Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] that [pers pn] do [not/n't] " in BNC.

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1 It 's very difficult , because you 're , again , I mean , we 're saying that we do n't get positive feedback , how many of us truthfully give positive feedback through to our staff ?
2 And then once some specialist railway training comes along , we 're arguing that we do n't need it .
3 In other words , not only do we not have in front of us an exact cost for the works that are being voted through in this Bill — we have to go on the basis of an outdated figure of £1.4 billion , which is in itself an enormous amount — but the Government are saying that they do not have the foggiest idea whether the amount involved will accord with their investment criteria .
4 ‘ You are saying that you did not see your brother alive again after the meal you had together yesterday evening .
5 Do n't know why I 'm singing that I do n't even like .
6 Tax at forty percent , four thousand pounds to the chancellor of the exchequer , he 'll be delighted , your kids will be wishing that they did n't have to pay it .
7 I 'm saying that I do n't know what local preference is , in terms of where it should go .
8 Now that things have settled down , I 'm discovering that I do n't really know my husband at all .
9 He may turn the argument on those galleries by saying that , in effect , they are admitting that they do not have any works of art that are available or appropriate for disposal .
10 ‘ When Jones sat on the bench on Saturday in the Test we were praying that he did not have to come on .
11 ‘ When Jones sat on the bench on Saturday in the Test we were praying that he did not have to come on .
12 And they were saying that you do n't give , the local erm MP was saying you know people just give their kids up and walk away .
13 Only a few years ago , in their efforts to quell the excessive and unhealthy use of laxatives , many doctors were insisting that it did not matter .
14 But looks are deceiving and , despite her daintiness , Jo 's no lightweight — for , as Home and Away 's policewoman Jane Holland , she 's proving that you do n't have to be big and brawny to act tough .
15 Oh and I just hope he 's remembering that I do n't want to be the sister in there .
16 And if he is doing that I do n't think he 'll mind us going on there cos the other dogs that have started walking on there , do you know what I mean ?
17 It is striking that it does not mention a battle .
18 Before I was in the band if I saw that something was happening that I did n't like I 'd say nothing and go along with it .
19 I had a husband who was pretending that I did not have cancer , and a mother who tried to inspire me by showing me pictures of Page Three girls under banner headlines of ‘ How I conquered cancer ’ .
20 I meant who was it that was saying that it does n't matter ?
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