Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adj] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.

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1 And in fact the coffee rooms not only were not profitable but I think at one time were even subsidized by the directors ' own pocket which just how balmy some people can be .
2 Looking back on it now , I am not sorry that I went .
3 And I 'm not sorry that I did that because erm I would n't like I would n't have like to think that er anything I 'd done had escalated the situation you know .
4 Peter 's commitment is certainly not total but I think his interest can be maintained if we do n't frighten him .
5 I , with a mother 's intuition , had suspected that ‘ things ’ were not right but I expected that it was one of those ‘ hiccups ’ … ) not so , I 'm afraid .
6 It 's not right and I have to lie for him !
7 Well that 's not right cos I 've got that 's wrong .
8 I considered that he was not coherent when I saw him and he was confused . ’
9 I 'm not afraid because I know where I 'm going when I die .
10 We did n't go to the funeral , but me cousin Dora who was Aunt Lucy 's daughter , she got there was er Walter , , Walter and Leonard were in a pram and me cousin Dora went down Lane and wh to the corner of Street and watched the funeral go past up to I 've got vague memories of that they 're not clear but I do know that he took us to watch me dad 's funeral past the corner of Street and I presume that now that it must have gone up Street up to Street street , cos he 's buried at Ryecroft .
11 large , not generous but I think good grief poor Christopher 's sitting there .
12 It 's not scientific but I felt like it .
13 That is not sensible and I seek to move the Community in the appropriate direction .
14 Colleagues , this is simply not acceptable and I call on Congress to support this resolution and instruct the E C to raise the matter in the proper government departments .
15 It is not wrong and I understand that next week we shall have the opportunity to debate the correctness of what I have said .
16 Most difficult of all , admits , is setting foreign language puzzles : ‘ I translated some puzzles into Russian once , which was not easy since I did not even know the Cyrillic alphabet ! ’
17 It was not easy but I think it is for the best , in the long run .
18 It is not perfect but I have no time to edit it further .
19 The classes are not large and I find myself not too bad and rated as ‘ senior ’ by the Sadler 's Wells gods .
20 I 'm not comfortable but I suppose if I gave it a go I would get used to it .
21 not sure but I think one of the things is
22 I 'm not sure but I think it has .
23 I 'm not sure but I think it was Mrs Turner .
24 I think it mi , might have been Radio Stoke , I 'm not sure but I think it
25 ‘ I 'm not sure that I approve of what 's happening , that 's all . ’
26 Then she said : ‘ Mr McKillop , I 'm not sure that I approve of your visit . ’
27 I got your first letter to Nanking on Saturday , and had plenty of letters at Sian — I 'm not sure that I got them all , in particular I got a letter from Tom sent on March 23 , but I 'm not sure whether that 's the one you referred to , anyway I 'm grateful to you all for keeping me in touch .
28 There are also times when we need to ensure that we understand what is being said , and this can be done by asking simple questions or making comments which help elucidate or develop what the counsellee is saying , such as , ‘ So you think that … ’ , or ‘ You mean that … ‘ , or even ‘ I 'm not sure that I follow what you mean …
29 I am not sure that I listened to much more of what Didier had to recount on the subject of Montaine 's death .
30 I 'm not sure that I 've managed it all that well , myself .
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