Example sentences of "and i do not " in BNC.

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1 This method has been taught for many years and I do not think that pilots who have learned to do it this way need bother to change .
2 And I do not give you permission to fling yourself at her feet , grab her hands and weep into her palms .
3 The forts and barracks have gone up , an iron chain along the Great Glen , an iron ring round the coasts — you have built it for them , you have clamped these fetters on your own wrists , and I do not excuse myself — my first work was mending the roof of the arsenal at Fort Augustus in 1784 .
4 The known facts about Shakers are carefully set out by June Sprigg and I do not believe her work is a romantic history .
5 As there were 68 joints to be made , and I do not own a mortising machine , I decided on dowels .
6 I have never heard this case made in anything like the explicit fashion in which I have just outlined it , and I do not think it ever would be publicly made .
7 Otherwise I would have been sent back to my country and I do not know what would have happened to us . ’
8 I am often asked whether I approve of cosmetic surgery — and I do not .
9 MYSELF and Marco Polo is a working model of a novel , a clever toy , a verbal tournament , a facetious blueprint for a possible future seriousness : it could only be called a success if its author 's aim was merely to intrigue , and I do not feel that Paul Griffiths can be that crude .
10 He is alone , but not lonely , Ari thought , and I do not pity him any more .
11 Even if I allow him to scribble down a few paragraphs of his own fiction ( and I do not see why I should ) it still follows that any words he might write must in the first instance be composed by me .
12 I do not understand what they are talking about , and I do not have the knowledge to take up their suggestions .
13 And I do not think that Helen is unusual or unfathomable in translating this into a hatred of her own body , a fear of its femininity , unpredictability and curviness , and a longing to keep it all ‘ under control ’ .
14 I have upon my shoulders so many cares as a landlady that I feel bowed down whereas , and I do not think my memory faults me , I was freer as a maid .
15 Why should you choose , if you could , and I do not say that you could , to leave your children ?
16 ‘ Well , it is cold and I do not want it .
17 ‘ No , ma'am , and I do not see why I should . ’
18 ‘ I have been training , and I do not go to the London marathon for sightseeing .
19 It is too early to say why I lost and I do not know how big a part the race issue played , ’ he said .
20 Expo apart — and I do not recommend a visit unless you are in the vicinity — Seville is a wonderful city and the Sevillanos admire Britain .
21 ‘ On the point of breaking I think , and I do not know what to do .
22 If the LEA were to lay down as a condition of grant that we should have nothing to do with the University body , we should refuse the grant , and I do not see why Universities should not show the same loyalty to us .
23 My son and I do not participate in a game , nor in writing my paper .
24 Even if ( and I do not accept this at all ) neutrality could only be justified as a means to a fair contest , it should not be identified with action securing a fair contest .
25 The numbers coming to meetings can vary from 4 to 24 which is uncomfortable if a speaker is booked and I do not know how many will come .
26 I have myself devised many staff plans over the years , and I do not believe I am being unduly boastful if I say that very few ever needed amendment .
27 They inspect my passport and I do not find favour in their eyes .
28 I have a lot of sympathy with this attitude , and I do not doubt that there are genetic advantages in our having brains of the kind that we have .
29 This is the particular issue for debate at this meeting , and I do not presume here either to pre-empt discussion or anticipate what I will say later when I consider it in greater detail .
30 I can not change this and I do not wish to .
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