Example sentences of "not [vb infin] about the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pilots are most vulnerable to all of these problems when they are out of practice or when they become blasé and do not think about the procedures regularly . |
| 2 | David Bailer does not think about the past very often . |
| 3 | She did not think about the thing inside her now . |
| 4 | A. W. Mair , Loeb Library ) , we shall not quarrel about the date of the Alexandra . |
| 5 | They are a unilateral declaration by the man that he need not trouble about the formalities expected between non-intimates . |
| 6 | ‘ Lord Aldington did not know about the massacre and brutality . |
| 7 | Someone who did not know about the Müller-Lyer illusion being an illusion might well say , ‘ AB is shorter than BC ’ ( if the appearance was not misleading in this way we would not call it an ‘ illusion ’ ) . |
| 8 | She did not know about the incident at the Chagall museum , she knew nothing but her conviction that Joseph was a murderer . |
| 9 | ‘ I do not know about the guns , Harry . |
| 10 | ‘ So you did not know about the dog ? ’ |
| 11 | The MP who went to sea at 14 did not know about the motion and said he appreciated the gesture . |
| 12 | When we first arrived home from Hong Kong , we did not know about the aorta problem , so two days after our homecoming Michael went to London for a further two days of meetings . |
| 13 | A day later , Edouard still did not know about the baby . |
| 14 | Presenting a product at its true value to a consumer who does not know about the product requires more than objective information because the consumer may not know how that information relates to his or her needs . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh now , dear me , Sergeant , let's not beat about the bush . ’ |
| 16 | Eliot did not beat about the bush . |
| 17 | UNIP secretary-general Alexander Grey Zulu added his voice to the official rejection of multiparty politics , when he said in Kitwe on May 21 that those advocating the reintroduction of multiparty politics " should not beat about the bush as to their real motive , which was to acquire power " . |
| 18 | The midfield 3/4 , presumably including Macca & Strach , will have to get their act together , and lets not beat about the bush , ‘ drop the dead f*****g donkey ’ and play Wallace and Forrester up front . |
| 19 | I mean , let's not beat about the bush here . |
| 20 | ‘ It does not matter about the ice , ’ the assistant replied , philosophically , ‘ you just need a big spade . ’ |
| 21 | Since Thresher suspended Mr Newton and Mr Onanuga with the stern warning that they must not speak about the affair , the pair have been hiding . |
| 22 | If he did not understand about the unicorn or about the many and the one he understood Marian still less when she talked about simple things being difficult . |
| 23 | Macbeth is a classic case of a man who does not understand about the co-operation between free will and luck . |
| 24 | For one thing we do n't know what they 'd charge , and for another they might not understand about the Time Fire . |
| 25 | One thing I did not like about the aircraft was the flap lever which is mounted on the left side of the aircraft and needs a hefty pull to operate . |
| 26 | You will not hear about the inequality shown to our women , nor will they tell you about the workers killed by unsafe standards . |
| 27 | She did not bother about the rest of the book . |
| 28 | Until these needs are met , the poor do not bother about the quality of shelter . |
| 29 | Field officers do not go about the business of bringing pollution to light in an unpatterned way . |
| 30 | If I grumble about the last movement of the Tchaikovsky , I certainly would not complain about the delicacy of the pizzicato of the third movement . |