Example sentences of "[verb] that [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When Jones sat on the bench on Saturday in the Test we were praying that he did not have to come on . |
| 2 | ‘ When Jones sat on the bench on Saturday in the Test we were praying that he did not have to come on . |
| 3 | Despite the ability of Sag & Hankamer 's ideas to account for considered judgements , several lines of evidence suggest that they do not provide any simple basis for a theory of comprehension . |
| 4 | The statues in question are inseparable from the archaic series ; their freshness of surface suggest that they did not stand long above ground ; and it seems to me a reasonable conclusion that they were dedicated in the years immediately before the invasion . |
| 5 | Professor Williams 's views on the proper scope of the crime of rape coupled with the limited role he advocates for the offence of procuring by threat suggest that he does not consider that the criminal law should be over-active in protecting the sexual autonomy of women . |
| 6 | The letters to Greeves suggest that he did not find this part of a Christian 's duty very easy ( 'Daily Castration Prevents Master Bation' ) . |
| 7 | The hon. Gentleman will probably already know that we do not permit the sale of arms or other equipment that could be used internally against the people ; but I fully agree that it is necessary to see the report of the commission of inquiry . |
| 8 | If you lied so badly about yourself , how can I know that you did not lie about your innocence ? |
| 9 | In Les quatre Souhais Saint Martin : ( Through this fabliau you may know that he does not act at all wisely who trusts his wife rather than himself : often he suffers shame and grief . ) |
| 10 | Ronald Chalmers 's term of office as vice-chairman had been a year only , he said , and he had made it know that he did not want to be considered for an office-bearer 's position . |
| 11 | I shouted that he did not know what he was talking about and held the telephone away from my face . |
| 12 | Also , when considering development , it must be stressed that we do not have to depend on an infinite regress . |
| 13 | Lawrence added : ‘ It must be stressed that we do not see ball-tampering in our domestic game as a serious problem , but we are determined to stamp it out . |
| 14 | Although intensive visual concentration can sometimes lead to fatigue it must be stressed that it does not damage vision . |
| 15 | At the same time , while accepting that tension between richer and poorer peasants was growing and that Stolypin 's reform created fierce friction between those who separated from the commune and those who remained within it , revisionists have stressed that it did not shake their common determination that noble land should be transferred into their hands . |
| 16 | I am happy to accept that they did not know that the payment that they stood entitled to receive was limited by the list size criterion . |
| 17 | Odd-Knut — whose English was good enough to know that he did not want us to call him ‘ Odd ’ — suggested that he could leave us near the Finnish border and we could ski or walk the last bit . |
| 18 | The rest of the time , they were not disposed to look at Peter as a human being , but only as a rector , a creature of whom standards of motive and conduct were expected that they did not expect of themselves . |
| 19 | Such headlines both raise the issue of order in school and at the ground , and explicitly propose that it does not exist . |
| 20 | The film people wanted to shoot in the local pub , but the landlord refused them permission , explaining that he did not want to inconvenience his regular customers , despite being offered a tidy sum as recompense . |
| 21 | He refused to take her to the pub to have a drink , explaining that he did not want to hurt Jayne , who would not approve of his energy being spent on anything other than skating . |
| 22 | He has forgotten that I do not drink , or perhaps he thinks I am bluffing . |
| 23 | Anthropologists , following Evans-Pritchard 's lead , have reacted against this way of seeing primitive , or non-literate , peoples , and maintained that they do not act as they do for the same reasons that neurotics act in Western society . |
| 24 | Such mishaps were bad omens , and though the townspeople maintained that they did not take the Wheel seriously they were happier when all went according to plan . |
| 25 | In GEC 's Patent , the hearing officer held that the initial onus fell on the employer to establish that he did not benefit from obtaining a patent . |
| 26 | Secondly , and perhaps most important , they have claimed that they do not want to hand over control of an income tax to what they perceive to be extremist Labour local authorities . |
| 27 | Emphasize that it does not matter how badly one reads the paragraph as long as the situation is not avoided . |
| 28 | At 5 p.m. a staff nurse joined Miss T. and her mother and Miss T. told the staff nurse that she did not want a blood transfusion , that she used to be a Jehovah 's Witness and that she still maintained some beliefs . |
| 29 | If the mother notices that he does not like certain songs she at once introduces others with different phrases and melody embodying the same teaching . |
| 30 | NATO countries say that they do not want a ‘ dual key ’ arrangement , in which an officer from the US and the host country have to turn their keys simultaneously before a weapon can be launched . |