Example sentences of "do not understand [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then they surrounded Milward 's house and pillaged and put to the sword Milward and other members of the Wimbledon Society who simply did not understand that — ‘ You look as if you 're going to have a thrombie ! ’ said a voice behind him . |
| 2 | Clara did not understand this story , but it seemed to her to tell of an emotion a size larger than pathos . |
| 3 | Mr Wolski did not understand this , but he always smiled when someone in authority smiled and he smiled now . |
| 4 | The author did not understand these and thought them perhaps to be due to changes in reflectance . |
| 5 | I did not struggle , and spoke politely to him , although I knew he did not understand any of my languages . |
| 6 | This was his war and she did not understand it ; did not understand any more than Bella , what it was like ‘ up there . ’ |
| 7 | The plan is not a blueprint for the future , it stresses , merely the starting signal for a process in which dialogue and choices made by individuals , private industry and government will shape the environmental programmes : ‘ What we want to do , in the realization that we do not understand all the relationships , is to indicate the conditions under which an environmental quality can be attained that will provide future generations with as many options as possible . ’ |
| 8 | You should not need to feel inadequate because you do not understand all the technical terms of someone else 's profession . |
| 9 | I would expect that because at this stage they do not understand all the pros and cons . |
| 10 | Because pensions come in a variety of forms , even many sophisticated people fail to collect all their entitlements or do not understand all the options that are available to them . |
| 11 | On the other hand , I know that at least some people must have read it because each day I get a pile of letters about my book , many asking questions or making detailed comments that indicate that they have read it , even if they do not understand all of it . |
| 12 | They do not understand each other . |
| 13 | I just do not understand that girl . ’ |
| 14 | But , CIPP said , ‘ a number of officers we interviewed do not understand these needs . ’ |
| 15 | Indeed it is possible that we do not understand these things very well unless standardization is taken into account . |
| 16 | Read every word and study the plans , before and after your survey , and if you do not understand any point , or if what you see or have seen is at variance with what is set down in the documents , then it is VITAL that you consult your solicitor before exchanging contracts . |
| 17 | It is vital that to get the best performance from your newly-purchased system you read AND follow the information provided , and if necessary contact the supplier or manufacturer if you do not understand any particular point . |
| 18 | I do not understand any accurate meaning that can be ascribed to such an expression as " quasi-arbitrator " . |
| 19 | If children do not understand this distinction between because and so , then they will be likely to produce errors , known as cause-effect inversions , such as : |
| 20 | I suppose the truth was we did n't understand each other . |
| 21 | They spoke in Arabic , but I thought they did n't understand each other very well . |
| 22 | Loopy Lil grinned and Dot saw she did n't understand much of anything that other people said . |
| 23 | Erlich did n't understand much Greek but he got her drift . |
| 24 | I mean , I did n't understand much to be honest anyway . |
| 25 | Their one and only interest was to serve the interest of the Corporation in the US of A and anyone in a top position overseas who did n't understand that number one lesson would soon have his nose put out of joint . |
| 26 | ‘ We were doing certain things we felt were recommended by the Institute and they did n't understand that . ’ |
| 27 | They did n't understand that , for instance , two cows is more than one cow . |
| 28 | To this day he did n't understand that authority . |
| 29 | But the public did n't understand that . |
| 30 | I did n't understand that . |