Example sentences of "i do [not/n't] understand " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sees I do n't understand . |
| 2 | First , I do not understand how anyone can possibly think that a menu which features one fat-laden course after another — foie gras , creamy soup , fat-wrapped lamb , pan-fried potatoes , cheese and more cream in the mousse — is a well-planned menu . |
| 3 | I do not understand ! |
| 4 | I do not understand the motives , beliefs and values of terrorists . |
| 5 | ‘ I do not understand you . ’ |
| 6 | I do not understand what they are talking about , and I do not have the knowledge to take up their suggestions . |
| 7 | Also I do not understand . |
| 8 | I do not understand the memory . |
| 9 | Bartram s query regarding Kalm s American observations was dealt with : Miller had not seen whether Linnaeus had included them in his Species of plants , but mentioned that Kalm had published them himself ; ‘ in the Swedish language ; but as I do not understand it , so I have not been curious enough to send for the book , nor do I hear any good character of it . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I am afraid that I do not understand ! ’ he exclaimed . |
| 11 | ‘ I am afraid I do not understand , sir , ’ Morton said , straight-faced . |
| 12 | ‘ I do not understand you ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I do not understand the purport of your question . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Miss Kenton , I do not understand you . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , they all work basically by trying to fit the input into a set of stored templates , and if some input does not fit anything the machine has been given , it simply replies ‘ I do not understand . ’ |
| 16 | Indeed , there is a lot going on out there in my garden , which I do not understand . |
| 17 | I do not understand Americans , and she is a Jewess as well , so there you are . |
| 18 | I do not understand . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ What I do not understand is where is the water ? |
| 20 | What I do not understand is why you do n't love me . ’ |
| 21 | In fact I do not understand what all the fuss is about . ’ |
| 22 | four I do not understand : |
| 23 | ( iii ) Suppose I do not understand Chinese , but , solely on the basis of the shapes of the letters , and rules connecting them merely as shapes , do the right things . |
| 24 | Because we , I do not understand how I |
| 25 | When Dorothea can not admire the sort of painting her uncle likes to praise — ‘ They are a language I do not understand ’ — Mr Brooke attributes her inability to defective education . |
| 26 | I have read the report of the guardian ad litem and such information as I have which would indicate her view of the local authority 's actions now on several occasions and I have to say that I do not understand what findings the justices believed that they were making or what reasons they were giving for their decision in that brief statement , which I have just quoted in full . |
| 27 | Difficult though it would undoubtedly be for him I do not understand it to be said on his behalf that it would be impossible . |
| 28 | ‘ Something I do not understand . ’ |
| 29 | Even now I do not understand ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I do not understand ! ’ |