Example sentences of "i certainly do not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I certainly did not want existing company schemes to collapse and saw no reason why this should happen . |
| 2 | Mrs Heaton said : ‘ I certainly did not expect this we had come to look at the architecture . ’ |
| 3 | I have never had much stomach for fighting and I certainly did not relish the prospect of having my head knocked off for a few cigarettes ! |
| 4 | ‘ Slowness is beauty ’ , which struck me as very odd in 1908 ( when I certainly did not believe it ) and has stayed with me ever since — shall we say as proof that you violated British habit ; and thought of it . |
| 5 | I certainly did not know they were counterfeits . ’ |
| 6 | I certainly do not intend to reveal any of the discussions between my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and the leader of another state , as they would have to be confidential . |
| 7 | I certainly do not intend to fight the Scottish National party 's battles for it . |
| 8 | I certainly do not want rugby to follow this pattern ’ . |
| 9 | Viewed as an ‘ independent robot ’ , I am happy to admit that a particular area of my brain controls my digestive processes and ‘ I ’ do not , but I certainly do not want to say that that brain area is ‘ aware ’ of those processes . |
| 10 | Sir Rhodes Boyson , Member for Brent North and a former minister , said this , also on 8 May 1992 : ‘ I certainly do not want a common currency or a central bank . |
| 11 | You can not want such a person for a wife , and I certainly do not want a husband who thinks that of me — even before marriage . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I did not want you here and I certainly do not want Ana 's life complicated further . ’ |
| 13 | I certainly do NOT want Leeds to play like Norwich/Nottm Forest . |
| 14 | I certainly do not charge the Minister with dishonesty ; if I were to do so I should be reprimanded . |
| 15 | I certainly do not accept that . |
| 16 | I certainly do not doubt the sincerity of the right hon. Gentleman 's remarks , but throughout modern economic history , when any Government have sought to misdirect national resources in a manner that goes completely against the grain of the marketplace , has not the result of such a regional policy been exactly the opposite to what the right hon. Gentleman has sought to achieve ? |
| 17 | I certainly do not wish to be an apologist for the whole of any sector ; nor will I accept that every establishment within it , including the one of which I am the director , is flawed fundamentally simply by existing . |
| 18 | in relation to section 268 said , at p. 177c ‘ the jurisdiction is a most useful one , and I certainly do not wish to say , and it is unnecessary to say , anything which would limit its scope . ’ |
| 19 | I certainly do not believe that we can win anything by a formal arrangement with the Liberal Democratic Party . |
| 20 | Few anthropologists share this optimistic view and I certainly do not believe in witchcraft . |
| 21 | I certainly do not share the view of Charles Plummer nearly a century ago ( when the fate of Napoleon III was still fresh enough to point an implicit moral ) , that Charles the Bald was " a typical Frenchman in many respects , intellectually clever but caring only for the outward pomp and circumstance of empire without the strength of character to grasp and hold the reality of power " . |
| 22 | ( You will have noticed , I trust , that there is no mention of my walking stick and my gloves in this kiosk episode , thus proving that I certainly do not need to use them . |