Negative Lookahead

import re

test = [ ('i sure like eating pie, but i love donuts', True),
         ('i sure like eating pie, but i hate donuts', True),
         ('i sure hate eating pie, but i like donuts', False) ]

rx = re.compile(r"^i ((?!hate|pie).)* pie", re.X)

for t,v in test:
    m = rx.match(t)
    print(t, "==>", "pass" if bool(m) == v else "fail")