Example sentences of "not [vb infin] to church " in BNC.
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| 1 | Green did not go to church every Sunday — sometimes he walked around the house and idled , or went for a walk in the hills ; but he notes his attendance at church , in Ambleside , Grasmere or Keswick and the preacher he has heard . |
| 2 | Conversely , sixty-three per cent of those who do not go to church report that none of their friends or acquaintances has ever invited them ’ ( McGavran and Hunter 1980:33 , 34 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ If you do not go to church , child , you will be in the most deadly and moral sin . ’ |
| 4 | The transmission of religious services , in addition to being a blessing to those who can not go to church and a substitute for those who choose not to , offers considerable potential for evangelism through worship . |
| 5 | I could imagine her discomfiture as a natural approval of this evidence of my religious feeling vied with her conviction that normal people did not go to church unless compelled by the Sabbath . |
| 6 | A newsletter writer of August 1692 complained that it was impossible to distinguish between those who did not come to church because they were attending conventicles and those who did not worship God at all , and he predicted the result would be the downfall of the Church of England followed by the triumph of popery . |
| 7 | In Latin America and Africa , as well as this country , there are bodies of faithful Catholics who do n't adhere to church doctrine . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Well , Sarah Byrne , you 've strengthened my faith in human nature , even though I can tell you do n't go to church . ’ |
| 9 | Particularly among those who do n't go to church — ’ he eyed Peter — ‘ but might ? ’ |
| 10 | We found that a lot of young couples that because you do n't go to church on a regular basis but erm , to go along with their parents ' wishes too , rather than going through a big church wedding in a church , they go to a hotel and they have the erm , wedding ceremony and the reception all in the hotel , and are married by a minister . |
| 11 | This is reflected in such comments as that of the Russian astronaut Gagarin who said , " I did n't see God in space " , or of the scientist who says , " You ca n't prove God exists " , or of the literalist church-goer who says , " If you do n't go to church you are not worshipping God " , or of the religious fanatic who says , " God tells me what to do " . |
| 12 | and I went erm at Christmas once and it was bollocks , I just went hey , I wish I , glad I do n't go to church |
| 13 | But then , those with the highest expectations of their priest 's wife are those who do n't come to church . ’ |
| 14 | She did n't come to church , or to Sunday school . |
| 15 | It performs weddings and baptisms , funerals and services for people who find nothing for them in separate dominations or who ca n't get to church . |