Example sentences of "i [verb] n't [adv] understand " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can all still bring leather in from our friends in Australia but for reasons that I do n't wholly understand , this is very much dearer than the local er supplies available and for the time being it 's not of interest to the saddlery-makers in Walsall . |
| 2 | ‘ Darling , I do n't even understand ME ! |
| 3 | Half the time I do n't even understand what they are fighting about . ’ |
| 4 | Sometimes I do n't even understand individuals . |
| 5 | ‘ But I do n't entirely understand why this correspondence should have been so … valuable . ’ |
| 6 | I do n't fully understand why he does so much to distance me . |
| 7 | When she 's with other people I do n't always understand what they 're going on about and that makes me feel stupid . |
| 8 | Sometimes , to be honest , I do n't always understand what his music is doing . |
| 9 | ‘ I like the things you say , Cassie ; though I do n't always understand them . |
| 10 | I do n't therefore understand what you 're saying about the single star . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't quite understand . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't quite understand ? ’ |
| 13 | But I do n't quite understand the purpose of this outing . ’ |
| 14 | er , it depends on one 's own tastes , I personally do n't like the open planned that I 've seen in very modern houses where , erm I , I do n't quite know how to express it but it does seem to me odd to be on one floor level and then two feet up you 're on another level and er , that 's one aspect of the open plan that does n't appeal to me and I do n't quite understand why it 's necessary to have everything that 's going on in one room with pieces of furniture designed to act as barriers between the different functions or purposes for which you give parts of the room . |
| 15 | I do n't quite understand how the government think they 'll keep getting away with this . |
| 16 | I do n't quite understand … ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't quite understand , ’ he said . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't quite understand , signora , ’ he said . |
| 19 | ‘ I — I — there is a thing I do n't quite understand , Your Highness . ’ |
| 20 | I do n't quite understand your rationale here . |
| 21 | What I do n't quite understand is what was the legal basis on which they went ahead with this despite the objection , presumably as some of the trustees as to what was being done , I could hear we 're talking of er a deficit of one point seven billion appearing or it a surplus disappearing into a deficit , which is actually four times as much has disappeared out of Maxwell . |
| 22 | ‘ What I do n't quite understand … |
| 23 | alright , well then building on that I do n't quite understand it , if you 're , you 're saying that those provisions that allow agents to pull for whatever funds are necessary are what , void to what extent to the extent that the funds are or are said to be erm needed to satisfy claims on policies which had you known that which you say you ought to have known , you would not have er authorised the agents to write , type rather long that , but I |
| 24 | Well I do n't think actually , I mean I can remember and I do n't quite understand what 's going on here , keeps swapping and changing and I do n't understand it . |
| 25 | I do n't really understand what he 's doing , but it 's OK to watch him for a bit . |
| 26 | I do n't really understand . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't really understand all this Italian , ’ said Kaler , who played a paranoid John Paul II , as he tried to decipher it afterwards . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't really understand it myself , ’ Masklin admitted . |
| 29 | An adult owl of either sex may kill its chicks and eat them — I do n't really understand why , because they are known to do this even if there is plenty of food . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't really understand what they 're talking about , ’ she said , ‘ but now it 's the only thing on in the morning . ’ |