her and hope I did n't cause any offence . |
7 | I thought how nice it would be to just stroll across the road and look at the river , and it appears to be quite simple until you get there and meet I do n't know how many lanes of traffic . |
8 | When I go skiing I want dozens of fast tows to whisk me to the top of runs and ensure I do n't have to queue for 20 minutes behind a junior racing team , trying to unclip each other 's bindings and seeing how far they can spit . |
9 | For example a lot of people change their mind about wanting goods and decide I do n't think I want that new pair of shoes after all . |
10 | My sister and I had a hazy idea that he sold rabbit skins from a sort of tray suspended from his neck — but as he was always beautifully neat and clean I do n't know where we got this idea from . |
11 | Not surprisingly , nowadays I hate my breasts , and wish I did n't have them at all . |
12 | Now I feel so embarrassed and wish I did n't have breasts at all , or I try to hide them with baggy T-shirts . |