Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] not [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean not many people who 'd clashed with mrs thatcher did survive . |
| 2 | I mean not sure . |
| 3 | I mean not all of them are like it but |
| 4 | I mean that just sounds like familiar you know , I mean not that |
| 5 | the thing that annoys me most is that , the amount of bad memories people have , I mean not bad memories as in bad thoughts , but bad |
| 6 | Star Trek 's something that will never die , I mean not Star Trek erm Dar |
| 7 | So I mean not double . |
| 8 | Certainly not — as a matter of fact , I holidayed not half an hour 's drive from your house , at the bottom of Loch Ness , and it was nothing like the Bahamas — we journalists ca n't afford to go to such places . |
| 9 | I mean I do n't think they do , they do that these days , I hope not any rate . |
| 10 | Now I know not all players are like this . |
| 11 | Yeah , I know not all the time , but it 's better than sitting on your fat arse at home in n it . |
| 12 | In 1547 , after the English victory over the Scots at Pinkie , Huntly was to say ‘ I hold well with the marriage , but I like not this wooing ’ . |
| 13 | So I do n't know bout yu , but me , I plead Not Guilty . |
| 14 | I guess not many that are sat in this room . |
| 15 | He looked at Lamarr Dean then , not understanding , I guess not sure if it was an accident or what . |
| 16 | But tell me if you will , whilst you were attending to these sartorial niceties , the small , yet I feel not insignificant matter of our impending relegation to Sheol did n't , perchance , wend its winged way into your mercurial consciousness ? ’ |
| 17 | No one but dear Shallot himself so I pleaded not guilty and made my defence : I was Ralemberg 's colleague , I had no grievance against him . |
| 18 | Well I went not last Friday but the Friday before , they were doing it |
| 19 | I gave not one cheep , not a chirrup — |
| 20 | I do not make a fuss , I do not rant and splutter . |
| 21 | I had a vision of someone standing not far behind me with a gun , waiting for me to move . |
| 22 | So our having the tape-recorder is affecting the quality of Mrs Padmore 's life — which , however , has an indirect effect on the quality of our life , given the I think not unreasonable premise that an improvement in the quality of someone else 's life offers us some kind of pleasure or satisfaction , or at any rate spares us discomfort or guilt ; though whether this is what I had in mind when I borrowed the tape-recorder this morning I think unlikely . |
| 23 | And your choice if you do n't find money to , I think not one of ceasing the service , but finding offsetting savings elsewhere , and I mean it 's a matter of there is a required service , it is there , there is an agreement with the health authority that neither party would , will withdraw funding without detailed con consultation and determination of how needs would be met . |
| 24 | That 's possible , although I think not likely , and if that happened , it would be a major development . |
| 25 | We 've er we 're showing the dividend cover in a variety of ways because it 's I think not clear that any one measure is , is only er the way of calculating it . |
| 26 | ‘ I did not ten you all , ’ she said . |
| 27 | no I four I said not four and a month I 'm four |
| 28 | And he turned to me I said not likely ! |
| 29 | Since he made swiftly towards the forest , I had not much option but to follow . |
| 30 | I replied rather coldly that I had not drunk alcohol since 1939 , and that it had been my hope that we should stop somewhere where I could wash up generally , relieve myself and have a little rest . |