Example sentences of "i [verb] not [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried not to cringe when he chewed my left ear making a noise like a pig in a trough . |
| 2 | I tried not to watch as I fitted the frame together and balanced the unfinished top on it . |
| 3 | ‘ If I 'd not escaped when you made a prisoner of me … . |
| 4 | By that I do not mean than one can not pin them down to set feeding patterns on specific waters . |
| 5 | If it were 20 per cent greater , there would be no less dissatisfaction and unfulfilled demand at the margin ; if it were 20 per cent less — I do not mean if it were reduced by 20 per cent but if it were now 20 per cent less than it actually is , nobody would be the wiser . |
| 6 | ‘ I do not think if we had put down a motion which said we believe in motherhood and sliced bread the Labour Party would have backed us , ’ he said . |
| 7 | I went back home by taxi because it was too dark for the helicopter to fly , and I 'm afraid I do not travel as well by road . |
| 8 | ‘ I do not care if you are the King of England 's brother . |
| 9 | I do not exist except to serve you and give you pleasure . |
| 10 | Oh yes , I do not mind for I like to be good . |
| 11 | It is some time since I have had any work done by British Telecom , so I do not remember whether hills are presented in detail . |
| 12 | I do not remember whether we enlivened the day with a penny ride on a donkey round the White Stone pond but I regarded these donkeys with the respect and admiration rarely afforded by the keenest jockey for his mount and one of my day-dreams ( only once realised and then somehow a little disappointing ) was to save up three weeks ' pocket money and have a 3d ride in place of a Id one , which took you for at least a hundred yards along the Spaniards Road . |
| 13 | I do not remember if the Babies descended , were re-named , and started their laborious struggle to the light over again ; I can only trace them in their perpetual slow motion upward . |
| 14 | I do not remember if Sir Thomas had quail , ’ he said unhappily . |
| 15 | I do not know whether we dragons loved her or hated her ; her will was like iron , as fast clad as our scaled hides , but her heart was like a songbird in the morning and she was as lovely as the lilies of the field . |
| 16 | I do not know whether poor , dreamy Grandma knew what it was all about , or whether she just gathered , in a vague way , the drift of things . |
| 17 | I do not know whether she had a heart or a soul or whether she could be moved by emotion ; she was simply the Grand Mistress ! |
| 18 | I have heard of the practice of solicitors buying local searches from the vendor 's solicitors , in order to save time , but I do not know whether this is widespread . |
| 19 | ‘ I do not know whether homosexuals are born homosexuals or acquire that trait because of the way in which they are brought up ... |
| 20 | I do not know whether she went on to have a family — but I do know that there was now nothing to prevent her doing so . |
| 21 | I do not know whether a man or a woman |
| 22 | I do not know whether there is a shred of truth in the allegations . |
| 23 | I do not know whether he went back to the château on his own . |
| 24 | I do not know whether and if so on what basis any challenge may be made to the notice . |
| 25 | I do not know whether this was associated with the fact that no one ever sought a tea meeting with me and that I was relieved of the obligation of conducting a rather spurious theological discussion on the basis of almost total ignorance . |
| 26 | I do not know whether you are at home or in London , so I am sending copies of this letter to both places . |
| 27 | I do not know whether there are 10 members of the management committee or only seven , as is referred to in the notes on clauses . |
| 28 | I do not know whether that is being emulated elsewhere , so I am asking rather than making a statement . |
| 29 | I do not know whether the Hon. Gentleman is distancing himself from what happened . |
| 30 | I do not know whether the pattern which we see in this country — of significant differences between girls and boys appearing only at the higher levels of achievement — would also apply to the SIMS data . |