Example sentences of "that i [modal v] not [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | What is called the ‘ moral sense ’ is on this account being able to recognize that if , even against my present will , I let myself become aware of how someone in trouble feels , I would be moved to help , and that I ought not to close myself to this awareness . |
2 | ‘ You know very well that I ca n't give you that sort of information , ’ said Harris , his gravelly voice unusually gentle . |
3 | Another feeling , which is much more likely if you talk about my character , would be that I ca n't give anything more to this ensemble , that it 's time for someone fresher to guide these people in the right direction . |
4 | I accept that I ca n't marry you now that I 'm poor . |
5 | The thing is , I ca n't do the environment , well it 's not that I ca n't do it when I was talking to er to the tuto the form tutors yesterday er they 're biggest keen I think Catherine had happened to notice some work that Sandra had done that she found er , interesting enough and where the kids should be knowing about , it was about banking how to sign a cheque , how to look after finances erm you know , do I have to buy a pair of trainers because it 's got Reebok on them , this sort of thing . |
6 | The trouble is that I ca n't identify it and ca n't find it in my gardening books or in any of the books at my local library . |
7 | But it 's so far back in my mind that I ca n't reach it . |
8 | ‘ In spite of that I ca n't bring myself to thank J Edgar Hoover . ’ |
9 | of course you 'll be aware that I ca n't grant you any of your wishes … why do you think I 'm always wearing RED & WHITE with a little BLACK trim ? ? ? ? |
10 | On the grounds that I ca n't control my men ? |
11 | ‘ If I cry , he gets so angry that I ca n't bear it ’ , said another , ‘ and I go away and find somewhere by myself where I can go on crying ’ . |
12 | Tha , that I ca n't tell you ! |
13 | ‘ Well , you know that I ca n't tell you things like that . |
14 | When I asked her things like that , she did n't want to tell me on other occasions , she said I know that I ca n't tell you . |
15 | ‘ And I tell you frankly that I ca n't follow it , Adam . |
16 | From then on we became the best of friends , to the extent that I ca n't remember us having even one argument . ’ |
17 | I give it to my husband so that I ca n't sell it if money gets low ’ . |
18 | I give it to my husband so that I ca n't sell it if money gets low ’ . |
19 | There is an imbalance , and I feel that I ca n't allow it to go on . |
20 | cos if I find that I ca n't find something , I 'll just have to look like |
21 | David Howell did not remember his time in Cabinet with much pleasure — ‘ some arguments just left such acrimony and ill-feeling that I ca n't believe they really could have been enjoyable … |
22 | That has been such a constant that I ca n't believe anyone still falls for it … ’ |
23 | ‘ That I ca n't help you with , ’ said Pumfrey , his characteristic briskness now almost contemptuous . |
24 | I would argue with the author on the merits of the wing-down as opposed to the crab cross-wind landing techniques , and feel that he should have concentrated less on right-hand tractor American rotation engines , but other than that I ca n't fault him , and would class the book as absolutely required for anyone aspiring to be a tailwheel instructor . |
25 | ‘ It is n't that he has totally gone away , it 's just that I ca n't see him as I used to . ’ |
26 | ‘ I 'm not such an outsider that I ca n't see what a mistake you made with those steps — ‘ |
27 | It 's so that I ca n't see his face , Merrill thought . |
28 | ‘ I do n't seem to care very much , Myra , but you 're right — I do want the show to succeed ; so many people have worked so hard that I ca n't let them down . ’ |
29 | He come in Saturday , not that he , we 've heard all that before , said that you can get give it a good wash and squeeze it back , that I ca n't put one on now , give me a ring when you 're done |
30 | The strange thing is that I ca n't say I was unhappy in the Service , and generally speaking I enjoyed myself , even coming to realise as time went by that it was an experience I would hate to have missed — and yet , for years afterwards I used to have nightmares about my life in uniform . |