Example sentences of "[pron] did not belong to " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see , people tended to stay in groups , very clannish you could say , and I did n't belong to any of them . |
| 2 | I did n't belong to a union , I did n't know anything about my rights then , and I know now that I did n't have any in that particular case … |
| 3 | Soon , one field was not enough , and the request ‘ all in a good cause ’ — spread to Jane 's two other fields , so the horses , most of which did not belong to her , had to be moved to a farm , and she had to cope with angry owners . |
| 4 | For instance , if a testator had left per vindicationem a legacy of something which did not belong to him , that legacy was ineffective . |
| 5 | Moral purists may well debate Aitken 's propriety in selling — even for a charitable cause — something which did not belong to him , namely the copyright in the report , but others may share my own view that , having regard to the intensity of the pro-Biafran feelings of Aitken and Fraser , this particular act would not seriously impede an unobstructed entry into heaven . |
| 6 | To the ancient moralists the Allazon was the man who laid claim to possessions and to achievements which did not belong to him in order to exalt himself more . |
| 7 | The English millionaire folded his singed tents and stole away the insurance money , which did n't belong to him since I had nationalized the paper well before the fire was out . |
| 8 | She had never before taken anything which did n't belong to her , but she was cold , tired , and very hungry . |
| 9 | Women died in childbirth , everyone succumbed more readily to disease and people still coveted things which did n't belong to them . ’ |
| 10 | It is certainly easy for those who did not belong to Lewis 's group of friends , and who merely come upon the record of it in after days , to see its faults . |
| 11 | The distinctive tone of the old Conservative party was set by the land : even those who did not belong to great landed families still believed in some romantic notion of the spiritual strength of England 's green and pleasant land . |
| 12 | He chose a small squad from among those men available who did not belong to any lineage closely involved in the affair . |
| 13 | The great majority of those who took an active part in the work of the Association were natives of Lewis , and several of those who did not belong to the island were Gaelic-speakers from similar areas . |
| 14 | At that time anyone who did not belong to the Church of England was regarded with contempt and prevented from holding many official positions . |
| 15 | I felt the screws who did n't belong to this clique and did n't subscribe to it were given almost as hard a time by them as the inmates . |
| 16 | Indeed , she had a talent for implying that somehow she did not belong to her own Cabinet . |
| 17 | Maggie might no longer belong , to anything or anyone , if she did not belong to Fenna . |
| 18 | The situation has been further complicated by the fact that she did not belong to any structures and therefore did not benefit from the discipline , counseling and collectivity of the Mass Democratic Movement . |
| 19 | Yes , it is true , but I must add the following : even her hand-outs to beggars were based on negation : she gave them money not because beggars , too , belonged to mankind , but because they did not belong to it , because they were excluded from it , and probably like her , felt no solidarity with mankind . |
| 20 | Gaily picked them — they did not belong to any grave — to take to Ma . |
| 21 | Sometimes she dreamed fretfully of trees that came right up close , like gnarled old men walking , but they did not belong to any patch she recognized . |
| 22 | Jews despised and hated Gentiles : despised them because they did not belong to the elect ; and hated them because they lorded it over God 's chosen people . |
| 23 | On Aug. 7 , Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka , addressing a public meeting in her native Poznan a month after taking office [ see p. 39017 ] , was applauded when she criticized striking workers , saying that they did not belong to the groups which earned least . |
| 24 | On Aug. 7 , Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka , addressing a public meeting in her native Poznan a month after taking office [ see p. 39017 ] , was applauded when she criticized striking workers , saying that they did not belong to the groups which earned least . |
| 25 | Again the boy looked down at his hands , staring at his arms and legs as if they did n't belong to him . |
| 26 | He would spend a great deal of time trying to fit in fresh pieces only to find that most of them did n't belong to his picture . |
| 27 | He did n't belong to any of them , but he knew the doormen would n't challenge a man with his distinguished appearance and well-tailored clothes . |
| 28 | She could tell by the insignia of his uniform that he did n't belong to the regiment billeted at the Hall whose tents were visible at the far end of the park when she cycled up to the house . |
| 29 | And he said , but he 's nothing to do with Surrealism , which I expect is true that he did n't belong to the party but then perhaps Spaniards are , in any case , basically surrealist . |
| 30 | The main reason that he was carrying it rather than wearing it was that it did not belong to him . |