Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am afraid that I must say frankly that I do not think I can open the columns of the Q.R. — at any rate , at present — to any one associated publicly with such a publication as Blast . |
| 2 | The issue is philosophical , but it is so central to the analysis of behaviour that I do not think it can be avoided . |
| 3 | Having sung the praises of swimfeeders I must point out that I do not think they are the be-all and end-all of barbel fishing , specially for the very big ones . |
| 4 | Where I differ from Bourdieu is that I do not think that this important distinction leads inevitably to absolute aesthetic relativism . |
| 5 | I agree with the county court judge , in that I do not think that Lord Greene had in mind what we have to consider here , namely , the position of a tenant , a person who has been a statutory tenant ( I am not begging the question by using the word ‘ tenant ’ but it is a convenient expression ) between the time when the order for possession is made and the time when it falls to be executed having regard to a suspension granted under section 5(2) of the Act of 1920 . |
| 6 | But you will die too , and that I do not regret at all . |
| 7 | So many of our dreams , however , are mixtures of fact and fantasy that I do not feel any great reliance can be placed on what seem to be insights into our former lives when we are asleep . |
| 8 | If others point out to me that I always shirk opportunities to get something which I earnestly insist that I desire more than anything else in the world , I shall be persuaded to relinquish it as an end only if on reflection I am forced to admit to myself that I do not feel about it as strongly as I supposed . |
| 9 | Now that I am here I am aware of straining towards an intensity of response that I do not feel . |
| 10 | I fully appreciate and feel the force of the narrowness of the distinctions which are taken between what is admissible and what is not admissible , but the exception presently proposed is so extensive that I do not feel able to support it in the present state of our knowledge of its practical results in this jurisdiction . |
| 11 | The conference was helpful in suggesting ways to act and by providing solidarity so that I do not feel alone . |
| 12 | In this epistle he indicates that he himself , at the time of writing , is a solitary attracted by the disciplined life of service in a religious order , but does not feel any burning conviction that that is his calling : I confess , alas , that I do not feel that burning spiritual desire for entry into religion , inspired by that divine grace , as it ought to be felt by those who from zealous devotion and pure desire of the mind plan to enter religion … |
| 13 | The result is that it is very complex ; in addition , I must note that quite a few words are given stress patterns that I do not feel are acceptable in present-day English . |
| 14 | I commend it to Ministers , but , bearing in mind our debates in Committee , I confess that I do not do so with any great hope that they will see sense for once and will accept this sensible recommendation . |
| 15 | For example , by the third sub-maxim of Manner ( " be brief " ) , wherever I avoid some simple expression in favour of some more complex paraphrase , it may be assumed that I do not do so wantonly , but because the details are somehow relevant to the present enterprise . |
| 16 | I desire the reader to remember that I do not make use of the word people for the mere vulgar or mobile , but for the whole community , consisting of clergy , nobility and commons … |
| 17 | For once , here is a project that I do not want to know more about . |
| 18 | HEAVEN is my witness that I do not want to be unfair to British Telecom , so I must , with frank and honest gaze , report that I have had several letters saying that I am up the pole in carrying on about the method of charging recently mentioned in this column . |
| 19 | This is not because it is so special or secret that I do not want to divulge it — indeed the patient will remember it quite well for himself — but because I do not want him to listen to that tape at some future date and begin to regress himself when I am not there to take charge of the situation . |
| 20 | ( If my private test convinces me that I do not want what you think I want , I assume error in your reading of me the public tests , which I must expose or leave you unanswered . ) |
| 21 | My main reason for not introducing elliptic integrals here ( you can though attempt Examples 3.9–3.11 if you wish to have some experience in handling them ) is that I do not want to burden your memory with new formulae , and besides , for cases of most practical interest ( the field far away from the ring and in the vicinity of the axis ) eqn ( 3.56 ) may be integrated out , as will be presently seen . |
| 22 | He said , ‘ I think I ought to tell you that I do not grieve for my mother . ’ |
| 23 | I hope that the hon. Member for Fife , Central ( Mr. McLeish ) will understand that I do not intend to follow what he said in his long speech — it was almost the same length as his speech in our previous debate on the subject — or his wide range of criticisms of the Government 's policy . |
| 24 | He has forgotten that I do not drink , or perhaps he thinks I am bluffing . |
| 25 | They called the film they made about me Too Long a Winter , and I have to declare immediately that I do not care for winter at all , for neither mind nor body agrees with it . |
| 26 | It takes me about a quarter of an hour to walk briskly to work — the maddening thing is that I do not bring so that walking is reduced rather as my feet get tired in the heat , and we have had some really hot and humid days . |
| 27 | I would like to point out that I do not hunt myself so feel I have a balanced point of view . |
| 28 | Having grown up a northerner , I make no apologies for saying that I do not regard myself as a southerner who happens to live a few miles up the road . |
| 29 | By that I do not mean than one can not pin them down to set feeding patterns on specific waters . |
| 30 | By that I do not mean simply that Christianity arose at a certain time in history . |