Example sentences of "[verb] things [that] [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I am anxious to do is to find things that are not cynically made . |
| 2 | ‘ This time around I tried to write things that were n't just about me and my relationships . |
| 3 | Nebiolo , who has so far declined to enter into discussions with Jennings and his group , insisted in Stockholm that the IAAF did not have unlimited reserves to pay out prizes and said pointedly : ‘ People are believing things that are not realistic . |
| 4 | They 've said things that were n't true to say , could n't they , I mean , they thought it too simple to even say . |
| 5 | Laurence 's friends told me — you were like it when you were a little girl , seeing things that were n't there , making up stories . |
| 6 | It 's inside my head , Ruth thought ; I 'm such a coward , I hear things that are n't there . |
| 7 | For some reason , humans needed things that were n't true . |
| 8 | We watched the video of England B's game against the Springboks and we saw things that were not obvious during the game . ’ |
| 9 | as I say although , erm we 've not been the government has n't yet got an airport policy , it has got an airport policy and it 's by the white paper er and so we can then say things that are not true . |
| 10 | The individual who 's gon na be assertive is likely to be open and honest or likely to admit things that are not so good at honest those , but they 're not gon na necessarily apologise for those , they 're gon na treat those as statements of fact and they 're certainly gon na try and involve other people and actually say what do you think this , what are some ways forward er but it does n't mean that they 're gon na be walked all over and they still stand up for the things that they firmly believe in . |
| 11 | I see things that are n't there . |