Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | In return , Louis-Napoleon agreed not to return to France for some years . |
| 2 | Consequently , rather than viewing the totalitarian structure of the PCF as a source of oppression , it is more productive to view it as the chosen institution within which Nizan found not only political asylum but also emotional and moral equilibrium , a refuge in short which provided him with a necessary disciplined working environment . |
| 3 | Alexandra tried not to look imploringly at her father . |
| 4 | Patrice pretended not to have heard . |
| 5 | Mrs Harvey tried not to let the attack spoil her family Christmas . |
| 6 | His dustjackets for John Lehmann remain the most impressive , chiefly because in most cases Minton designed not only the image but also the lettering , the title , author 's name and publisher 's imprint appearing in his own seemingly casual but richly decorative script . |
| 7 | Bathsheba tried not to show any expression on her face . |
| 8 | ‘ Mud ! ’ she muttered , Meredith realised not to her but in response to a thought triggered by the weather and important to the speaker . |
| 9 | Six of 116 general practitioners in Surrey admitted not cleaning their thermometers while others did not bother to use them at all . |
| 10 | In 1989 , Renault failed not just to win an award but even to find a place among the shortlisted contenders . |
| 11 | Here for once a rural industry had been set up regardless of the availability of local labour or any need to create employment ; at first people in the Weald lacked not merely skill but also , it would seem , sufficient incentive . |
| 12 | Lucy tried not to be pushy , and Josie slowly thawed . |
| 13 | Marilla tried not to laugh , but she could n't stop herself . |
| 14 | Kelly laughed and muttered an expletive which Dennis pretended not to hear . |
| 15 | Laughton pledged not to bid for any Chemics star for at least a season — unless they wanted to sell . |
| 16 | to the will of the people than participatory democracy or Russo All the individuals do is elect their governors , so this is the idea that Russo called not democracy but that to of aristocracy . |
| 17 | G. decided not to take a stat for this reason , though there was every reason to , as he acknowledged . |
| 18 | A letter of Wealdhere , bishop of London , to Archbishop Beorhtwald in 704–5 reveals a state of estrangement between Ine and the eastern Saxon rulers , Sigeheard and Swaefred ; in return for the expulsion of the exiles , Ine undertook not to inflict vengeance on the eastern Saxons and a forthcoming council at Brentford , to be attended by the kings and their leading men both ecclesiastical and lay , was expected to resolve the crisis . |
| 19 | Catriona decided not to mention that she hated cigarette smoke . |
| 20 | Loss of faith in a traditional God-the-Father brought not spiritual anguish but freedom to explore more Motherly aspects of deity and the divinity of Nature . |
| 21 | At its 18th congress on Nov. 3-4 the CPCz chose not to follow other east European former ruling parties in adopting a change of name . |
| 22 | Georgina pleaded not guilty . |
| 23 | The secret news from Dunegal of Nithsdale , using a name that only Thorfinn would recognise , that Thorfinn did not talk of at all , at least before Groa . |
| 24 | If the complete Porgy reveals anything , it is that Gershwin did not go straight from one hit to another ( as we did here , from ‘ Summertime ’ to ‘ A Woman is a Sometime Thing ’ ) . |
| 25 | Moreover , the decision to establish institutes of higher education in every country except Powys did not materialize wholly in the form proposed in the outline plan . |
| 26 | Ari did not like Tammuz Malamute . |
| 27 | Gazza did not even come out for the second half — he had proved all he needed to prove to any disbelievers still out there . |
| 28 | She thought sadly of all the things about his war that Johnny did not yet know . |
| 29 | Woolley did not move . |
| 30 | Lucifer did not hear him . |