Example sentences of "he [adv] do not [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it is true to say that the nuances of the legal institutions were imperfectly understood : if the epitomator of Gaius knew that there were differences between legacies and trusts , he still did not know that the word fideicommissarius should refer to the beneficiary of a trust and not to the trustee . |
| 2 | When István Széchenyi Proposed the regulation of Hungary 's rivers , he probably did not realise that his suggestion would eventually lead , later in the century , to the three little islands in the Danube , just a couple of miles upstream from central Budapest , being girdled together by a retaining wall . |
| 3 | He therefore did not know whether , if the contract had been carefully read , the company would have observed that the information provided from the analysis did not enable it to be notified of matters that needed investigation . |
| 4 | Wouters turns Caxton 's famous quotation on its head and says ‘ things formerly forbidden are now allowed ’ , but not only does he not go into detail as to what these things might be , he certainly does not suggest that ‘ things now allowed are actively engaged in ’ . |
| 5 | Some such open acceptance of our intellectual limitations would not be unrelated to Pyrrhonian ataraxia or peace of mind ; but although Locke does , indeed , conclude that the truth often outruns our ability to know it , he certainly does not accept that nothing can be known . |
| 6 | He certainly did not look as though he was about to stop and cry out , ‘ I ca n't , I ca n't eat any more ! |