Example sentences of "that [noun] [verb] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's disappointing that Butman does n't ask these questions , let alone provide answers . |
| 2 | ‘ And now we hear that Steiner did n't die , ’ Schellenberg said . |
| 3 | But after initiation into an exhilarating world of sex , drugs and high-stakes risk , Michael finds that rewards do n't come cheap and Alex is a difficult friend to lose . |
| 4 | How can we be sure that employers do n't use Work Experience to cover for unfilled vacancies ? |
| 5 | The path simply sheds water to either side ; but where a path which follows the contours goes down into a dip , you 'll have to ensure that ponding does n't occur , and it may be necessary to form a small land drain to lead the water away to a less waterlogged area . |
| 6 | I may be wrong , but I got the distinct impression that Melanie did n't think too highly of Carol . |
| 7 | I palmed the credit cards into my jacket pocket so that Melanie did n't see me and rescued the still smoking joint from Carol 's fingers . |
| 8 | I hoped very much that Harvey did n't mean what I thought he night . |
| 9 | Mr Newbegin , She turns to her friend and says , ‘ It 's just terrible that Harvey did n't tell her it was formal . |
| 10 | John Mortimer ( Mail on Sunday ) certainly took his time getting to the book , and when he got there he was cliché-ridden enough and bland enough even to stand out from that bland and cliché-ridden paper : ‘ This is an important book which makes us face the fact that genius does n't go with happiness , or blandly acceptable opinions . |
| 11 | I know that Wainwright did n't want the guides revised . ’ |
| 12 | He overheard Geoffrey telling her she was lucky and her reply that luck did n't come into it . |
| 13 | Manager Frank Gray perhaps had a point after the game when he said that luck did n't smile kindly on his side , but it must also be said that Quakers did not utilise the strong wind in the same forthright manner as the home side in the first half . |
| 14 | Roy Hattersley , Labour 's deputy leader , said : ‘ I want to look very carefully at the idea to make sure that clubs do n't go out of business and that large families on low incomes can still go to football matches . ’ |
| 15 | He monopolises her every minute and I have the feeling that Peggy does n't like it . |
| 16 | Physically both had changed — so much so that Jason did n't recognise Kylie at first . |
| 17 | He does n't realise that Gorbachev does n't feel that way any more , and neither does the vast majority of Spaniards . ’ |
| 18 | Gloria seemed so pleased that Dot did n't like to say how constricting the coat felt round the neck . |
| 19 | He reckoned that gentlemen did n't have such experiences . |
| 20 | Tomlinson ( 1984 ) showed that Caribbean parents wanted schools to focus on basic skills , discipline and equal opportunities in examinations and that Muslim parents felt that schools did n't attempt to recognise their cultural and religious values . |
| 21 | I feel that David did n't want to face it and I do n't think Tony wanted to face it . |
| 22 | It 's only thanks to Clark 's quick thinking that Richard did n't lose his sight and the pellet from the airrifle went into the back of his head rather than his eye . |
| 23 | " I suspect that kindness does n't play much part in your life . " |
| 24 | I would spend more time in Aunt Emily 's except that Dora does n't like it . |
| 25 | The computer , which of course does n't find it at all funny , needs to guess what it is , and needs to rely not just on sentence structure but also on general knowledge about heads , grenades and buckets of sand — general knowledge that computers do n't have unless it is built in to them . |
| 26 | Again there 's a lot of other evidence that Freud does n't mention and he could have done like the Ark . |
| 27 | But erm , the great pity of course is , that Freud did n't do this . |
| 28 | Erm Freud 's hypothesis is that this religion left Egypt because of the persecution , Moses was one of Akhenaten 's followers who went out into the desert , erm here as I 'll explain in the lectures er some of my own research opens up a new angle on this that Freud did n't know about and why they went out into the desert , why they picked up these er Hebrew erm er immigrants who were living on the fringes of the Egyptian Empire . |
| 29 | After the release of stills from The Delinquents movie , she 's been likened to sex-icon Marilyn Monroe and it is a comparison that Kylie does n't wish to deny . |
| 30 | ‘ We try to play as many venues as possible close to major cities so that fans do n't have to travel too far . |