Example sentences of "a [noun] [pers pn] do not [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Constance asked , clinging briefly to a hope she did not really believe in . |
| 2 | It was a building he did n't particularly want to see , though he did n't imagine he could ever succeed in burying its memories and associations . |
| 3 | Apart from doing the job of Principal ( for which I shall need a lot of help from the Lord ) , and living as a Christian I do n't yet know what the Lord wants me to do out there . |
| 4 | This proved a privilege we did not altogether enjoy as , at that time , the road over Encumeada pass was only a very narrow shelf which fell away on our side of the road ! |
| 5 | If you have a privilege you do n't easily give it up . ’ |
| 6 | A dame I did n't even know . |
| 7 | After a few months of this kind of thing , it was a wonder we did n't automatically walk out of our homes every hour , on the hour , when we were on leave , to look at the weather . |
| 8 | they used to pour it out of a can you know , it 's a wonder we did n't all die of tuberculosis but we did n't . |
| 9 | Amongst the working classes in this area , there seems to be no stigma attaching to a woman with a child she does not even know the father of ! ’ |
| 10 | This ignores the saving on refuse disposal ( which would have the effective price ) and the fact that one method reduces landfill pollution , while the other generates a type we do not yet know how to clear up . |
| 11 | But the best were his rose bushes , a type you do n't often see now . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's a pity we do n't ever stay here long — we are constantly sent out on missions . |
| 13 | Constance said , ‘ It 's a pity you did n't really know Nora . |
| 14 | But relations between the quiet , let's-get-on-with-it Cooder and the not entirely sane Captain proved too much of a strain , and after this brief walk on the wild side Ry immersed himself in session work — much of it bread-and-butter stuff , although he did play for Randy Newman and Phil Ochs , began to learn about music for films , and became a friend of The Stones , a period he does not generally discuss . |
| 15 | For a moment I did n't even recognise it as the same owl Derek and I had been round to see a few weeks before . |
| 16 | Because if you do n't get a job you do n't even have the chance of doing the work . |
| 17 | In your new brochure here that you 've put on the table erm it says a meeting it does n't actually say a meeting actually it says we need your ideas come along and tell us that 's why we applauded . . |
| 18 | The following year he was back to Motspur Park to attack the half-mile record , a distance he did not often run . |
| 19 | Adoption is defined as to : ‘ take ( a person ) into a relationship he did not previously occupy especially as one 's child ’ ( OED ) . |
| 20 | The carving is of a quality I do not even understand . |
| 21 | His devotion bordered on the obsessive in some moods , as though he saw in her a woman she did n't even know herself , an ancient soul-mate . |
| 22 | Intellec-tually unequipped to understand their position in society , peasants were correspondingly unable to see how to transform it , and their protests tended to take one of two forms : they were either aimed at specific local abuses , or grew into passionate , symbolic outbursts against a society they did not fully comprehend . |
| 23 | She was committed to this trip , it was too late to do anything about it , but how , she asked herself , was she going to be able to work with a man she did n't even like ? |
| 24 | In a sense we do not really need to ask the question ‘ Does unemployment cause crime ? ’ or ‘ Do the under-privileged offend more than privileged . ’ |
| 25 | But in a sense it does n't really matter whether it 's one parable , whether it 's three parables , or whether it 's four parables , it 's what Jesus was trying to teach to these people , and over these next three weeks , we 're gon na be looking at these three , er illustrations that Jesus uses . |
| 26 | But in a sense you do n't actually have to ask to have faith because God 's already given it to you . |
| 27 | B before I became a councillor I did n't really realize about the three tiers of local democracy . |
| 28 | Or is it a ting I do n't yet discover , |
| 29 | ‘ I — I — there is a thing I do n't quite understand , Your Highness . ’ |
| 30 | Huggy Bear are like a fractious baby , communicating their youthful frustration through noise , abrasive confrontation and complete confusion , screaming out at the unfairness of a world they do n't fully comprehend . |