Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [to-vb] that [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not want to say that there has been a huge leap in the past year or so , because that would not true , but there has been a big leap since 1980 . |
| 2 | Never ‘ over-pitch ’ such technicality , because potential buyers will generally pretend that they understand , and will not want to admit that they do not because of ‘ loss of face ’ . |
| 3 | Furthermore , the prosecution does not need to show that anyone has suffered loss . |
| 4 | As she hunted for a worn pair of leather gloves in the pocket of her pelisse , she did not appear to notice that she had been pulled closely in to the gentleman for a few brief seconds . |
| 5 | But we do not like to admit that we masturbate , because people might think that we can not get ourselves a man or a woman of our own . |
| 6 | The Labour party does not like to know that it has been rumbled . |
| 7 | In his judgment , Lord Justice Dillon rejected Mothercare 's claim for passing off because in particular the book taken as a whole , not merely its title , did not begin to suggest that it had been issued by or sponsored by or was in any way associated with Mothercare . |
| 8 | She did not pause to marvel that she had so many reasons for anger — as if the anger grew first , and grew tall , before any reason came along to prop it up . |
| 9 | ‘ The first chapter was enough , ’ snapped Mrs Frizzell indignantly , glad that she did not have to explain that she did not give much time to reading . |
| 10 | If good faith requires only that the holder have no actual notice that the goods have not been shipped or do not correspond to the bill of lading description , the holder does not have to prove that it give value or consideration , as it must under the Pomerene Act . |
| 11 | However , I do not wish to claim that it follows from this that observation statements should play no role in science . |
| 12 | Surely we do not wish to deny that she saw these hazards despite her being unable to tell us anything about what she saw . |
| 13 | This does not mean to say that he does not have the necessary competence to perform adequately as a member of a wider society , but it is in general a passive competence . |
| 14 | It should also be said that while he speaks of ‘ absolute dependence ’ , he does not mean to imply that we have no personal freedom or responsibility , that we are mere puppets in the hands of omnipotence . |
| 15 | In the 1940s wives were still bitterly resentful of the fact that their husbands did not seem to realise that they needed leisure . |
| 16 | It did not seem to matter that she had borne him a son . |
| 17 | Her parents did not seem to mind that he had no qualifications and had not finished his university course . |
| 18 | She could not bear to think that he had taken all that pure wrathful zeal into marketing or insurance broking . |
| 19 | No , I do n't think it 's the same Islam , it is just how you want to go about it erm in Kuwait , and I do n't want to say that we prefer our Islam more than what the Saudis do . |
| 20 | Bloody man , I do n't want to see that it 's got three on it . |
| 21 | She did n't want to explain that she had been too nervous to go in the kitchen and cook it , too lily-livered to turn her back to the window as she lit the gas , too timorous to cause even the tiny sounds of roasting game . |
| 22 | ‘ The callers do n't want to hear that they have the wrong number , ’ says Howard Eckstein , Opto Plus 's owner . |
| 23 | You need to know what you 've got , not precisely the solicitor does n't want to know that you 've a house and three insurances and two bank accounts and a building society . |
| 24 | I do n't want to know that he says . |
| 25 | She did n't want to feel this attraction , and did n't want to know that he felt it too . |
| 26 | Many students are shy , and , if they see that the librarian is busy , do n't like to explain that they did n't really understand what was being said . |
| 27 | He takes him to a football training course , because he does n't like to think that he goes to play football on the park . |
| 28 | Francisco worked in Admin , but occasionally he doubled as a barman , and he did n't have to explain that he had cut himself on a broken glass . |
| 29 | The basis of the book is that we are unfulfilled because we 've grown too sophisticated for God , we 're lonely , we 're morally confused , and I think God is the answer for this , it fashions , religion fashions the kind of community in which you 're redeemed from loneliness , it gives you the sense that when you come close to the end of your life you do n't have to panic that you have wasted your life because religion can show you that you have made a difference to the world . |
| 30 | Just as if , if we are in a sort , team leader or a section head as I 've shown , it does n't mean to say that we hold all the knowledge , we can pass it on to others , who can he pass it on to somebody else although you ultimately may be responsible for the training of other people , you do n't need to do it all yourself do you , but unless you pass on skills , you 're gon na make a sort of a quite a vicious circle for yourself are n't ya ? |