Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [conj] i [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 I do not think that I have fantasticated them , but time always supplies some element of fancy .
2 I can not think when I have enjoyed a visitor so much . ’
3 I do not know if I have supplied this fish with the ideal conditions but the fish does appear to be very healthy and always has the dorsal fin held erect and is indeed an impressive sight .
4 ‘ You are going , and I do not know if I have helped you .
5 Suzanne worries over it , she would not approve that I have told you .
6 It did not matter that I had rejected my father 's ways , that I had become a marine and was as poor as a church mouse while McIllvanney had become a rich man ; the stench of privilege still clung to me and McIllvanney loved to discomfort me because of it .
7 The legs started trembling and cramping à la Victor Meldrew and did not improve until I had sunk about six gallons of tonic water , minus gin I hasten to add .
8 I can not believe that I 've cut up the dress he used to love me to wear and all I get for thanks is cheek .
9 I could not believe that I had got my first job .
10 I do not acknowledge that I have done wrong …
11 I hoped she would not discover that I had told Mr Edgar about her quarrel with Heathcliff .
12 As he pretended to do so he hissed in his son 's ear , " God grant that I may not die until I have had my revenge on you . "
13 I will not rest until I have secured honest employment for your son . ’
14 So taken was I with this vision of perfect Iceland that I did not realise that I had walked into a skua colony , not , that is , until one fearless great skua hit me .
15 I conceded that it might have been wiser , and indeed more seemly , to have consulted her before a decision was reached ; but I did not add that I had advised the Prime Minister to agree to a meeting over her head because I was convinced that she would never accept a challenge to her authority .
16 ‘ I can not deny that I have had my troubles off the park , or that my mind was on other things for a while , but my head is down and I am concentrating on making a contribution to the team once again .
17 which I could n't find today did I not in the actual end approved version does it not say that I 've got the tape and people fixed
18 As Jesus himself says ( Matthew 5:17 ) : ‘ Do not imagine that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets .
19 ‘ I do n't think that I 've made great strides in the game ’ , he comments , ‘ but I 've made steady progress since I turned pro . ’
20 In fact , I do n't think that I 've mentioned anything since March , but I am not sure that I did anything really productive during April .
21 I do n't know that I 've got any ambitions that way although you never know , do you now , what they say there 's many a good tune played on an old fiddle I thought you was going to say old women do n't , older women do n't appeal to me , but what about the one who raped me when I was thirteen ?
22 That 's what I was saying I did n't know whether I 'd heard correctly you see .
23 ‘ I do n't know whether I 've seen that exact one , ’ she said .
24 I do n't know whether I 've phoned or not …
25 I do n't know whether I 've spoken out of place because I 'm not a member of Salisbury park but on the assumption that erm that we would have to share in the
26 I do n't know whether I 've got her phone number .
27 I do n't know whether I 've got any money in the bank dad !
28 and I do n't know whether I 've stretched a wee bit in here . .
29 I do n't think I do n't know if I 've got a master .
30 I do n't know if I 've got that fortnight 's holiday pay to come or what .
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