Example sentences of "[pron] do not [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there is indeed any foundation for these fears — which I do not at all suppose , for why should he not have contacted me if he was in such trouble ? — I shall settle the matter at once . |
| 2 | I do not at this precise moment , therefore , feel quite as wretched as I did this morning after using the public telephone or as bewildered and terrorized as I did this afternoon while sitting half-frozen on the trembling suspension bridge across the sleazy Thames . |
| 3 | I do not for one minute believe that we shall hand over everything that this country has ever stood for in terms of its independence . |
| 4 | I want it to be clearly understood that I do not in any way mean to suggest there is any question of prevarication when I say that as to the prospect for the future there is essentially a difference between what the plaintiff 's parents said in their statements made as recently as the twenty eighth of October of this year and what they said in their evidence about their attitude to future care . |
| 5 | I do not by any means place all my faith in so-called Urtext editions , but it is worth mentioning that the Lea Pocket Scores of Beethoven 's works were reprints of the nineteenth-century Breitkopf und Härtel collection edition . |
| 6 | A letter dated March 2nd already betrays some misgiving through its protestation : ‘ I do n't for one minute doubt about the fall of Verdun . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I find myself attracted to American ladies in a way I do n't to English ladies . |
| 8 | The Monty Python star recently said : ‘ I find myself attracted to American ladies in a way I do n't to English ladies — odd , is n't it ? ’ |
| 9 | " Enlightening , enlightening , " said Clelia , " I do n't at all like the sound of that word . |
| 10 | But I do n't at all mind saying what I think I should want done in the circumstances . |
| 11 | I do n't at this moment , envisage that the need for any further resources in this area . |
| 12 | It did not take long to realise that what really worried Mrs Baran was Franziska 's relationship with her husband , although : ‘ … from the way in which Mr Baran talked about Franzi I did not at all get the impression that there is any reason for Mrs Baran to be jealous ’ . |
| 13 | I wanted to gather teachers ' views and opinions , I did not in any way want to influence their responses . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , about five years , but then I did n't at first have anything to judge my pain against . |
| 15 | I did n't at first but since people have said I 've looked at some pictures and seen some sort of resemblence … |
| 16 | It was like the sudden revelation of a pattern where none had been suspected , and I did n't at all care for it . |
| 17 | I did n't at any time actually offer it to her . ’ |
| 18 | The second point i is this issue about self containment , er Mr Davis accused me this morning of using some somewhat outlandish words , I think , erm , I did obviously refer to the er my vision of what a new settlement of this size proposed would be , and I I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't expect that with the right planning that it could n't have clearly local facilities , local school , library , etcetera , but it seemed to me quite clear that the scale proposed it would not have the higher order functions which as we 've heard earlier , Greater York has been defined based on York 's planning assumptions , clearly the major shopping , educational , and social facilities will continue to be provided in the city , and it will produce what is in effect dormitory settlement . |
| 19 | The second point i is this issue about self containment , er Mr Davis accused me this morning of using some somewhat outlandish words , I think , erm , I did obviously refer to the er my vision of what a new settlement of this size proposed would be , and I I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't expect that with the right planning that it could n't have clearly local facilities , local school , library , etcetera , but it seemed to me quite clear that the scale proposed it would not have the higher order functions which as we 've heard earlier , Greater York has been defined based on York 's planning assumptions , clearly the major shopping , educational , and social facilities will continue to be provided in the city , and it will produce what is in effect dormitory settlement . |
| 20 | It is by this inclusion also of other similar weapons that states have accepted that tear-gas is banned ; the only exception to this has been the USA , which did not in any case ratify the Protocol until 1975 . |
| 21 | What we find is that the virtually unadapted fabliau of this kind , a version of the world of production , religion and sexual relationships ( which do not in this case imply reproduction ) is a literary genre that , allowed to follow its own logic to the very end , shames the active characters within the tale , which in this case includes the feigned narrator . |
| 22 | Though they adopt the confusing and misleading distinction between normative theory and empirical theory , Duncan and Lukes argue cogently against Dahl that classical democratic theory is not invalidated by modern sociological findings since their ideals can logically contrast with facts without being invalidated by empirical research , which does not in any obvious way call for their general revision' . |
| 23 | The genealogical trigger determining the numbers involved , the extensiveness of the quarrel , is thus the branching of the tree through brotherhood : by tracing the extent of obligation to two brothers ( rather than to their father ) each disputant secures the maximum of supporters who owe him loyalty and who do not in that particular instance owe loyalty to the other side . |
| 24 | A perfect spine is an all-important factor in preserving those conditions and uses of the human machine which work together for perfect health , yet there are comparatively few people who do not in some form or degree suffer , perhaps quite unconsciously , from excessive spinal curvature . |
| 25 | After bullying the Queen into paying income tax ‘ like everybody else ’ the Government has been embarrassingly reminded by the Birt affair of the many high earners who do not by any means pay tax like everybody else . |
| 26 | If audio-visual items could be included in the very simple card catalogue systems previously devised for school libraries , they felt that the retrieval argument was over : a very comfortable conclusion for those who did not In any case understand indexing principles very thoroughly , were not very interested in the activity and valued most of all their own face-to-face contact with the clientele , making up in personal ( and psychologically boosting ) service for the shortcomings of their own indexes . |
| 27 | ‘ You did n't at all , ’ Matilda said . |
| 28 | Yeah but , yeah it 's funny cos , cos it 's funny cos I got that new Lego you did n't at all . |
| 29 | You did n't at that stage I do n't think make any sort of link towards referrals and introductions . |
| 30 | You do n't about this cappuccino is I do n't understand is that here Maxwell cappuccino is |