Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the face of it , in asserting that Ruritania does not exist we seem to be asserting something about Ruritania . |
| 2 | We agreed that the man or woman does not exist who had never made a mistake , however foolish . |
| 3 | The person does not exist who has not failed on more than one occasion — whether we are talking about marriage , the driving test or baking the perfect sponge . |
| 4 | He could not think what had got into Helen , normally as rational as himself about all this , or so he had thought . |
| 5 | Really , she could not think what had come over Harold . |
| 6 | He could not think what had happened for things to have become so out of hand . |
| 7 | Ruth could not think what to say to him . |
| 8 | This quiet group of people looked so simple and unassuming that at first he could not think what made them interesting to him , and then he realized that they gave every appearance of complete sincerity . |
| 9 | I can not think what came over me as I was brought up chapel like you but unfortunately my father was a miner and not a grocer . |
| 10 | I simply can not think what has happened to this class you 've ta when you 've . |
| 11 | ‘ I can not think what 's come over Brian , ’ she said . |
| 12 | I do not think we get much further by supposing that Jesus gave two insufflations of his Holy Spirit , one in John 's upper room , and one at Luke 's Pentecost . |
| 13 | ‘ Whatever our mistakes — and we made some — I truly do not think we deserved this . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ British soldiers are the best in the world , ’ a schoolmaster told his class , adding , for the benefit of the Kindertransporte pupils , ‘ You people did not think we had it in us . ’ |
| 15 | Do n't shout at me ; it gives a ghost a fright I 've only come to have a little chat I do not think we 've met . |
| 16 | I repeat , however : I do not think we face war . |
| 17 | Personally , I do not think we need an alternative god to look up to . |
| 18 | For myself , I do not think we need to be quite so pessimistic . |
| 19 | I do not think we have enough police living locally . |
| 20 | I do not think we do this . ’ |
| 21 | Mr Justice Drake used this power to full in summing up in the Donovan case , warning the jurors that they should not think they had to ‘ fix sums with lots of noughts on the end because it 's fashionable ’ . |
| 22 | He does not think they constitute scientific claims . |
| 23 | I do not think they have seen me . |
| 24 | Even so , I do not think they have mended the battery correctly as it said it was about to close down and stop when the battery meter said the battery was five-eights full … |
| 25 | If lawyers think a particular proposition about legislation is true by convention , they will not think they need any substantive reason for accepting it . |
| 26 | You must not think him ridden with angst just because , for once , he 's agreed to discuss with us the things he normally ignores . |
| 27 | Although you always came to me brimming with news of where you had been and what you had done , I do not think you told me everything . |
| 28 | The Chairman will make sure that it stays going in that direction and everybody works together rather than against each other so you got a high score there you know and as we saw in the you might not think you 've got those Chairman 's skills but then what you did in the group where you were quite a central part of what was going on perhaps indicates that these can be developed . |
| 29 | I did not think you thought such things . |
| 30 | Do not think you walk your own road , you walk down a telephone |