Example sentences of "[to-vb] that [pron] [vb base] n't " in BNC.

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1 Well I 'll have to accept that I do n't know where that came from but I 've got down here state 's interest
2 But it was I You know , to know that you have n't got to fight ,
3 Both Poutsma ( 1923 : 42 ) and Jesperson ( 1940 : 287 ) point out that have is often used with the to infinitive in conditional contexts with would : ( 178 ) I 'd have you to know that I do n't care a penny , madam , for your paltry money .
4 I do n't know why , but it seemed important to me to establish that we have n't any fuse-boxes ( and indeed we have n't ) , but she would n't allow this and was quite stern with me about it as if I were deliberately lying to her .
5 It usually turns into a frustrating , time consuming and exhausting task , particularly when you move pieces of furniture only to find that they do n't fit in the place you wanted to put them .
6 If you feel you have done well at an interview and everyone seems to like you it is quite likely to find that you have n't got the part .
7 to find that you do n't fancy him .
8 to find that you do n't fancy him .
9 And at the same time let us take care with washing and cleanliness and other precautions to see that we do n't ingest the morbid agent in any liquid or solid form .
10 What I 'd like to do is to help them to see that they do n't need to give up on the computer , that they can actually be the master of it , although of course I do n't I 'm not suggesting that they become programmers — that would be to abdicate their function in another way — but certainly they can understand it , and I think of course it keeps coming back to this issue over and over again , an issue about education .
11 ‘ Well , I 'm relieved to see that you have n't changed after all , ’ Ellen remarked as they lit their cigarettes .
12 You 've done your best to see that you do — now we 'll have to do ours to see that you do n't . "
13 ‘ I begin to see that you do n't like me , Ellen .
14 Well , I 'm going to see that you do n't do the same . ’
15 What have you got to lose that you have n't already given me ? ’
16 I would have expected Esquire to be a little more imaginative than to jump on the anti-Essex bandwagon and to realize that you do n't have to be brainless to live in Braintree .
17 Not like the Labour Party , that we the Labour Party have the power to choose that you do n't have the right to own .
18 Tracks like ‘ Is Wrestling Fixed ? ’ and the poignant ‘ England ’ were ( are ! ) convincing enough progressions away from their old ramalama Pet Shop Boys punk to suggest that they have n't run out ideas yet .
19 There 's a whole family of equations that could have been differentiated to give that we do n't know what C is .
20 ‘ I seem to recall that you do n't believe in wasting time on gallantry , Lord fitzAlan , ’ Matilda bit out , her eyes narrowing to hazel slits .
21 ‘ If that was a poor performance , then I just have to hope that they do n't play well against us at Highbury .
22 ‘ We are keen to ensure that we do n't promise more than we can deliver .
23 you may want to ensure that they do n't carry on sniffing .
24 Large companies ca n't afford unnecessary stockholding or paperwork , and they are going to press their trading partners to ensure that they do n't have to .
25 For the dealers , selling drugs is one way to ensure that they do n't end up in a shanty town .
26 This has to be handled carefully if you are to ensure that you do n't lose the shape of the letters you are trying to incorporate in your design .
27 That may have , I suppose , erm , sort of led some people to believe that we do n't have a choice , but technically we do .
28 ‘ I must admit I find it hard to believe that you do n't have someone waiting for you . ’
29 Teenagers do n't seem to understand that they do n't have to actively misbehave to be disagreeable to older people .
30 So did the Southernwood which was a feathery blue-green plant — that 's another plant I 've never come across since , although I have to confess that I have n't seen many gardens .
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