Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [pron] [det] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Aqib countered : ‘ We did not know what all the fuss was about . |
| 2 | Luckily I did not know what half the appliances were … ‘ |
| 3 | I did not watch him all the way but looked for another target . |
| 4 | In the cold light of day you come to realise that you just can not do it all the time , that the body comes to a point where , for the moment , it has had enough . |
| 5 | It no longer functioned as a club ; members could not understand what all the others were up to , and were aware that the interests of physicists and of biologists might be opposed . |
| 6 | In fact I do not understand what all the fuss is about . ’ |
| 7 | Personally I can not see what all the fuss has been about . ’ |
| 8 | She told me , just as did you a moment ago , about being put to bed and the sprinkling of holy water — but I could still not see what all the fuss was about ! |
| 9 | But while Wainfleet 's apology had been specious and he really did not see what all the fuss was about , he was not quite as carefree as he had let them think . |
| 10 | It must be remembered , too , that plants which contain medicinally active substances often do not contain them all the time in all their parts . |
| 11 | Even translation from morse into natural language does not take us all the way to consciousness ; for , in the absence of consciousness , language is merely variegated sound , rather than the rich varieties of meaning that are embodied in , for example , Shakespeare 's texts . |
| 12 | ‘ … we are of course much gratified to hear of your safety and that your expedition is progressing so prosperously : at the same time the Letter although a long one does not tell us half the things we most wished to know : it does not say ought of your movements , when we may expect you home , how Mrs Gould is , whether your attendants have answered your expectations , how Mastr . |
| 13 | It does not reveal itself all the time ; it would seem false if it did . |
| 14 | ‘ I do not offer you all the churches , ’ Thorfinn said . |
| 15 | But you know , let's not talk him all the time because I think some of our players gave good performances today . |
| 16 | What you want to go interfering for she burst out , leave me and my family alone , little busy body always sticking your nose into other people 's affairs , Daryl 's temper flared up , I do n't she said , you gua rd your tongue Sally , I never meant to interfere and I ca n't think what all the fuss is about , either you have a sister or you have n't , I do n't care . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't know what all the fuss is about , ’ Clive Berlin , QPR 's managing director , said . |
| 18 | ‘ I just do n't know what all the fuss is about . |
| 19 | The next day they charged Barry Moxton with the murder of his wife Mary and there was a picture on the front pages of him being led away with a blanket over his head and another of a policeman coming out of his mother 's house with a plastic bag that was said to contain his bloodstained and half-burned clothing , and a day or so after that Uncle Titch turned up in South Wales with his horse and cart where he said he 'd gone after a merry-go-round and did n't know what all the fuss was about , did n't know about any murder , did n't read the papers and was generally believed , at least by the people on the estate , because it was typical of Uncle Titch , and by that time the Queerfella who was queerer than any of them knew had made a full confession and it was all over bar the shouting and the trial , when he pleaded guilty and was sent down for life and everyone said he should have been hanged and pretended it had never once crossed their minds that it was Uncle Titch that done it . |
| 20 | She 'd had a 24-hour labour but often said she did n't know what all the fuss was about these days . |
| 21 | Gerald Thomas allowed himself to add : ‘ I do n't know what all the fuss is about . ’ |
| 22 | Anyway , ’ he went on , ‘ I do n't know what all the fuss is about . |
| 23 | Sir Stanley Matthews , who was the first footballer to be knighted says he still does n't know what all the fuss is about . |
| 24 | Do n't harass him all the time Jessica you make him neurotic ! |
| 25 | Provided that , ’ she added as though drafting a contract , ‘ you do n't do it all the time . ’ |
| 26 | and the thread bit on I do n't do it all the time look you 've got half a sense mind half a strong common sense |
| 27 | Favourite guitars , expensive combos , trick rack systems — you ca n't watch them all the time , and they 're so easy to lift . |
| 28 | Now we all know because we 're print buyers to a larger or greater degree but they 're clients they over-estimate they add about twenty five per cent more on than they need and you have to send them back to sharpen their pencils several times before you 've seen the estimate , they of course know that all print buyers are idiots who keep forgetting all the important things and do n't give them half the information they need like the weight of paper or the fact that there 's to be a pocket at the back so , I think if we got the man I think if we maybe started off with H M S O the print buyer which is more akin to what we are and say well you know these are the problems I 've got I 'm sitting with a six million pound budget buying for the whole of the government of Scotland and I have problems and these are the problems that I have , then we get to the wee man from who says now wait a minute boys I get the rubbish that you send out , that was the message and let's make it funny but slightly aggressive let's highlight the real problems because that 's what it 's about , we 're not here for a nice night we 're here to learn |
| 29 | Gender , of course , does n't give us all the clues . |
| 30 | ‘ I still do n't understand what all the fuss is about , ’ Ellen replied in a slightly peevish tone . |