Example sentences of "he [vb mod] not [vb infin] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't believe that those nobs in the West End were willing to pay good money for things that seemed to him to be nothing more than unnecessary luxuries . |
| 2 | He could n't believe that this normally timid creature could be capable of such aggression . |
| 3 | He could n't say that this time cos he was i , he was erm , the guy in hospital . |
| 4 | Dewey saw that there was a potential conflict between the ideal of education as an instrument and that of education as self-development , but he could not believe that such equally desirable ideals could ultimately be in contradiction one to the other . |
| 5 | An ideal utilitarian like Moore may claim to have the moral insight that promise keeping is only right or obligatory , where one can not do better or as well by breaking the promise ( taking general account of effects on human trust into account ) but he can not claim that this insight is merely into how words are properly used . |