Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] that [pron] do n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucker falls asleep after commenting that he does n't want to see how mini-cab drivers supplement their incomes . |
| 2 | you get out of singing that you do n't get anywhere else . |
| 3 | The photograph would , Rose believed , be a tactful way of hinting that she did n't intend being around so much . |
| 4 | May we learn to face up to our problems and try to sort them out instead of pretending that they do n't exist or trying to run away from them . |
| 5 | As described by one character , this catch-all phrase is ‘ a short way of saying that they do n't claim to find either the ultimate cause or the ultimate cure , but they do know exactly how it functions , and can prescribe accordingly ’ ( 149/151 ) . |
| 6 | there are ways of doing that they do n't do that , you know there 's a thing I |
| 7 | We have acquired the habit of assuming that they do n't know what they want , do n't want to decide anything about their own lives and have nothing to contribute . |
| 8 | It 's true that guarantees are normally given by the manufacturer , but it 's also worth noting that he does n't have to give one . |
| 9 | That 's my reason for saying that I do n't think the western relief road gives very much environmental relief to the A sixty one . |
| 10 | Which is shorthand for saying that you do n't have to cheat very much . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It goes without saying that they do n't deserve it , but considering how much the Beeb fall over themselves to shower praise on them , I thought it was a certainty . |
| 13 | It went without saying that he did n't want to be seen , but it was worth the extra discomfort of hanging around for the extra information that he might pick up . |
| 14 | I think you were so intent on winning that you did n't care what happened to anyone that got in your way . |
| 15 | While you 're in hospital , a guaranteed additional daily income will go a long way to ensuring that you do n't come out of hospital with financial worries . |
| 16 | ‘ And another day I bought a hip bath in a junk shop talk about Edwardian house parties … = ’ Mervyn rambled on , but Ianthe was hardly conscious of what he was saying beyond feeling that he did n't seem to expect an answer . |
| 17 | But unless John realises that he 's preventing himself getting the success he desires , through thinking that he does n't deserve it , he 'll do no more than keep cruising along . |
| 18 | There are difficulties in answering a question by saying that we do n't know . |
| 19 | This guy just said , ‘ I can bring it here first thing in the morning in a carrier bag , and do n't be clever by saying that you do n't want it . ’ |
| 20 | I think I might have his conscience by saying that I do n't mind . |
| 21 | She did n't give one jot about him , kiss or no kiss , and she was going to make that perfectly plain by ensuring that she did n't react to him at all . |