Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to write books about psychiatry and the English do n't like that . |
| 2 | The British do not like that . |
| 3 | If the French do not ratify these proposals as may appear likely now er how late can the minister leave it before he informs the people that they must fight the European elections on the old boundaries and not the new ? |
| 4 | Although he warns against treating France as an extension of the British market , he dismisses the view that it is an awkward place to do business : ‘ There is a market for everything in France and the chances are that the French do n't need any British imports — it 's a question of making it worth their while . |
| 5 | The fact that the youth had attacked two boys before in a bizarre experiment to find out whether he was homosexual does not excuse that comment or the judge 's equally inane remark that he was ‘ a normal young man . ’ |
| 6 | December 23rd , 1891 — It has been impossible to do much work this week , for the room has been so cold , we have been obliged to drill to keep ourselves warm . |
| 7 | Twenty years ago the sight of Japanese tourists lounging in the tropical garden of a Balinese hotel roused curiosity , especially since the Japanese did not travel much for pleasure in those days , and these tourists were only in Bali for the weekend . |
| 8 | ‘ The Japanese do not want any foreigners , ’ says Mihir . |
| 9 | However , the court held that the accused does not have this exception when he knows that what he proposes to do is a crime . |
| 10 | The Opposition and the electorate at large do not believe that . |
| 11 | There is no help with medicines and the sick do n't get any of the benefits that are paid to those on Income Support . |
| 12 | Judy Thomas at Babysitters Unlimited does n't have any male babysitters on her books . |
| 13 | You 're sure do n't want this then ? |
| 14 | the total contributions received for the journey concerned do not involve any profit and |
| 15 | the total contributions received for the journey concerned do not involve any profit and |
| 16 | the total contributions received for the journey concerned do not involve any profit and |
| 17 | the total contributions received for the journey concerned do not involve any profit and |
| 18 | Very occasionally , serious hormonal problems may lead to obesity , but the vast majority of those who are overweight do not have any serious hormonal imbalance . |
| 19 | The information with which this case is concerned does not pass that test and this action is not concerned with the infringement of any rights pertaining to intellectual property . |
| 20 | I know it 's my fault , but me feeling guilty do n't help any . |
| 21 | As Scott later pointed out , he then reversed his usual argument that Gothic did not provide enough light , by explaining how difficult it was for the Speaker to control the sunlight coming through the windows of his house in the Houses of Parliament . |
| 22 | wonderful do n't like those , do n't really wan na give you those there are right have I got it on bloody hell mum ! |
| 23 | Trippy did n't ask any nasty questions . |
| 24 | A system which is openly and avowedly inferior does not encourage those who participate in it to have a high self-esteem . |
| 25 | The Greens want regional self-reliance , in agriculture as well as in other things ; a land tax applied so that ‘ in general terms , the nearer the land is to its natural state , the lower the land tax would be ’ ; energy efficiency ; population reduction through encouragement and education ( with 15–20 million the target for Britain ) ; and a sharing of ‘ the abundance which nature can provide for us all if the greedy do not take more than their fair share ’ . |
| 26 | However , to avoid irrelevant uncertainties that might result from relying on assumptions about particular situations , we offer in ( 5 ) examples that actually meet the unnecessarily strict requirement of inclusion on the type level , but which we might reasonably claim as sentences that could be used by ordinary speakers in the right circumstances : ( 5 ) ( a ) some of the Buddhists were sheltered in Islamic mosques ( b ) the carnivorous leopard has much larger teeth than an antelope ( c ) after the barren desert , Kano is like a garden 7.2 It will be immediately evident that the distinction between restrictive and non-restrictive does not concern any difference of intensional structure in the narrow sense , either in the relations involved , or in the nature of the elements related . |
| 27 | Birds in the wild do n't have much variety in their diet — it really does n't seem to bother them — but I give Dawn mice sometimes , and a rat every now and again as a ‘ treat ’ . |
| 28 | She explained that animals in the wild do n't get enough energy , and sugar is concentrated energy . |