Example sentences of "[to-vb] that [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Well I 'll have to accept that I do n't know where that came from but I 've got down here state 's interest |
| 3 | But I know me own daughter well enough to know that she does n't want to lock herself inside a convent for the rest of her life . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Both Poutsma ( 1923 : 42 ) and Jesperson ( 1940 : 287 ) point out that have is often used with the to infinitive in conditional contexts with would : ( 178 ) I 'd have you to know that I do n't care a penny , madam , for your paltry money . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It usually turns into a frustrating , time consuming and exhausting task , particularly when you move pieces of furniture only to find that they do n't fit in the place you wanted to put them . |
| 8 | They were soulless little beings , numerous and uniform , no more than a commercial product bred to a standard , and Reynolds was slightly disturbed to find that they did n't evoke any feeling of sympathy from him . |
| 9 | ‘ The woman was disgusted to find that we did not have a microwave oven for her to polish , and she has a doctor 's certificate to say she can not bend down . |
| 10 | The church is to be distinctive from the rest of the world ; people around us are familiar with a way of life where rank and wealth matter , and people want to achieve what they think matters — only to find that it does n't satisfy them ; God 's people are to have a way of life which is based on equality in God 's sight , and not be measured in terms of social standing . |
| 11 | It is acknowledged , however , that in its efforts to support the capitalist system , politically and economically , the capitalist state creates and expands public and social services only to find that it does not have the required resources to meet the growing cost of the public sector . |
| 12 | Suddenly she was surprised that she could talk about Ian White without regret ; surprised to find that it did n't hurt any more . |
| 13 | But a final word of caution : venturis are temperamental , and to enclose yours within a blockwork wall , only to find that it did n't work properly , would be frustrating . |
| 14 | She had been surprised to find that he did n't feel it beneath him to help her in the house . |
| 15 | to find that you do n't fancy him . |
| 16 | to find that you do n't fancy him . |
| 17 | You may be surprised to find that she does n't want to shackle you with a ball and chain . |
| 18 | I just do n't want you having to face the pater only to find that she did n't mean half she said . |
| 19 | If on the other hand you specify the languages in advance , you may be leaving out a language group in which there are people who want to train that you did not know of . |
| 20 | The next time it rang he was so absorbed in the problem of getting the pistol to work that he did not notice it ; nor the next time either . |
| 21 | The Bank repeated its intervention just as the New York markets opened during the European lunchtime to signal that it did not want the American markets , closed since Friday night , to push the pound down further . |
| 22 | It would be disingenuous , even for those of us who take another view , to pretend that we do not know what made an intelligent British traditionalist like Enoch Powell call for a halt to mass immigration some 20 years ago , and what made British governments of both parties follow his lead . |
| 23 | The divide in English studies seems to be between those who want to bring the rift out into the open , and those who prefer to pretend that it does n't exist . |
| 24 | This is a great pity ; the battle between these two paradigms , that of Galton and that of Binet , is a very real one , and to pretend that it does not exist , and that there is no evidence against the paradigm adopted here , is disingenuous . |
| 25 | Sensations running wild , Shelley put her arms round him , holding him close , unable to pretend that she did n't want him . |
| 26 | And if Feargal wanted to pretend that she did n't exist , well , who the hell cared ? |
| 27 | It seemed much easier to sit and do nothing , to pretend that he did n't exist , to empty your mind of feelings so that you felt nothing , nothing at all … . |
| 28 | We have a responsibility now … to see that we do not get it wrong in the other direction . |
| 29 | ‘ At one point things got out of hand and we had to organise a group of MPs a Make-up Patrol crew to follow the actors around to see that they did n't eat anything or do anything that would affect the prosthetic face gear . ’ |
| 30 | It may also have been reassuring to US audiences , while America was being condemned world-wide for its barbaric acts in Vietnam , to see that they did not have the monopoly on violence , which could even be found in an English village . |