Example sentences of "not [verb] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only could I still not think of the name , I could n't determine the instrument . |
| 2 | You know , we 'll so we 've been quite a few times since , but I can not think of the name of it . |
| 3 | Love and attention being the rewards of infantile behaviour , it only amazes me that I did not think of the idea sooner . |
| 4 | John CW Symon ( Points of View , today ) writes : ‘ It would seem obvious that young hooligans do not think of the consequences of their actions … quite likely they do not think of what they are doing as ‘ crime ’ at all … |
| 5 | Scorn will heaped on the book by people who can not think of the countryside as anything other than a marketable resource , or those who think they are being environmentally perceptive because they call a gate a peripherial access point and a path a mountain access route . |
| 6 | The children ; one dared not think of the children . |
| 7 | Jenna could still not think of the place as partly hers . |
| 8 | Most people do not think of the Department of Social Security as a great taxing Department , but it raises enormous sums that go into the national insurance fund to pay benefits . |
| 9 | He claimed he had not heard of the Virgin Mary either . |
| 10 | Agnes is stretched out on her back , and images keep passing through her head : that strange , kindly man is visiting them again , the one who knows all about them and yet has not heard of the Eiffel Tower . |
| 11 | Despite this , a number of those interviewed had either not heard of the ATB or had not participated in training . |
| 12 | No , the man said , sighing as he downed the last spread of goat 's cheese , he had not heard of the Borrowdale cuckoo . |
| 13 | We can see this clearly in the story of the men at Ephesus ( Acts 19 ) who had not heard of the gift of Pentecost even though they were living many years after that event . |
| 14 | He had not heard of the complaint , but promised : ‘ If we have a personal complaint , we would take it up . |
| 15 | ‘ Not frightened of the war , are you ? ’ |
| 16 | She did n't look old enough not to know of the riggers . |
| 17 | But the two companies did not know of the other 's needs until they were brought together by Darlington Business Link . |
| 18 | Perhaps , however , among the 10 per cent who do not know of the CAB , there are many people in difficulty who might be helped if only they were aware of the service it provides . |
| 19 | This last section of the questionnaire relates solely to training — the opinions were recorded of those who had used the services of the ATB in the past and the expectations of those who , until this study , did not know of the existence of the ATB . |
| 20 | The liquidator does not know of the existence of stock records in support of £50,620 , and XY Ltd , in taking over the stock , stated they did not have schedules/lists which would enable them to identify what they took over . |
| 21 | Zenith did not know of the existence of Acme 's program — no infringement of copyright . |
| 22 | In Dawson it was held that a reasonable person robbing a petrol station would not know of the attendant 's bad heart . |
| 23 | However , even if Dr. Church and his partners did not know of the operation of that rule , many others in primary health care knew . |
| 24 | This step should not be left to the patient 's family , who will probably not know of the facility and may be inhibited by questions of expense . |
| 25 | Evidence from the period is confused but it is likely that Newcomen worked independently and did not know of the ideas of Papin and Savery . |
| 26 | The interesting feature of the case is that the corporation exacted the payments under a mistake of fact — they did not know that the limestone was to be burnt into lime , while the plaintiff made the payments under a mistake of law — he did not know of the exemption . |
| 27 | Hecataeus did not know of the patriarchs and apparently had never heard of Hebrew kings . |
| 28 | She did not know of the vow he had made that if it ever did come he would make sure she was the first to go , even if it meant him staying in the Cages . |
| 29 | It does not embarrass me at all to say that I did not approve of the principle of the community charge . |
| 30 | OFI ( UK ) the trade association of course condemns the practice of abandonment of stock , and does not approve of the products sold by ‘ Aquario ’ , and the claims made for them . ’ |