Example sentences of "do [not/n't] suppose " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not suppose they should have the right to kill them , though I must confess the thought makes me a little excited . |
| 2 | I do not suppose , for instance , that Brian Way imagined that teachers would adopt a ‘ shopping-list ’ method of conducting lessons based on a few arbitrarily chosen activities strung together for children to respond to in rapid succession . |
| 3 | I do not suppose they are worried that the frogs and toads hatched in the ponds previous years , all returned to lay and spawn and found no water into which to produce the next generation . |
| 4 | I do not suppose most farmers would hang on that long . |
| 5 | You do not suppose that I could continue to employ you in a house where I have the welfare and character of two innocent children in my charge ? |
| 6 | It might strengthen my case to appeal to apparently neutral , non-political standards but I do not suppose that I would be saying anything useful about the nature of cognition . |
| 7 | If I were to write of Milton Friedman : ‘ the absence of self-consciousness and the resulting presence of an egocentrically unified perspective seem to be associated with an inability to shift perspective in concept formation problems ’ , I do not suppose that many psychologists would accept such an application of the language of psychology . |
| 8 | No doubt it will cost money , but I do not suppose the money will be spent very quickly . |
| 9 | If we do have that belief , we do not suppose that the cause might have happened , given things as they were , without the effect . |
| 10 | That is on the right lines , of course , since certainly we do not suppose that e would have occurred even if either cc or e itself did not . |
| 11 | We do not suppose that the wipers ' starting to work was some sort of accident or mystery , of which the driver 's flipping the switch was merely a required condition . |
| 12 | ‘ At the same time I do not suppose that a court would take the view that I am here expressing . |
| 13 | I do not suppose a single drop of fun would ooze out ( 316 ) " And easy-going men like Clarendon would poke fun at " our Jesuit " and his " benevolent nocturnal rambles " ( 317 ) " . |
| 14 | Do not suppose that all issues are equally balanced . |
| 15 | That anything he undertook or contemplated would be a thorough piece of work , I knew ; but I do not suppose I appreciated how much preparation he would have considered necessary , including intensive readings . |
| 16 | ‘ I do not suppose that Alain would be annoyed it you tried out his old cycle , ’ she said quickly . |
| 17 | ‘ I do not suppose , however , that you will be applying for the position so I shall wait for Alain to send a few people here for me to see . |
| 18 | ‘ Do not suppose the rich have taste : they spend for the sake of spending , to spite the poor , to say ‘ see what I have that you do n't ’ . |
| 19 | I do not claim — and I do not suppose that the Prime Minister would — that the social fund is perfect . |
| 20 | I do not suppose that in every case it would be worth the trouble that would be caused to the taxing authorities if they were to inquire into every deposit account and find if the interest had been increased , unless it had been increased by a large amount . |
| 21 | I I do not suppose they will be playing truant . |
| 22 | I do not suppose that the ultimate mental component of the universe is some spooky , all-embracing mind that is more real than flesh-and-blood people , nor that we should treat the state or community as a real person with a distinct interest or point of view or even welfare of its own , nor that we can ask the range of questions about a state 's principles — for example whether it accepted them freely or was misled or misunderstands them — that we can ask about aspects of a real person 's moral life . |
| 23 | I do not suppose I am the first naive monolinguist who thought he could pick up the language on the street , somehow acquiring it passively just by basking in the babble of the market , like getting a tan . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't suppose it matters in the Foreign Office as much as it does in some other spheres . |
| 25 | ‘ You do n't suppose there was anything … ? |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't suppose you can understand , but I 'm interested in human nature . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't suppose it matters if that 's held up for ten minutes . ’ |
| 28 | Now I do n't suppose he 'll never get to his home and see his wile again . |
| 29 | I do n't suppose so — all Satan 's interested in is food . |
| 30 | I do n't suppose Mr Jackson 's waited all this time . |