Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Provided they are not mentally impaired , and we are able to exercise tact , the truth , spoken in love , will always achieve more than saying nothing in order to ‘ keep the peace ’ , and harbouring resentments which fester in the mind and inevitably make us bad-tempered towards them for reasons they do not understand . |
| 2 | The male does sometimes mate with one of the young female helpers but this , for reasons we do not understand , never seems to result in pregnancy . |
| 3 | Perhaps , for reasons we do not understand , the patterns of interconnections in the smell-brain are under a more versatile system of genetic control , and this allowed the rapid evolution of the neocortex , facilitating the neopallial explosion . |
| 4 | Goldney , for reasons we do not know , declined the offer of the Cherokee earth and it therefore fell to Cookworthy and Champion to perfect the porcelain known as ‘ Bristol China ’ . |
| 5 | Weight for weight it does not compare favourably with foods like cereals and nuts in fibre content , although it works out well when you take into account how much fibre you get for a modest number of calories . |
| 6 | Why I headed for Basra I do not know . |
| 7 | And if p is false then no matter how sure I am of p I do not know it . |
| 8 | Indeed , some Tory Euro-sceptics like Teddy Taylor now see such a deal as the harbinger of a two-tier Europe in which Britain would be able to ‘ opt out ’ of policies it did not like . |
| 9 | And while these women were not displeased with the role of housewife they did not like housework , despite the fact that this was what they spent most of their time doing . |
| 10 | Thus a description of R. & R. Clark 's works in 1896 commented that " for straightforward setting , ordinary stonework , simple imposition and first proof-reading , the women are found to be fully qualified , though of course they do not attain to the all-round excellence of first-class men " , |
| 11 | Non-monetarists also recognise the role that monetary changes may have on real output , though of course they do not assign them such a major role as the monetarists . |
| 12 | And of course they do not wait until they have mastered a meaning before using each word . |
| 13 | Bob went on from there , season in , season out , to the end of 1931–32 , by which time he had made 293 League appearances for Crystal Palace ( a club record at the time , but of course they did not make much of such things in those days ) and even today , almost 60 years later , there are fewer than only half a dozen Palace men who have played more times for us than that . |
| 14 | Of course they did not produce an abstract treatise on Freedom , in which they laid out principles of action in deductive orderliness . |
| 15 | Of course they did not know what to expect . |
| 16 | But of course they did not circulate beyond the commuter belt , so they failed to qualify as nationals on that ground . |
| 17 | She put down her needle and thread and went on , her voice calm with conviction , ‘ Of course we do not know what God plans for us , so we must be ready to accept His will in all things , but sometimes prayer alone will heal the one who is ill and this is the best way . ’ |
| 18 | And of course we did not possess a fire-extinguisher . |
| 19 | In his skeleton argument , although of course we did not hear it developed , the Attorney-General contended that it is a mixed question of law and fact . |
| 20 | But of course he does not stand alone . |
| 21 | In doing so I am rather like the doctor by the patient 's bedside , who knows ; although of course he does not tell the patient — that the outcome of the disease will depend upon something in the constitution of that patient which he can not control nor further influence and which he can not even ascertain , except by the event . |
| 22 | Of course he did not deny that experience does influence the development of some behaviour patterns , and he accordingly divided behaviour patterns into instinctive ( inherited patterns which develop independently of experience ) and learned ( the opposite ) . |
| 23 | Of course he did not know how it was the piece in the Nouvel Observateur had come to be written . |
| 24 | He talked about getting married — of course he did not know the man recognised him , although it is not far from Rostock , where he lived then . |
| 25 | Then , in response to my crestfallen look , he added kindly : ‘ Of course you did not look gay — you 're no screaming queen — but nevertheless I just knew . ’ |
| 26 | But of course you do not know — how could you — and I doubt you could imagine , however hard you tried ! ’ |
| 27 | Of course you do not have a legal obligation to show a passport to get out of the country ; you do have , to get in . |
| 28 | Of course she did not believe a word Sean O'Farrell was saying . |
| 29 | Of course it does not follow that all policies are self-consistent . |
| 30 | Of course I did not see it like that at the time . |