Example sentences of "do not [pers pn] [verb] [that] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Naturally , Greenidge tried to emulate Richards which , when things went well , was fine , but when they did not it meant that , for a while , he gained a reputation for not being over-reliable ; perhaps he suffered from trying to hit the ball too hard , for there were plenty of people who felt that he would have been a better player had he not tried to ‘ bury the ball into the wall of some distant building ’ ( his own words ) at every opportunity . |
| 2 | Does not he think that we are a bad example to tell people to act through the United Nations when we as a Government have failed to do so ? |
| 3 | Does not he feel that unwise comments such as those that he made do not help an already difficult situation ? |
| 4 | Why does not he admit that since last year 's Budget more than 500,000 people have been added to the dole queue ? |
| 5 | But does not he realise that throughout Scotland he and his cronies are seen as a ’ wee parcel of rogues in a nation who were bought and sold for English gold ’ ? |
| 6 | Does not he realise that there is a serious danger of recreating the student ferment of 1969 ? |
| 7 | Does not he realise that , in making his announcement , he has , to some extent , signed his political death warrant ? |
| 8 | Does not he recognise that it is a broadly based representative body in which it was open to the Conservative party to participate and that for him to call now for a debate , once its work is completed , is extraordinary ? |
| 9 | Does not he understand that it is action , not words , that the elderly , sick and disabled of Britain require of him ? |
| 10 | But look a little more deeply and you will see that something else has happened too ; if a number of people have gone down with the cold , does not it mean that a number of people have not gone down with the cold ? |
| 11 | Does not it mean that we are the party of hot money , not hot air ? |