Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Observers said this week that it was significant that Morling did not rule about the possible effects of passive smoke on the unborn child . |
| 2 | ‘ We should not joke about the unseen world , ’ said Leonard . |
| 3 | ‘ You did not speak about the Royal Academy if you pretended to be interested in modern art , ’ said one young critic . |
| 4 | There is one thing I can not understand about the Labour party policy . |
| 5 | it does not boast about the wonderful lunch he had at company expense , |
| 6 | But we must not forget about the private riders with Hondas — the RS is a good basic machine and if the team works hard on tuning it 's possible for the riders to be very fast . |
| 7 | But , let me say by way of rejoinder , there is no necessary reason why things should not come about the other way round — with the personality regression preceding the growth in power of the state — and that even if this is a functional , rather than causal , relationship , it is nevertheless a significant one . |
| 8 | The point that my hon. Friend is about to come to is that the advertising directed at young people creates a climate of social acceptability in which children will then not complain about the awful smell of smoke from the other side of a physical barrier — |
| 9 | The state here is only a collection of functionaries , so it does not care about the aesthetic condition of the buildings it administers . |
| 10 | They did not care about the burst tyre — all 14 inches and $400 of it — and could hardly be bothered to check the rest of the car . |
| 11 | They do not care about the sick . |
| 12 | They do not care about the unemployed . |
| 13 | Why not talk about the wonderful coastline , the lovely villages and the many excellent restaurants in the region ? |
| 14 | And to think , he wrote , that with all my previous work I barely knew what step to take first , let alone what step to take second , let us not talk about the third . |
| 15 | He was glad because — well , not having kids before , he only thought about the nice side of being a dad , he did n't think about the bad side . |
| 16 | That night , Jim was a bit happier and did n't think about the previous worries . |
| 17 | I mean , I do n't know about the emotional thing — that 's between the two of you — but I 'm sure he 'll stop the rough stuff . ’ |
| 18 | Whoever had been there before me did n't know about the spare key because the glass in the top half of the door was shattered and the door was open . |
| 19 | Junior scrabble for Sarah and er I do n't know about the two boys I do n't what we 've got sorted out for the boys . |
| 20 | But then I was meant to mention , ask Rachel if she 'd seen the photograph cos Mike did n't know about the two photographs that er Rachel and Louise have taken . |
| 21 | The priest did n't know about the golden-red lady . |
| 22 | I 'm sorry about the individual circumstances , I do n't know about the individual circumstances |
| 23 | ‘ And as for the idea that I am being some how manipulated all I can say is that I do n't know about the other girls but I have been in a similar industry — television , for the last couple of years and now I know how it works . |
| 24 | Or perhaps he felt he had no choice , perhaps he did n't know about the other places in the city which he could have gone to ; anyway he became a real regular , and soon he was there most nights , in fact every night , six nights a week , The Bar being open every day of the week except Monday , usually from the afternoon and always until three a.m. ( at least officially ) . |
| 25 | And I 'll do , I do n't know about the other they seem to be all over the place today . |
| 26 | Of course I did n't know about the other — coming from my father , I mean . ’ |
| 27 | I do n't know about the other items . |
| 28 | Nearly half did n't know about the official guidelines and a quarter admitted they had no monitoring procedures . |
| 29 | I do n't know about the frilled lizard . |
| 30 | Yeah I remember the Bow but I did n't know about the first bit . |