Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] i do n't " in BNC.
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1 | To begin with there was a pause at the door , but a pause of perhaps I do n't know , one or two seconds at the most . |
2 | to do it , although , whether they have this appropriate kind of sensitivity of not I do n't know |
3 | And if we were n't , if we had n't hav been , I mean that 's probably one of the problems of today I do n't know . |
4 | He looks so miserable that for once I do n't kick Heather on the way back to my desk . |
5 | And so he took her arm and pulled her into the street again and , still holding her arm , he said , ‘ And what do you think I feel like when I do n't see you and knowing you 're away dancing with that John Bennett or that Sweetman fellow ? ’ |
6 | along here I do n't know |
7 | I am , or I was , for really I do n't know , Mr. Stavanger 's secretary . |
8 | I ca n't get these back in now I do n't think . |
9 | There might be things in there I do n't want you to see ! ’ |
10 | and her mother in there I do n't know . |
11 | They 'd never get carried in there I do n't think . |
12 | It 's nice , I suppose please come for please I do n't like that . |
13 | Ooh and another that 's what I wanted to tell you about well I do n't think we can help him out . |
14 | And and also I mean I do n't want a zigzag and I really recommend we get somebody for Well I do n't want to Tom to cut the sides like that with scissors you know , it has to be neat . |
15 | Well er as I say , I 've always been a union member but then when I was self-employed it was different and I kept me fees up for a , to somewhere I do n't know what it was , but er when er yes , when er I was coming to come on me own and I went down the locksmith 's to see about it and they said er , what did they say now , they said you could n't do that , whatever it was , and er we 'll have to do this and that and the other . |
16 | And erm then it was , she said we had to so I do n't know what happens when |
17 | I mean you know I ca n't be bothered trying to so I do n't think I will go . |
18 | It was but er the market was so low that he decided not to well I do n't think he could get a buyer actually , it 's just stood there so he he he let it out rather than have it stood there with the option for us to buy it but I say now the prices are lower he 's not keen on selling it at that price . |
19 | Yeah but he had n't registered , that 's what cos I said to well I do n't really know this sort of thing I said , said here , that 's first I knew . |
20 | Not compared with down here I do n't think . |
21 | but it 's not television , i i it 's , it 's Doctor Who and , and Prisoner and , you know er very interesting and very easy for enthusiasts to direct a lot of their time and energy to maybe I do n't maybe there was a increased pressure to work and study which was erm self motivated rather than being externally imposed , maybe he maybe there was a fundamental lack of enthusiasm in him for what is described as the hardware of computing , the , the , the , the , the instruments , the machines maybe there was a less than comprehensive understanding of what is known as the firmware , that 's to say I mean operating systems that are built into the thing to make it work , you 've got to understand the firmware because otherwise you do n't understand what the machine will think you mean and what that will do and I would have thought that whereas superficially you can ignore the firmware , it 's all in there , it understands as you , I would have thought , grew into a er a graduate computer scientist you 've got to have some idea about that . |
22 | Other comments you did n't actually ask at any ti any point through there I do n't believe whether the husband ought to be involved . |
23 | And then there is a different thing called date rape but there is no excuse for either I do n't think . |
24 | I ca n't walk too quick like that , but at least I do n't fall over . |
25 | ‘ Call it what you like , but at least I do n't get beaten black and blue . ’ |
26 | At least I do n't mean that — not a good show for you , I know — but frankly when you 've been down a long time it is a good show to see someone from home and get all the news . |
27 | You have to speak to the cabinet makers and so on , so at least I do n't have to get up there and saw the wood ! |
28 | I also smoke , but at least I do n't drink much alcohol . |
29 | At least I do n't think she was . |
30 | At least I do n't think so , ’ I told her , but she just smiled and told me she had no further use for me that day and to call the next day which was to be a school holiday . |