Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] that [pers pn] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's interesting that gay men on Switchboard found it much easier to accept that they did n't automatically know best for lesbians than white people on Switchboard find it to accept that they might not know best for Black people . |
| 2 | ‘ But another says that he did n't notice the rose and simply rode away . ’ |
| 3 | Another commented that she did n't suffer heartburn any more . |
| 4 | I was never really good at pretending that I could assume my client to be innocent because I or my instructing solicitor had been careful to ensure that he did n't actually confess . |
| 5 | From its first meeting it was also identified with the anti-slavery movement and this meant that it did not establish itself in America , where many religious leaders were wary of too close an identification with such a divisive issue . |
| 6 | This means that he did not consider that by taking the brahmacārya vow he was necessarily withdrawing from the life of society , which was one reason why he resented being called an ascetic . |
| 7 | Well football pools are a splendid started because recently somebody has won just over nine hundred thousand pounds , and it 's interesting to note that he did this without exercising too much skill , as I 'm sure he 'd be the first to admit , because he enters the same numbers every week . |
| 8 | I was delighted to see that you did n't bother to rise to Lisa Robillard 's rather silly letter on sexism . |
| 9 | ‘ The woman was disgusted to find that we did not have a microwave oven for her to polish , and she has a doctor 's certificate to say she can not bend down . |
| 10 | The following intimated that they did not wish to stand for re-election , Dr F. Neave , Mrs S. Peterson , Mrs V. Hawkins , G. Espin , A. Mack . |
| 11 | Because it was pointless to deny that it did . |
| 12 | Particularly in their polemical passages they have a freshness and directness , such assurance that the world is now their oyster , that it is easy to forget that they did not go uncriticized . |
| 13 | Erm , the reason and the urgency that applied was very much to ensure that we did attract the Rural Development Fund grant . |
| 14 | It is almost impossible to believe that they did not have contemporary events in mind , and as Æthelred was certainly not victorious , the implication is that he was unwise . |
| 15 | It is a defence for the accused to prove that he did not know , and had no reason to suspect , that the published material was intended or likely to identify the child ( s97(3) ) . |
| 16 | Each replied that he did not wish to see him without consulting his solicitor as the depositions had been taken and it was understood that nothing further was required other than a date to be set for the trial . |
| 17 | Looking back I find it hard to believe that I did n't keep abreast of all the war news ; but the war had been going on for so long that I , like almost every girl of my generation , had lost interest in it . |
| 18 | It is hard to believe that she did not borrow others . |
| 19 | And although I found it hard to understand that you did n't want to meet her again that evening , I accepted that she was possibly ‘ not your type ’ . |
| 20 | Jehana was trying so hard to demonstrate that she did not care for Alexei 's attentions that he was sure that she felt attracted to him . |
| 21 | Upper socio-economic single girls were much more likely to say that they did not use soap and water because it would ruin their skin . |
| 22 | As the brain was a machine for processing information , what more logical to assume that it did so by utilizing in some very special way these informational macromolecules . |
| 23 | It does not embarrass me at all to say that I did not approve of the principle of the community charge . |
| 24 | Sensations running wild , Shelley put her arms round him , holding him close , unable to pretend that she did n't want him . |
| 25 | I am happy to accept that they did not know that the payment that they stood entitled to receive was limited by the list size criterion . |
| 26 | It was good to be able to demonstrate that I did know something about handling animals even though I had been qualified for only a few months . |
| 27 | It was therefore possible to argue that you did not want it even if you could have it . ’ |
| 28 | I am sorry to confess that I did not look forward to seeing him at all . |
| 29 | A disquieting picture of the girl in the basement came into Ianthe 's mind and she was almost shocked to realise that she did not like to think of her looking after John . |
| 30 | The second point i is this issue about self containment , er Mr Davis accused me this morning of using some somewhat outlandish words , I think , erm , I did obviously refer to the er my vision of what a new settlement of this size proposed would be , and I I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't expect that with the right planning that it could n't have clearly local facilities , local school , library , etcetera , but it seemed to me quite clear that the scale proposed it would not have the higher order functions which as we 've heard earlier , Greater York has been defined based on York 's planning assumptions , clearly the major shopping , educational , and social facilities will continue to be provided in the city , and it will produce what is in effect dormitory settlement . |