Example sentences of "[not/n't] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then , it was not his good looks that made him famous . |
| 2 | Is not it patently clear that the Conservative party and the Minister have no understanding whatever of what unemployment means to the unemployed , their families and communities ? |
| 3 | It would be a chance to see her on neutral ground , maybe even a chance to explain that it was n't his bloody fault that Laura had shown up at the door only seconds before she herself had . |
| 4 | Should n't she just accept that her feelings about her mother 's lifestyle were irrational , stick to her original plan , keep everything on a cool , semi-formal basis , do the job and go home ? |
| 5 | But then , had n't she always known that he was a good and decent man ? |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't you even mind that the villagers think you unapproachable ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Do n't you also think that if one meets someone in such a way — I mean , so weak and defenceless — something makes one surrender completely , so that one can not imagine ever being able to desert such a person ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ What I mean is , why ca n't you just admit that it was wonderfully exciting to fuck somebody else ? ’ |
| 9 | Did n't you just know that that was where all this fancy multimedia stuff was leading … |
| 10 | ‘ But did n't you just say that a ship at sea does n't transmit ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ However , do n't you ever forget that I know who was responsible . ’ |
| 12 | Have n't you ever heard that saying about those who forget history being doomed to repeat it ? |
| 13 | Do n't you ever feel that he dragged your family in to this terrible holocaust unnecessarily ? |
| 14 | Why to bother so much about the details , you may ask ; could n't we just say that unc and go on considering further examples ? |
| 15 | Why could n't they just understand that she did n't want to be married and settled with umpteen kids and a mortgage up to the sky and no life to call her own ? |
| 16 | Yet there 's nothing sordid to it , so why ca n't they just accept that Rosemary made a terrible mistake and married a rotter . |
| 17 | Had n't he already said that he disliked women who threw themselves at him ? |
| 18 | Why could n't he simply accept that she was not about to defer to his wishes and go ? |