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Example sentences of "i [verb] not [prep] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	but did it look authentic with the thing , I mean not to the extent of
2	But this is the room eventually we 're going to use I mean not for a long time yet , as a working medieval kitchen .
3	But for the dressing-up ghosts it just about sends them crazy , after all that bother , finding the right clothes , and often arranging to carry their heads in funny places — I mean not on their necks — and then the lifer just does n't take any notice .
4	‘ They do n't live together — I mean not in the same place , ’ he added conscientiously .
5	Yeah , and I say , you know I mean obviously it 's too big but I mean not from from the point of view that the buildings are right outside of them ai n't they ?
6	Well I tried not to , but
7	People often say to me do n't you get sick of eating ice cream working here … and I say not at all with the wonderful products we make
8	‘ I used not to , my dear , but I find that I 'm feeling the cold as I get older .
9	‘ I used not to .
10	I referred not to this one but to the principle .
11	I mean I says , look I says , I 'm not , I 'm not saying you ca n't have your parties or whatever , I says but I says not in the bedrooms .
12	I speak not as a lawyer but as a politician .
13	And indeed it 's a sign of the times that I speak not with a mitre metaphorically upon my head but perhaps the glengarry of the convenorship of the Central Council of ACTS and therefore I am in part your servant here .
14	‘ But I hope not for two weeks — and then with any luck not on a Friday , or I may have to ask Doctor Masters to deputise for me . ’
15	My constituents who are in prison — I hope not for too long — are becoming increasingly disaffected .
16	There is a tendency , I I hope not of er this management team but there is a tendency of some people who who might be employed in future to feel that solutions can be obtained by purchasing and I 'm not always convinced that that is the case .
17	Mind , I wo n't in I do n't like sport .
18	His self defence , and I now read from actually only a paragraph or so earlier than my opening passage , his self defence in the reason of Church government is quite interesting erm ‘ If I hunted after praise by the ostentation of wit and learning , I should not write thus out of mine own season , when I have neither yet completed to my mind the full circle of my private studies , although I complain not of any insufficiency to the matter in hand , or were I ready to my wishes it were a folly to commit anything elaborately composed to the careless and interrupted listening of these tumultuous times .
19	‘ I know not for sure .
20	( iii ) From their reading of pre-20th century literature , pupils should be encouraged to identify some of the major changes in English grammar over the centuries , eg the loss — except in some dialects and in religious uses — of thee and thou ; the simplification of the verb system eg from have , hast , hath , to have and has ; the change in the structure of negatives eg from I know not to I do n't know .
21	Constantly at war with my vertigo , I decided not to be pathetic and strode off on the flat , step-like slabs that top the crest of the ridge .
22	I decided not to , when you seemed against the idea .
23	I decided not to be an actor .
24	I decided not to . ’
25	I decided not to — simply because I could n't think of what to write .
26	I decided not to be a burglar .
27	I arrived at Skaftafell to find several groups of campers , all wild-eyed outdoor types , I suppose not unlike me .
28	No I suppose not in a sense , but there again we should be because like you 've just explained , why should they give themselves a
29	I meant not in the same way .
30	The position of a lessee after assignment towards his lessor in relation to the covenants in his lease is concluded in this court , and I doubt not in all courts , by the decision of Baynton v. Morgan , 22 Q.B.D. 74 .