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 . |