Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [adj] [prep] those " in BNC.
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| 1 | We feel helpless when we see television or newspaper stories about wars , knowing that we can not influence any of those involved . |
| 2 | Faced with a slump in orders , or with any problems over the supply of raw materials , he simply could not employ many of those he needed in brisker times . |
| 3 | The judge decided that the surveyor was to be an expert , because the lease contained an underlease immediately preceding the rent review clause , and in the underlease the draftsman had used express words to specify the choice of procedure as arbitrationthe disputed clause did not use any of those wordshence the surveyor was an expert . |
| 4 | ‘ But that 's all I know and , Sally , you must not quote any of those specific figures , OK ? |
| 5 | How many shantytowns of the Third World would not cherish one of those suburban bungalows you so despise ? |
| 6 | ‘ But I also know that I will not reach any of those records on reputation . |
| 7 | The exertions of the opposing armies , air forces and other formations did not go unmatched by those of their supporting information media . |
| 8 | You 'll not allow any of those beautiful antique pieces to be taken away by that old woman . |
| 9 | The methods we have covered do not represent all of those now being used , but they open up the possibilities of new approaches , some of which should become common tools of primary health care in the decade ahead . |
| 10 | What is now called democracy in the West would not satisfy some of those , past and present , who have had a different conception of it . |
| 11 | For the vast majority of these people , unemployment is a direct consequence of a government who only cares about those who have , and could not care less about those who have not . |
| 12 | ‘ I did not say any of those things , ’ said Robert , ‘ and , even if I did , I do n't think they merit the death penalty . |
| 13 | I know I would n't eat one of those camp dogs . " |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't want one of those , ’ she said . |
| 15 | I would n't want one of those , one of the pacers or sprinters or metros spoilt . |
| 16 | I do n't want one of those thingeys , I do n't wan na smell ! |
| 17 | I do n't want any of those beans . |
| 18 | ‘ Now , see here , you children , ’ he told the twins and Kerry-Jane with mock sternness , ‘ I do n't think much of those sand-castles . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I would n't trust one of those bastards further than I could throw him . |
| 20 | ‘ You do n't need one of those . |
| 21 | I do n't know much about those things but I understand that once cash disappears into the vaults of Vaduz it never surfaces again . |
| 22 | I keep looking at them and thinking I would n't buy one of those . |
| 23 | The problems that that you raise , now some of you ob obviously , did n't recognise some of those words , like please , pleases , I do n't think anyone recognised , and full meaning of things like savour , but what the the problem was the changes in word order . |
| 24 | Her face white , she whispered , ‘ But I did n't do any of those things — you know I did n't . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't bring any of those things , ’ said Endill , wondering why you would need a loud hailer for school . |
| 26 | And if you do n't like any of those look for something else on the shelf , but try to move about as little as possible , please . ’ |
| 27 | And he would n't follow any of those regular 12-bar song-shapes ; John would follow his own droning groove . |
| 28 | There are tigers there , and there 's leopards and things called sloth bears , a sort of bear , but they 're actually quite rare so er we did n't see any of those , apart from the rhinos , we went very very quietly crawled under the undergrowth and we saw them in a water hole and they were just bathing there . |
| 29 | Squirrels , erm so we ca n't see any of those things but we can imagine them , ca n't we ? |
| 30 | you do n't see any of those look , it 's not relative on this |