Example sentences of "i not [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was being utterly foolish ; my duty was to stay on , do A-levels , and go on to Oxford or Cambridge ( which took an extra term ) ; the local grammar school was not good enough to fulfil this latter purpose and if I went there , I would only be throwing my education away ; and , besides , did I not realise that , in the face of difficulties , one should never give up , but struggle on and thus establish a superior strength of character ? |
| 2 | We walked up to the fall and what would I not give if I could convey to you the images and feelings which were then communicated to me . |
| 3 | ‘ Did I not say that he was a good secretary ? ’ |
| 4 | I was n't put off by the fact that Jo had told me not to call or see her . |
| 5 | I mean let me not allege that you 're one of the worst , but you say ‘ Dear Motorists , erm may we congratulate you on the acquisition of your new vehicle . |
| 6 | Let me not suggest that he could not work freely and spontaneously when he chose , as we see in the late The Gipping from Blakenham , 1977 , a watercolour which displays admirable freedom as opposed to recklessness . |
| 7 | And let me not suggest that booksellers are blameless either . |
| 8 | Stupid of me not to realise that here , also … |
| 9 | He woke me at two this morning and gave me his best horse and bid me not to stop till I had overtaken you on the way . |
| 10 | But it is impossible for me not to feel that my body is other than I , that I inhabit it like a house , and that my face is a mask which , with or without my consent , conceals my real nature from others . ’ |
| 11 | In a moment of optimism my wife told me not to worry and pronounced that I could live perfectly well on one lung . |
| 12 | ‘ My GP told me not to worry and to drink more fluids . |