Example sentences of "not [verb] [that] i [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Well we were a better er service , they were a better ser I 'm not saying that I think so , I know they were a better service don does n't does n they 're not quite proof , there were in an tramcar Edinburgh Corporation tramcars were running , they were running at a , a , every year a profit . |
2 | Yes I 'm not I 'm not saying that I do n't think it 's a an important consideration . |
3 | This does not mean that I do not believe in the existence of genuine déjà vu experiences — indeed I have already shown that I do . |
4 | This does not mean that I do not believe there are issues where principle is paramount ; but there are great many issues where principle is misguided or even hypocritical , and it is a fair accusation that I tend to suspect this more often than most people . |
5 | That is not to say that I have n't met some canny little folk , but generally I do n't speak their language because I have never been used to them . |
6 | That is not to say that I have n't got sympathy for the problem that he 's faced with . |
7 | Here he is , at the outset , reporting from Brussels : ‘ You must not imagine that I live richly here , for my chief food is dry bread and some potatoes or chestnuts which people here sell on the street corner , but by having a somewhat better room and by occasionally taking a somewhat better meal in a restaurant whenever I can afford it , I shall get on very well … . |