Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [pers pn] [Wh adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | on the road to Damascus and saved him , but he did , it was a tremendous surprise to the Apostle Paul that the Lord had saved him at all , he never got over it , he called himself the chief of sinners , but God 's grace , God 's mercy had been revealed to him , you and I when we get to heaven are in for a few surprises , the grace , the mercy of God is far broader and wider than our imagination , we 'll meet a lot of folk there that we did n't expect to see that leads me to a fourth proposition , not only will some be saved that we did not expect to be saved , but it 's clear that others will not be saved who expected to be saved there 's a passage in Luke thirteen , verses twenty five , let me read them again one the head of the house gets up and shuts the door you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open up to us and then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you 're from , then you 'll begin to say we ate and drank in your presence , you taught in our streets , we know you Lord , we rubbed shoulders with you , we went to church , we experience those things , we knew the answers to the re to the questions but he will say I tell you I did not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers those words make it quite clear , here , there 's words of Jesus , there 's references to those who profess , to know the Lord Jesus Christ , but who do not in fact know him at all , they know bits and pieces about him , they 've seen him , you know it 's in its immediate context , they had seen him in the street , they had heard his teaching , there maybe those who had been fed by the , by the miraculous er multiplying of the loafs and the fishes , they had seen the miracle , some of them may have been healed by Jesus , they knew lots about him but they did not know him and he says I do not know you how many folk there are like this , they expect to be saved , perhaps because they go to church , perhaps because they 've got Christian parents , perhaps because they read their bible , perhaps because occasionally when they 're in trouble they prayer , they 've been confirmed , they 've been baptized , that , that they 're good , they 're honest , they 're not rogues , they would n't do a , a , a bad turn to somebody , not deliberately , they 're nice people but they , they do n't know the truth of what it says in God 's word , they do n't know the truth of Romans three and verse twenty because by the works of the Lord no flesh will be justified in his sight for through the law comes the knowledge of sin , does n't come the forgiveness of it , they do n't know the truth of Ephesians chapter two verses eight and nine for by grace you 've been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it 's the gift of God , not as a result of works that no one should boast , for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them , they do n't know the truth of er , er of Titus , chapter three and , and verse five where , where the apostle Paul says there , he saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness , but according to his mercy , how tragic it is to expect to be saved , to think you 're going to heaven and in the end to find that you 're not saved and Jesus says they 'll be many like that in that day . |
| 2 | The conductor does not show them how to play , he probably ca n't play more than one or two instruments , but he understands the purpose of each instrument and its usefulness . |
| 3 | So they did not tell him where Jesus was , but made their way home without going back to Jerusalem . |
| 4 | Miranda did not tell him why she had not had the nerve to buttonhole Meursault again , in a later break in the filming . |
| 5 | She was so glad that Len was back by her side , and yet she dared not tell him why , because he would only be angry and perhaps start a fight and worry afterwards anyway . |
| 6 | It did not tell him how many French had crossed the frontier , nor whether blücher was concentrating his army ; all it told him was that a French force had pushed back the Prussian outposts . |
| 7 | She knew she had better not tell him how much it had cost . |
| 8 | We did not tell him how glad we were that he had stayed away from the moor ! |
| 9 | He did not tell her how he had performed this miracle , nor did she ask . |
| 10 | Kit could not tell her how he had managed to win such a victory against the local savages . |
| 11 | We set out before 7 a.m. , but Jean-Claude did not tell me how far away the château stood , or how long it would take to reach the boundary of the domain . |
| 12 | My uncle told me you were beautiful , but he did not tell me how beautiful . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Why did you not tell me how you were placed ? ’ demanded Lady Merchiston the moment she walked through the door . |
| 14 | I will not tell you where Elsie ! |
| 15 | I can not tell you where she is staying . |
| 16 | I can not tell you why , but please do what I ask you , and never come near the moor again . |
| 17 | I can not tell you why . |
| 18 | We can not tell you why . |
| 19 | We can not tell you why . |
| 20 | I need not tell you how topical this subject is . |
| 21 | ‘ I stabbed Caroline , I can not tell you how many times . |
| 22 | The only problem with them is that they do not tell you how . |
| 23 | " Miriam , " she said instead , " I can not tell you how worried I am for Harry . |
| 24 | " Ladies and gentlemen , I need not tell you how we are ravaged by this disease in Krishnapur ! |
| 25 | I can not tell you how to create an ad . |
| 26 | I can not tell you how proud I am . ’ |
| 27 | Reverend Brown , Ladies and Gentlemen , all my guests , I can not tell you how pleased I am today to see my daughter Annabelle looking so radiantly happy , as she begins life as the wife of Steven . |
| 28 | Unlike most stockbroking firms Vine-Lott can not tell you how many clients he has , for the good reason that much of his business comes from the Barclays branch network , with the individual branch counted as the client rather than the individuals who buy and sell shares in the particular branch . |
| 29 | I therefore can not tell you how annoyed I was to read Ken Pringle 's article ‘ Gender politics ’ ( 4 March ) . |
| 30 | But it does not tell you how to do four plus minus three or seven minus , minus three , for example but it does not tell you how to do four plus minus three , or seven minus minus three where you have to add or subtract a negative number . |