Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 2 ) In the epistemic sense of ‘ appears ’ it makes no sense to say that the sea appears to be blue to someone but he does not know it , or that line AB appears to him to be shorter than line BC but he does not know it , or that the young lady/old woman figure appears to him to be a drawing of a young lady but he does not know it . |
| 2 | WildMr Weston said : ‘ We are appealing to members of the public who can give them a good home to adopt them so we do not have to put them down . ’ |
| 3 | While Wasps could relax and enjoy their Goldington Road romp , Bedford learned nothing that they did not know already . |
| 4 | The Russians were determined to remove every last item of its inventory , down to the lavatory brushes and the steel tracks on which the dockyard trains ran : indeed it was a miracle to me that they did not demand the cobblestones as well . |
| 5 | He also told the group and me that we did not do anything right . |
| 6 | ‘ It seemed to me that it did not please you greatly when you first tasted it . ’ |
| 7 | She had never farmed before , and she told me that it did not come easy . |
| 8 | Love and attention being the rewards of infantile behaviour , it only amazes me that I did not think of the idea sooner . |
| 9 | But Mr Frankland 's next words showed me that I did not need to worry . |
| 10 | ( If my private test convinces me that I do not want what you think I want , I assume error in your reading of me the public tests , which I must expose or leave you unanswered . ) |
| 11 | Years later she told me that she did not like that book , and I do not know if that were due to a momentary impatience with it or if ( as I hope it was not ) it was a permanent feeling of dissatisfaction , for it seems to me so beautiful . |
| 12 | I can only recall one occasion when he expressed a quiet boast ; he took delight in telling me that he did not have one paper qualification to his name . |
| 13 | Thank you for informing me that you do not wish to pursue your initial interest in the above Group . |
| 14 | We should be talking with them and going out of our way to assure them that we do not wish to engage in a price war . |
| 15 | McKee suggests that it was important to them that they did not return to a pre-adult state of dependence upon their parents . |
| 16 | Having appealed against East Herts ' refusal of listed building consent , they withdrew from a public inquiry at a late stage after their intended expert witness informed them that they did not have a strong enough case . |
| 17 | He told them that he did not like the company they were keeping — — presumably the DHAC — but he did participate . |
| 18 | He stated himself that he did not believe that neurotic symptoms all had a sexual cause and berated a student writing a paper on chess saying , ‘ you can not reduce everything to the Oedipus Complex ’ . |
| 19 | Not every one of you can see me and I do not see each of you . |
| 20 | He added : ‘ I was in a place once when a man fired a gun at me and I did not like it at all . |
| 21 | The view mentioned by the hon. Gentleman has never been put to me and I did not see the article to which he referred . |
| 22 | It was all around me and I did not dare to go in any direction . |
| 23 | My father told me one evening that neither he nor my mother would think the worse of me if I did not go . |
| 24 | My hon. Friend will forgive me if I do not respond to one part of his question . |
| 25 | There is a great gulf between ‘ popular culture ’ ( excuse me if I do not try to define the term ) and contemporary art . |
| 26 | But at least the fusion community needs such volumes to remind it that at the end of the day the scientific juggling will come to nothing if it does not lead to a convenient and not too expensive source of electricity . |
| 27 | Users have to ensure that the software works for them and they do not end up working for the software . |
| 28 | Against the use of a letter it must be noted that it is not easy to write a short but very clear letter explaining everything the informant may want to know , and if the recipient decides that she or he does not want to co-operate then she/he is warned in advance of the interviewer 's call . |
| 29 | After his election , he went to the ‘ Milanese ’ church of San Carlo Borromeo and quite openly wept ( why not ? we used to pray for the ‘ gift of tears ’ ) as he quoted the words of Jesus to Peter : ‘ When you were young , you girded yourself and walked where you would ; but when you are old , you will stretch out your hands , and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go ’ ( John 21.18 ) . |
| 30 | So ecstatic was she that she did not notice Edward fumbling with his clothes until she became aware of moist clingy flesh , thrusting and rubbing . |