Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [subord] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If words such as scio and non dubito in the second half of the second century were not regarded as showing clear intention to set up trusts , might they have been after these cases ?
2 The judge is not reported as making any speculation as to the source of this knowledge , which is obviously from the newspapers themselves .
3 He says Alsys has not decided whether to make Soft Bench or Atherton the backplane of the Thomson Ada software engineering thrust .
4 If the rat does not run when given some signal ( such as a light coming on ) , the experimenter gives it an electric shock .
5 Social Democrats now can not decide whether to offer new policies or simply conservative ones better managed .
6 While in ( 16b ) the speaker is not represented as having any kind of expectations at all , in ( 16a ) he is : the sentence with the infinitive means that the speaker was hoping for someone to come to his assistance even before this happened .
7 Hence , the horse may spend the day avoiding mature people , and then find to its surprise that it has been caught by a child-foal that it had not perceived as possessing such ability .
8 ‘ I do n't know whether to take that remark as a compliment or not , ’ she said dubiously .
9 did was that I did n't know whether to do three sine squared right ?
10 Erm I do n't know whether to have ordinary Shreddies or Frostied Shreddies ?
11 I do n't know whether to believe those eyes are really innocent or if the innocence is one of those confusing invitations your sex is so fond of . ’
12 Named after a volcano , Karrimor are clearly confident you should n't freeze while wearing this jacket .
13 When I read for review , I do n't pause except to note outstanding paragraphs that will be apposite quotes to illustrate the book 's content and virtues .
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