Example sentences of "[verb] not [vb infin] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Boyd did not care about new hats or new frocks . |
| 2 | This of course was strictly against the rules , but such as Flt Lt Eaton-Clark did not bother about little things like that . |
| 3 | Thus Forrestal reflected in July 1946 that the United States might have to tolerate much that it did not like about British conduct and influence in the Far East . |
| 4 | The questionnaire did not ask about specific help to assistants from the LEA support services but , instead , looked at special needs support to the school as a whole . |
| 5 | Cameron did not mind about that , even when Harvey Broadribb , who had been at Juillard with him , won the Academy Award for his work on the movie . |
| 6 | Grainne did not mind about attracting attention , but it would be better not to . |
| 7 | ‘ That woman did not know about such birthmarks . |
| 8 | I did not know about any of this , because they had put a sleeping powder in my wine , and I was in a deep sleep . |
| 9 | Audience sizes were fairly steady from day to day ; people tended to avoid demanding programmes ; they did not worry about missing episodes of a serial or series ; they often showed rather moderate levels of attention and appreciation . |
| 10 | They were often talked about but not sung about : 'We do not sing about such things . |
| 11 | There are often , among the competitors , girls from Eastern Bloc or otherwise under-privileged countries who have been brought up to believe that a monumental talent requires total dedication , who have been told that great minds do not fuss about small externals , who have been led to suppose that for a great genius to be a plain Jane is only appropriate . |
| 12 | A spokesman for the British Army of the Rhine would not confirm or deny whether the documents were genuine , saying yesterday : ‘ We do not comment about these matters . ’ |
| 13 | If this project falls , it is not for purely logical reasons ; it will rather be for the more interesting reason that the right sort of truths do not exist about human nature . |
| 14 | I resent the implication that we do not care about those disgraceful services . |
| 15 | ‘ I tell you it will do the NSPCC no good to suggest , however indirectly , that men do not care about these issues . |
| 16 | One of the most frequent reactions to the observation that many people do not understand about mental handicap is to question why they should . |
| 17 | I do not know about that kind of radical suggestion , but the police were very successful last year in closing down four domestic manufacturers of Ecstasy — hence the fact that most of the drug being sold on our streets comes from abroad , some from continental Europe . |
| 18 | You do not know about these things . |
| 19 | I hope that the inquiry will underline the fact that , by and large , children do not lie about such matters and that the people who have now come forward as adults have probably been permanently damaged because no one would pay any attention to what they said . |
| 20 | Many employees do not worry about such matters until a dispute arises , but the provisions do enable employees and their advisers to obtain details of the main terms of the contract of employment without too much difficulty . |
| 21 | Do not worry about bad marks — you can learn from them . |
| 22 | Do not worry about this so long as all or most of the important symptoms of the case are in the remedy . |
| 23 | Because the do document , Patterns of Ministry does not talk about lay presidency ! |
| 24 | He does not talk about important jobs and unimportant jobs . |
| 25 | One does not hear about much crime in the area . |