Example sentences of "not [verb] i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When asked by a pompous college dean , ‘ My good man , I do not think I know you ? |
| 2 | ‘ Well , I 'm not sayin' I believe it , mind , but I want to know about that happy-birthday message . |
| 3 | Macbeth defends but at the same time accuses himself ; ‘ Thou canst not say I did it : never shake/Thy gory locks at me ’ ( 50f . ) . |
| 4 | But I have just explained , surely you do not need me to tell you . |
| 5 | He assured Helen , ‘ I did not know I loved you so tenderly until this trial , sweetheart ’ . |
| 6 | When I move against them do not expect me to treat you differently from the way I treat them . |
| 7 | I am enclosing tickets for the new play and as they are in the front stalls , I may see you as I come on , ; but do not expect me to salute you , you understand , as I shall be taken up with my part . |
| 8 | Do not expect me to congratulate you , madam , I am too busy congratulating myself that I am not the father-in-law of a man who can speak so demeaningly of any young girl in public . |
| 9 | But you can not expect I mean we was actually lucky there was a job there now , when it closed down . |
| 10 | ‘ There are some suggestions I made for changes but this would not prevent me signing it . |
| 11 | If you had not confessed I think I would have beaten it out of you . ’ |
| 12 | However , from the moment he entered the Mess he was quite an outstanding character — and I hope he will not mind me mentioning it — against a rich harvest of exceptional characters at that time . |
| 13 | I it is not envisaged I mean I must n't mislead you at all I want I want to be understood on this issue . |
| 14 | It 's not going I think it is . |
| 15 | I was n't playing well for the rest of the team , and that is one of my strengths , because even when I 'm not scoring I know I can contribute . |
| 16 | I ju , you 're not sending me to do it ! |
| 17 | Mr Beckenham , however , would not have me disturb you on the matter . ’ |
| 18 | I 'm not saying I condone it , ’ he interpreted her look , ‘ but at the moment maybe it 's all she has to protect her from feelings of inadequacy . ’ |
| 19 | Well , I 'm not saying I see it quite like that , I mean , that 's the mythology … ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm not saying I think he 's foolish . |
| 21 | I 'm not saying I suppose it 's better |
| 22 | I mean , I 'm not saying I want us to be living at the top of a tower block on some vandalized estate but there 's more to life than this , I know there is . ’ |
| 23 | Not fooling me do you mind mind you he does say mama now when he 's moaning , it 's definitely mama , he says now , if he wants something , mama , er , er , mama |
| 24 | ‘ If you will not permit me to skate you must at least allow me to stand near the ice . |
| 25 | But it 's not ask I mean it 's it 's er er |
| 26 | well I 'll get the car and you can go out , I says you 're not getting the car out and I 'll not go I said you can go |
| 27 | You 're not to think I killed her . |
| 28 | ‘ He would not let me tend it properly before , stubborn man that he — ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Do not let me persuade you against your will , now . |
| 30 | PAMELA : [ aside ] Now I begin to know too well why all his hard trials of me and my black apprehensions would not let me hate him . |