Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] what be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most older people do not need what is interestingly referred to as ‘ warden-controlled accommodation ’ , although they seldom object to this extra facility . |
| 2 | There are some pointers to this being an accurate judgement , although the period for which wool and corn prices have been studied in detail does not go further back than 1490 , and therefore does not include what are probably the most serious years of enclosure ( 58 , p.183 ) . |
| 3 | As people can not buy what is n't on sale it is often important to tell " the trade " , like retailers , first about a new product or an impending advertising campaign . |
| 4 | Sadly , the city can not do what is most needed : join its suburban neighbours in a regional government that does away with redundancies and evens out the huge inequities in school financing and municipal services . |
| 5 | This does not follow what is generally accepted as good industrial/commercial practice . |
| 6 | ‘ I know , ’ she allowed with a mocking little smile , painfully aware that she could not control what was about to happen but planning more of the same for later , since he found it so unwelcome , her small revenge . |
| 7 | Mr Anthony said : ‘ He really did not appreciate what was down below the bridge . ’ |
| 8 | Sorry , just er to clarify was happy about er reversing the orders of these , provided we did not amend what is currently present er item one . |
| 9 | But from his identifying a person 's body as it appears to that person with that person 's ‘ introspected self ’ , it would seem that Mace can not mean what is ordinarily meant by the former phrase . |
| 10 | And therefore ( d ) ‘ this is [ sic — should be ‘ appears ’ : JD ] white' does not express what is directly evident . |
| 11 | The reader may feel perplexity , but the text will not amplify what is there or rewrite itself in a simpler form . |
| 12 | But the plain truth is that we can not say what was really done for the children or what the results were . |
| 13 | next week , but do n't know what is on , those who |
| 14 | I do n't know what is now |
| 15 | ‘ Do n't know what 's beyond . |
| 16 | Cos that 's one reason a lot of Harlow people do n't know what 's on do n't erm you know they they do n't really have contact with erm they do n't always use Harvey . |
| 17 | Yeah I do n't know what 's on . |
| 18 | So Doris said , Oh well I do n't know what 's on that she said . |
| 19 | I do n't know what 's up . |
| 20 | ‘ If you do n't know what you 'd choose to do on the last day of your life , you do n't know what 's really important to you . |
| 21 | letters on a morning , you do n't know what 's inside . |
| 22 | But now she was whispering too and Dot knew that she did n't know what was out there with them either . |
| 23 | Yes , yes well as I say , you 're coming into the shop and I do n't know what was in now I could n't tell you , but anyway |
| 24 | Weekly budgets also do n't describe what is n't bought — a television licence , a holiday , a night out , trips to the swimming baths , roller skates , the Radio Times , a pound of plums . |
| 25 | Some royal anniversary , death , separation or divorce was being made the excuse to trot out a lot of cheap old newsreel footage , but it did n't matter what was on . |
| 26 | And er that one would fight , does n't matter what was there , it 'd fight its way out . |
| 27 | I ca n't remember what was on , it was a plain , well , we , we had er french windows with a balcony , it was an upstairs maisonette and the wall that end was orange and my father-in- law made us the cocktail bar , do you remember that cocktail bar |
| 28 | Ca n't remember what was there now actually , some of the houses |
| 29 | No I just do n't , I mean I do n't understand what 's like if you see who 's going out with people it 's always the boringest people , I 've never seen any of them smile , laugh , talk , they just , they just seem like to be shells of people |
| 30 | Willie did n't understand what was so particularly special about that . |