Example sentences of "[pron] [that] [pron] [verb] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Wasps could relax and enjoy their Goldington Road romp , Bedford learned nothing that they did not know already . |
| 2 | The Russians were determined to remove every last item of its inventory , down to the lavatory brushes and the steel tracks on which the dockyard trains ran : indeed it was a miracle to me that they did not demand the cobblestones as well . |
| 3 | He also told the group and me that we did not do anything right . |
| 4 | But what persuades me that we have not heard the last of Havel the writer is that he combines a total commitment to social freedom and individual responsibility with an extraordinary ironic detachment . |
| 5 | ‘ It seemed to me that it did not please you greatly when you first tasted it . ’ |
| 6 | She had never farmed before , and she told me that it did not come easy . |
| 7 | But it annoyed me that I had not got them worked out already . |
| 8 | Love and attention being the rewards of infantile behaviour , it only amazes me that I did not think of the idea sooner . |
| 9 | But Mr Frankland 's next words showed me that I did not need to worry . |
| 10 | ( If my private test convinces me that I do not want what you think I want , I assume error in your reading of me the public tests , which I must expose or leave you unanswered . ) |
| 11 | Years later she told me that she did not like that book , and I do not know if that were due to a momentary impatience with it or if ( as I hope it was not ) it was a permanent feeling of dissatisfaction , for it seems to me so beautiful . |
| 12 | I can only recall one occasion when he expressed a quiet boast ; he took delight in telling me that he did not have one paper qualification to his name . |
| 13 | Such interventions into men 's lives are proof to me that He has not abandoned Southern Africa . |
| 14 | ‘ It frightened me that you had not told me . |
| 15 | Thank you for informing me that you do not wish to pursue your initial interest in the above Group . |
| 16 | We should be talking with them and going out of our way to assure them that we do not wish to engage in a price war . |
| 17 | McKee suggests that it was important to them that they did not return to a pre-adult state of dependence upon their parents . |
| 18 | Having appealed against East Herts ' refusal of listed building consent , they withdrew from a public inquiry at a late stage after their intended expert witness informed them that they did not have a strong enough case . |
| 19 | It suddenly occurred to them that he had not moved a muscle since they came in . |
| 20 | Mr Martin immediately took him to task , reminding him that , in an earlier statement to the police , he had informed them that he had not left the cinema until six . |
| 21 | He told them that he did not like the company they were keeping — — presumably the DHAC — but he did participate . |
| 22 | He tells them that I have not gone , |
| 23 | Those years had an intensity , a singularity and a sense of joy about them that I have not known before or since . |
| 24 | The result was that after two years out of racing , Niki asked Ron Dennis to give him a private test — mainly to assure himself that he had not lost his skill and that he could face the new world of FI wing cars , quicker and much more road-adhering than the old generation . |
| 25 | He stated himself that he did not believe that neurotic symptoms all had a sexual cause and berated a student writing a paper on chess saying , ‘ you can not reduce everything to the Oedipus Complex ’ . |
| 26 | So ecstatic was she that she did not notice Edward fumbling with his clothes until she became aware of moist clingy flesh , thrusting and rubbing . |
| 27 | By looking at him now you could sense that future , and his eyes reminded you that he had not asked to be born . |
| 28 | Erm was it only you that he phoned not to bring any scripts . |
| 29 | ‘ Khan , if you are asking me what the Kha-Khan 's intentions are , then I have to tell you that he has not confided in me . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I can only assure you that I did not break into your house with any harmful intent . |