Example sentences of "i [verb] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm relieved to see slow-dancing with me has n't turned out to be the traumatic experience you obviously feared . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ She made me promise not to ask . ’ |
| 3 | She made me promise not to tell what had happened . |
| 4 | I knew it must be wrong , because afterwards he made me promise not to tell anyone about it , not even Mamma . |
| 5 | Well , you deserve that , standin' by me like you did and givin' me your bed when I 'ad n't got a farthing to call me own . |
| 6 | It is at times like this that I regret not doing a scientific 0-level and becoming a brain surgeon so that no one would ask me to wash up or scrub floors . |
| 7 | I do n't do I 've not got time , I start reading and then it 's , it 's we 're doing something else |
| 8 | Mr Chairman er when we discussed this last time er I expressed the view that in fact er the county council had better things to do I 've not changed my mind erm since but I have been reminded that er when er the Roman Emperors er found ascension in the ranks when Roman Emperors found ascension in the ranks they provided bread and circuses and I have to say that I regard the two notices of motion which were placed in Mr notably fox hunting and this debate on V A T as bread and circuses . |
| 9 | I add them up yesterday and said what 's it , what do I do , I 've not come to , now they 've sent me a temporary one . |
| 10 | I mean not gon na ask you anything difficult . |
| 11 | Still the point was well made , I mean not sounding like you can sort of freeze an article to , not compromise the sort of committee , I mean , it is , dead if you give it away and you would n't consider pressure groups , they 'll pick up their report and their copies anywhere , and take bits out and quote you , I mean , I mean I know I 'm in this , I like to distort , like them to know our official disposition before it 's dead . |
| 12 | Well , I agreed not to speak more than half an hour , but I see that I have been speaking for a little longer than forty-five minutes . |
| 13 | I agreed not to tell the police , and said goodbye . |
| 14 | ‘ Marilyn said I shoud n't wear green to a wedding , she said it was unlucky . ’ |
| 15 | I hate not knowing — ‘ |
| 16 | Firstly because I hate not working and I have n't worked as a club DJ for eight years , so this was a way back in . |
| 17 | I tend not to shop in places like Marks and Spencer , but they have got some good gear in there . |
| 18 | COOK 'S NOTE : I tend not to use virgin olive oil for this dip as I find the flavour too strong for the roe . |
| 19 | Oh I quite agree because I think that there people that have , I 'm a car driver , but if I 'm in inner city I tend not to use that , I use public transport |
| 20 | Well as it 's used in other muckier places I tend not to use it over cleaning table white cloths aah |
| 21 | I tend not to tell people a song is n't about them because it disappoints them . |
| 22 | ‘ Once I put on a tie , I tend not to change it every day . |
| 23 | I 'm responsible for the sort of overall management , but I tend not to get out as much as say , Area Housing Officers , they 're more sort of at grass roots . |
| 24 | I tend not to read long interviews with top celebs , as much to avoid discovering that they are dickheads as anything else , so I look for the news , gossip and reviews . |
| 25 | ‘ Remiss of me , but I tend not to socialise . ’ |
| 26 | and I effect not to listen |
| 27 | But I did n't take those tablets , I tried not to do . |
| 28 | I heard the voice , but I tried not to listen , concentrating instead on the spider 's web in the window . |
| 29 | ‘ I tried not to listen to all that dirty talk , but the truth is a couple of suggestions left me wondering … ’ |
| 30 | I tried not to listen . |