Example sentences of "not [vb infin] that i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | So , when I tell you that Paul was a contented Christian , I hope that you do n't think that I mean he was sitting quietly , comfortably , happy with the world and his life . |
2 | ‘ But whatever it is I do n't think that I need it now . ’ |
3 | ‘ I do n't know that I like it exactly . |
4 | I do n't know that I like it all that much . |
5 | I do n't know that I meant you to guess anything , ’ he said grudgingly . |
6 | ‘ I do n't know that I want it anywhere . ’ |
7 | No I , the other thing is if we 're out here , I do n't know what to do about this lamp for the bedside , I mean I do n't know that I need it and it 's another ten pounds is n't it ? |
8 | I ca n't do that I tell you , I mean I do n't mind , do n't get me wrong it 's just that I was the last one back up and I got up there , still got a little bit of to do and they got more than they did |
9 | Well I do n't mind that I mean I , the er the overall amount is still much lower than you were |
10 | I do n't suggest that I think I should keep going on a year by year basis . |
11 | But I di , I did n't realise that I thought you were actually . |
12 | I do n't mean that I mean it w is it a bigger job or s |
13 | Because we made love , because I 'm physically attracted to you , it does n't mean that I owe you an involved explanation of my private life . ’ |
14 | no I did n't , I did n't mean that , I did n't mean that I turned it over I 'm not gon na false out bloody conversation just for the sake of it |
15 | He told Brian Walden , in The Sunday Times ( 16 April 1989 ) , 'I do n't pretend that I liked her because I did n't … |
16 | When I saw the pictures , I could n't deny that I found them arousing . |
17 | Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this . |
18 | Well , I still ca n't imagine what his game is , and I ca n't say that I like it . ’ |
19 | Well I 'm I 'm not some I would n't I would n't say that I mean I 'm saying that erm |
20 | I still ca n't say that I love him . |
21 | THWAITE hides itself away at the upper end of Swaledale as though it were trying to shelter from the rush and madness of twentieth-century life , and I ca n't say that I blame it . |