Index: src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/spans/TestBasics.java
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--- src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/spans/TestBasics.java	(revision 398639)
+++ src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/spans/TestBasics.java	(working copy)
@@ -161,6 +161,26 @@
     assertTrue(searcher.explain(query, 891).getValue() > 0.0f);
   }
 
+  public void testNpeInSpanNearWithSpanNot() throws Exception {
+    SpanTermQuery term1 = new SpanTermQuery(new Term("field", "eight"));
+    SpanTermQuery term2 = new SpanTermQuery(new Term("field", "one"));
+    SpanNearQuery near = new SpanNearQuery(new SpanQuery[] {term1, term2},
+                                           4, true);
+    SpanTermQuery hun = new SpanTermQuery(new Term("field", "hundred"));
+    SpanTermQuery term3 = new SpanTermQuery(new Term("field", "forty"));
+    SpanNearQuery exclude = new SpanNearQuery(new SpanQuery[] {hun, term3},
+                                              1, true);
+    
+    SpanNotQuery query = new SpanNotQuery(near, exclude);
+
+    checkHits(query, new int[]
+      {801, 821, 831, 851, 861, 871, 881, 891});
+
+    assertTrue(searcher.explain(query, 801).getValue() > 0.0f);
+    assertTrue(searcher.explain(query, 891).getValue() > 0.0f);
+  }
+
+  
   public void testSpanFirst() throws Exception {
     SpanTermQuery term1 = new SpanTermQuery(new Term("field", "five"));
     SpanFirstQuery query = new SpanFirstQuery(term1, 1);