Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] not [adv] understand " in BNC.
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| 1 | The carving is of a quality I do not even understand . |
| 2 | I do not yet understand it , but although I was once a keen and proud European , there are things in it that would now make me one of the most sceptical . |
| 3 | Mr Boyd had patients waiting , a fact I do not quite understand , since he had just told Boswell and Johnson the story of one of Lord Errol 's tenants . |
| 4 | The adjudging of the beastblood is something else I do not fully understand , ’ said Dierdriu , ‘ but it is a little to do with the eyes , and a little to do with the movements … |
| 5 | I do not rightly understand how the medical men could not save him after the accident since you say the cut seemed small and did not appear to trouble him but I have heard that for the blood to be poisoned it takes only a pin-prick and that a cut where there is manure about can have this effect if not noticed . |
| 6 | We can all still bring leather in from our friends in Australia but for reasons that I do n't wholly understand , this is very much dearer than the local er supplies available and for the time being it 's not of interest to the saddlery-makers in Walsall . |
| 7 | ‘ Darling , I do n't even understand ME ! |
| 8 | Half the time I do n't even understand what they are fighting about . ’ |
| 9 | Sometimes I do n't even understand individuals . |
| 10 | ‘ But I do n't entirely understand why this correspondence should have been so … valuable . ’ |
| 11 | I do n't fully understand why he does so much to distance me . |
| 12 | When she 's with other people I do n't always understand what they 're going on about and that makes me feel stupid . |
| 13 | Sometimes , to be honest , I do n't always understand what his music is doing . |
| 14 | ‘ I like the things you say , Cassie ; though I do n't always understand them . |
| 15 | I do n't therefore understand what you 're saying about the single star . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't quite understand . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't quite understand ? ’ |
| 18 | But I do n't quite understand the purpose of this outing . ’ |
| 19 | er , it depends on one 's own tastes , I personally do n't like the open planned that I 've seen in very modern houses where , erm I , I do n't quite know how to express it but it does seem to me odd to be on one floor level and then two feet up you 're on another level and er , that 's one aspect of the open plan that does n't appeal to me and I do n't quite understand why it 's necessary to have everything that 's going on in one room with pieces of furniture designed to act as barriers between the different functions or purposes for which you give parts of the room . |
| 20 | I do n't quite understand how the government think they 'll keep getting away with this . |
| 21 | I do n't quite understand … ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't quite understand , ’ he said . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't quite understand , signora , ’ he said . |
| 24 | ‘ I — I — there is a thing I do n't quite understand , Your Highness . ’ |
| 25 | I do n't quite understand your rationale here . |
| 26 | What I do n't quite understand is what was the legal basis on which they went ahead with this despite the objection , presumably as some of the trustees as to what was being done , I could hear we 're talking of er a deficit of one point seven billion appearing or it a surplus disappearing into a deficit , which is actually four times as much has disappeared out of Maxwell . |
| 27 | ‘ What I do n't quite understand … |
| 28 | alright , well then building on that I do n't quite understand it , if you 're , you 're saying that those provisions that allow agents to pull for whatever funds are necessary are what , void to what extent to the extent that the funds are or are said to be erm needed to satisfy claims on policies which had you known that which you say you ought to have known , you would not have er authorised the agents to write , type rather long that , but I |
| 29 | Well I do n't think actually , I mean I can remember and I do n't quite understand what 's going on here , keeps swapping and changing and I do n't understand it . |
| 30 | I do n't really understand what he 's doing , but it 's OK to watch him for a bit . |