Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] be [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What they did not know was that the examination of the diamonds had finished before midnight to the complete satisfaction of Zack and his accomplices . |
| 2 | What the ‘ teacher ’ volunteer did not know was that the whole experiment was a set-up and that the ‘ learner ’ was in fact a co-worker of Milgram 's . |
| 3 | What he did not know was that the Government , by the next day , would be anxious to retreat from the formula , and that the miners ' executive , having dispersed itself from London , would give them all day in which to do so . |
| 4 | ‘ What your map may not show is that the only way down to Thira anchorage is by mule-track down a precipitous cliff . |
| 5 | What they did not realize was that the express train had a restaurant car and the slow train did not . |
| 6 | What he did not realize was that the same combination of forces could be used against the monarchy . |
| 7 | What Branson did not envisage was that the dissenting faction of the Time Out staff would leave to produce their own magazine , City Limits , run on the cooperative principles eschewed by Tony Elliott ; and that Time Out would return to the streets largely shorn of its radical bent — in fact , very much the magazine Branson wished Event to be . |
| 8 | What it does not mention is that the little club from the wrong side of the Mersey crashed out 9-1 in the replay , their worst defeat . |
| 9 | What we can not tell is whether the trends to increasing divorce and remarriage will be a force for increasing the solitary living or for extending the range of family contacts available to the divorced . |
| 10 | What he did not say was that the " future General " might have quite distinct ideas of her own on the subject . |
| 11 | Lord Owen warned : ‘ The one thing the world will not forgive is if the morally outrageous happenings in Yugoslavia become victims of the governmental holiday period . ’ |
| 12 | What he did n't know was that the local authorities were taking a very different line . |
| 13 | What he did n't know was that the secret military satellite launched on the Columbia space shuttle in the summer of 1989 also had the capability of following the Citation . |
| 14 | What he did n't know was that the captives had already been moved over two thousand miles to the east . |
| 15 | ‘ What I did n't know was that the man was an insomniac . |
| 16 | that the reason he did n't sleep was because the fact that he was just sitting around all day . |
| 17 | It could n't have been because the pub was busy , it was more likely she 'd just forgotten where the phone was . |
| 18 | And it would n't have been until the development of the first cities that streetwalkers really started to come into their own 11,000 — 12,000 years later . |
| 19 | Yes , we , yes the , the rea the reason why it , this why confu confusions is if anyone else does n't realise is that the International Secretaire , which is the International Body controlling all Amnesty Groups throughout the world of which there are maybe fifty , sixty , I 've lost count of the number , erm |
| 20 | What they did n't realise was that the places being offered were in the reception class — designed for children of five and over — not a nursery class . |
| 21 | Weber believes the reason Intel would n't participate is because the 80586 chip , P5 , is n't all the Intel hype claims it is , and could n't stand the comparison . |
| 22 | What the ads do n't say is that the food is as low on nutrition as it is high on unhealthy fats and additives . |