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Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [verb] not understand " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ Or is it only that I do n't understand why as a consequence of being a mere male ? ’
2	But then find out that they are all to do with computer stuff that I do n't understand and so therfore can not enjoy .
3	‘ I think you 're about to say that I do n't understand , but I assure you I do .
4	and you never say anything that I do n't understand , unless you were to use a word like crome .
5	That I do n't understand .
6	I only see it as that I do n't understand her bit , I think she 's just out to take the piss .
7	That 's the other problem , it 's getting so complicated that I do n't understand half of it myself .
8	‘ I am afraid that I do not understand ! ’ he exclaimed .
9	I have read the report of the guardian ad litem and such information as I have which would indicate her view of the local authority 's actions now on several occasions and I have to say that I do not understand what findings the justices believed that they were making or what reasons they were giving for their decision in that brief statement , which I have just quoted in full .
10	where women examine themselves erm , if its the mother or the granny er did I bring him up wrongly , erm the girl friends or wife 's er is it something that I did n't understand and at the same time it er really changes their lives
11	Another part in the book that I did n't understand until I had read it for the second time was a bit right at the every end .
12	Too difficult ! ’ and oaths in Arabic that I did not understand .
13	I say back that she does n't understand it .
14	Today , lighting the oven , she was sure that she did not understand .
15	‘ Ridley J. has come to the conclusion that in fact no sufficient explanation of it was given to her , and that she did not understand it .
16	854 the question of the wife 's understanding of the promissory note was not addressed and there is no reason to think that she did not understand it .
17	There were complications that she did n't understand — something to do with the fluid they kept draining off , something arising out of the chronic empyema .
18	Something was happening between her and this man that she did n't understand .
19	There always had been that part of him , rarely seen , that she did n't understand .
20	And yet , tonight , some demon that she did n't understand had driven him to an act she was sure he was now bitterly regretting .
21	( Alternatively , you could pretend that you have just been beamed down from outer space and that you do not understand a word that he is saying — which is at least partly true ! )
22	Asking for clarification of any points that you do not understand .
23	However the argument does nothing to suggest that you do not understand the proposition that you are sitting reading a book .
24	In ordinary life , if someone says something that you do not understand , you ask him to explain himself more fully .
25	It may seem unnecessary to add : if given a choice , do not attempt to answer a question that you do not understand ( unless , of course , your plight is such that there is no other you can do instead ) .
26	Well perhaps we ought to give people a s a a list a piece of paper and a pencil when they come into church one day , and say , Write down all the words that you hear today , or sing today that you do not understand .
27	But I can do many things that you do not understand .
28	‘ The mystery of the coming of a new creature is a great mystery ad incomprehensible , Mrs Virginsky , and what a pity it is that you do n't understand it . '
29	Identify what you know/understand — and what you do n't Remember , there 's no shame in admitting that you do n't understand something you 've read .
30	The strange thing is , quite often you do a lot of courses that you do n't understand at the time , you think it 's a load of rubbish , then you read through them , and just understanding them , they 're really quite important .