Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] do not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Minister 's only defence I do not recall him using it in Committee — against the charge that he is wantonly selling public assets cheaply is that we always have recourse to the Public Accounts Committee . |
| 2 | Whether this burning interest came from a transmigration from a previous existence I do not know , but it may have been sparked off by a small and relatively insignificant incident which occurred in the spring of 1929 . |
| 3 | In the present case I do not agree with Mann L.J. , with all respect to him , that there is any great difficulty in defining the persons from whom , applying the principle to which I have just referred , the decision-making authority might be required to seek representations . |
| 4 | By puddings I do not mean the pretty little fripperies that are offered at the end of an elegant dinner as token appeasement of our sweet-toothed leanings . |
| 5 | No , this afternoon I do not think so . |
| 6 | Whether these were John 's family or whether there was another brother or sister I do not know , but I have never been able to find out anything about who they were or where they went to . |
| 7 | The only bookcase he has is stacked with video tapes whose titles I do not read . |
| 8 | And if p is false then no matter how sure I am of p I do not know it . |
| 9 | ‘ When I see the Giotto frescoes at Padua I do not trouble to recognise which scene in the life of Christ I have before me , but I perceive instantly the sentiment which radiates from it and which is instinct in the composition in every line and color . |
| 10 | ‘ For my part I do not think that the House of Lords in that case had in mind the special position in the administration of justice of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Crown Prosecution Service or would have been prepared to extend the effect of the orders of a civil court in such a way as indirectly to bind them in the performance of their duties in relation to the criminal law and before the criminal courts in circumstances in which they had not sought and may not have wished for an order for discovery . |
| 11 | In any event for my part I do not think that such a limitation exists . |
| 12 | But for my part I do not think that this is a complete analysis . |
| 13 | At present I do not seem able to print out both using the one driver . |
| 14 | The only times I do not want to be a writer are when I want to be a painter , and the only times I want to be a painter are when I am taken by the cast or mobility on a person 's face . |
| 15 | I have said many times I do not wish to hire yes-men . |
| 16 | It is part of their religion , a religion I do not scoff at as it holds many elements which match our own even though it lacks the truth of ours . |
| 17 | The the only job which I told Neil I do not expect him to take is working for waste disposal because he did that , this time last year and before he started he was full of big talk about you make a lot of money and you get a lot of tips at Christmas he found that you do not make a lot of money and you do not get generous tips at Christmas |
| 18 | I use to dread going in to work — in the two years I worked for the Inland Revenue I do not think I worked a full month — and in the end I left . |
| 19 | Whether the ground actually became firmer or whether I was spurred on by fear I do not know , but I began to make better progress . |
| 20 | By next week there will be two rooms ready for occupation but whether I will find takers I do not know or if I will be up to providing the services required . |
| 21 | I must admit this is the fence I do not want to jump , for though I know there are new novels that succeed , I am at something of a loss to describe , in reasonable critical terms , why they succeed . |
| 22 | Whether or not these relationships cut through any red tape I do not know , but the red tape did not have much of a chance in these circumstances . |
| 23 | Since I accept his primary submission I do not find it necessary to consider his other options , but I observe that in every case they would involve the court in a far more creative exercise in framing the law , which I doubt we would be entitled to undertake , than by holding as I would do that a corporate public authority has no right to sue for the tort of defamation and is to be left , if necessary , to such other rights as it may have , in particular the right to sue for malicious falsehood . |
| 24 | Why I headed for Basra I do not know . |
| 25 | What the psychiatrists or psychoanalysts make of this condition I do not know . |
| 26 | ‘ That remedy I do not offer , ’ said the Arab . |
| 27 | When you are pulling yourself out of a swamp you do not consult a road map . |
| 28 | So if you start using scare quotes , it may be the words you do not put them round which become the problem . |
| 29 | He replied that he could not come right away , to which the foreign minister , Ibrahim Yazdi , replied , ; Mr Farhad Sepabhodi , I can not listen to our statements.If you do not come back immediately , very serious action will be taken against you . " |
| 30 | Alternatively , you have tried to create a new user without CREATE USER privilege , or you have tried to give a user privileges you do not have yourself , or you have tried to reduce the LIFESPAN Manager 's privileges . |