Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What pleases me may not please you , and my recommendation may disappoint you — and then what would you think ? |
| 2 | There was a long silence before Ipuky continued , ‘ What is said about me should not concern you . |
| 3 | Mr , I I I have many matter to consider in my report , so I let's not widen it even further into this rather wider philosophical matter . |
| 4 | Well , this er hundred women are divided , but the majority , sixty two say no I may not smoke . |
| 5 | I may not answer and if I am doing your mouth I shall tell you so . ’ |
| 6 | I may not sympathize with the bombing . |
| 7 | Well , I 'll have a go but I may not eat all this but if it was smaller it 's really tasty as well . |
| 8 | I may not succeed , but I must try . " |
| 9 | It depends on circumstances which I may not enumerate |
| 10 | I may not possess any status or receive a substantial monthly pay cheque , but to have my trade grow entirely through my own efforts is one heck of a kick . |
| 11 | I may not sleep . |
| 12 | If I am a chemist already , wanting an overview of another subject , I may not want to read three introductory chapters . |
| 13 | I may not move as fast as you , but we 'll be there in good time . |
| 14 | I may not suffer much from amour propre , but I 'm fucked if I 'm prepared to run the risk of running into people from my past life while clad as a bellhop . |
| 15 | I may not wear a mob cap , but I rake our coal-fired Rayburn daily and ‘ clouds of ash ’ is an understatement of the result . |
| 16 | ‘ I accept your favour , my lady , although I may not wear it on my sleeve as a true knight should . |
| 17 | ‘ Mr Stevens , I may not have been a housekeeper for long , but I would say that in the time I have been , my abilities have attracted some very generous remarks . ’ |
| 18 | Although I may not have got near to the ‘ God ’ of that particular place , those hundreds of hours spent in chapel were not wasted . |
| 19 | Another Nottingham volunteer , Sue , said , ‘ I may not have lost a lot in pounds but it 's great to know I can lose inches from parts I did n't think I could ever reduce . ’ |
| 20 | You see , I would be teased a lot at school because I may not have been as quick as the others , but Bernard never joined in . |
| 21 | ‘ I may not have been the tallest , nor the most athletic — Mick Doyle reckoned I only ever jumped from my shoulders up — but what I did have was the most effective arse in world rugby ’ . |
| 22 | I may not have seen the race , but I 've had enough people describe both the race and Jackie 's driving to know what a result it was . |
| 23 | On her other flank , would the USSR ever say of China what Germany once said of Russia : today I can afford to go to war , tomorrow I may not have that luxury ? |
| 24 | I may not have liked some of the things I saw and heard , but remember I was present from choice . |
| 25 | I may not have understood everything I heard at the time , but later it all slotted into place . |
| 26 | I intend to travel extensively during the summer and I may not have the pleasure of meeting you . |
| 27 | I may have done , I may not have done . |
| 28 | I may not have much to bequeath , but I can not endure the thought of my loved ones squabbling over my best earrings . |
| 29 | At the end , I may not have looked much like her , but I felt like Brigitte Bardot . |
| 30 | I have n't contacted the police — yet — and if you co-operate I may not have to trouble them . |