Example sentences of "[pron] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Did I not tell you it would be my very best work ? ’ |
| 2 | When I was lately a little kind to you and you carried yourself so foolishly , did I not tell you you should say nothing of what passed to any creature , and yet you made a common talk of the matter ? |
| 3 | LADY DAVERS : Did I not tell you , Jackey , that I should have a wit to talk to ? |
| 4 | Did I not tell you that I must keep you well and visible for my own protection ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Did I not tell you that I bite ? ’ he asked menacingly . |
| 6 | I have no doubt wha did I not tell you about the fact that I hit the roof when he said that she has said that when he was twenty one , she was going to buy him a Vauxhall Chevette . |
| 7 | Well , did I not tell you |
| 8 | Did I tell you or did I not tell you |
| 9 | er , did I not tell ya ? , |
| 10 | Victor would have fallen too , had I not run round the table , and caught him as he staggered . |
| 11 | Why had I not felt this when she was there ? |
| 12 | I spent a long time diving frantically after them , jamming the sheet at a bunch only to see half of them streaking out the other end , and I might have gone on indefinitely had I not felt a gentle touch on my arm . |
| 13 | ‘ Do I not promote your interests along with my own ? ’ |
| 14 | Yes er erm my instructions are that all persons are accounted for in the premises and er once they 've been accounted for er then it was safe for other officers , i.e the C I D or Superintendent to go to that yes and they would not have been allowed in had I not received instructions that the house was secure and all persons accounted for . |
| 15 | Here was a further cause for retrospective anxiety which , had I not re-examined Fraser McLuskey 's Parachute Padre , might have haunted me . |
| 16 | Why did I not think of that , then ? |
| 17 | Have I not explained that ? ’ |
| 18 | When do I not pay SSP ? |
| 19 | When do I not pay SSP ? |
| 20 | For how many years have I not defined , or at least decorated , myself by means of the fronded fragrances of the tobacco leaf ? |
| 21 | On that particular occasion , had I not recognized Miss Kenton 's footsteps on the boards as she came towards me , I would have been able to identify her only from her outline . |
| 22 | Got to have that Dils doo dee doo doo doo I 'll go and change I 'm gon na let my hair go down am I not wearing a football shirt ? |
| 23 | ‘ Why should I not talk of safety , Caroline ? ’ |
| 24 | That is eight years ago , and the Board would now be doing Chapter III work , both in Essex and Norfolk , had I not made myself damned unpleasant … |
| 25 | Know , if you kill me for my fault , I should Have died had I not made it . |
| 26 | Not only am I not prepared to have a semi-detached marriage , but I 'm convinced that if you really cared for me you would have no hesitation about placing my interests first , ’ had been his parting shot as he had left the apartment , slamming the front door loudly behind him . |
| 27 | I would have smiled at the Kafkaesqueness of the situation , had I not broken out in a cold sweat and had I at that stage not been ignorant of Kafka 's existence . |
| 28 | Did I not stop the lorry by the power of Arnold Bros ( est. 1905 ) ? ’ |
| 29 | I was being utterly foolish ; my duty was to stay on , do A-levels , and go on to Oxford or Cambridge ( which took an extra term ) ; the local grammar school was not good enough to fulfil this latter purpose and if I went there , I would only be throwing my education away ; and , besides , did I not realise that , in the face of difficulties , one should never give up , but struggle on and thus establish a superior strength of character ? |
| 30 | Do I not face them as though they are slaves ? |