Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It proposed not a planned economy in which the State would direct resources but a managed one where the State would influence the use of resources through its fiscal policy . |
| 2 | So deeply asleep , he moved not a muscle . |
| 3 | The child 's face moved not a muscle . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , the Conservative Party itself helped set the tone for library disposals and helped not a little towards the rise of semi-literacy and , when controversy did arise , its political acceptability . |
| 5 | Is it not the case that when the Government privatised the electricity and gas companies they created not a range of companies which could induce real competition for the benefit of customers and the environment but large companies with near monopoly supply status which are not in the least interested in energy efficiency ? |
| 6 | But when I reached the foss I encountered not a fairy , but my first school party of the day . |
| 7 | Though it weighed not a pennyweight more . |
| 8 | I met not a soul on the walk , but the path was in very good condition , a feature we noticed many times in NZ , that the tracks are well looked-after even when apparently hardly used . |
| 9 | He fought like a fiend , but made not a sound . |
| 10 | To start with the computer made not a blind bit of difference . |
| 11 | What did the word ‘ delicious ’ mean to someone who cared not a fig about cuisine ? |
| 12 | And she wasted not a moment . |
| 13 | Having gathered up the elements of his story from Wordsworth and John Cruikshank , Coleridge had , in a week of brilliant creativity , produced not a gothic ballad of the supernatural , but a strange and capacious metaphor of life itself-of man 's lonely voyage on a ‘ wide wide sea ’ , of his struggle with evil , of guilt and imperfect redemption . |
| 14 | Is it really relevant that most of that military money produced not a single weapon ? |
| 15 | For 1654 Goddard produced not a plain ‘ on-the-spot ’ piece of reporting but rather more of a compilation , in which , sometimes with reference to the Commons journal , he summarized proceedings and debates , naming very few participants , but indicating the general drift of attitudes and conclusions , occasionally at length but often very briefly . |
| 16 | He selected Whitehaven as the scene of his demonstration merely because he already knew its waters , though a reconnaissance revealed not a single large ship , much less any naval vessel , in the port , the 250 craft there being mainly small colliers or fishing boats . |
| 17 | One , apprenticed to a shoe maker , recalled not a cruel master but a mistress who turned him into a household drudge . |
| 18 | Does he realise that the islanders have run the ferry for many years and that until this year they received not a penny of subsidy , unlike the Scottish ferries ? |
| 19 | What happened was that I did the work and received not a word from anybody about it . |
| 20 | It heralded not a new age of dispersal , but a return to the bad old days of technological free-for-all-a return to that madness that had once before almost destroyed Chung Kuo . |
| 21 | The fact is that urban Britain faced not a period of standstill but of dramatic growth and reordering . |
| 22 | With a faint smile that showed not a hint of regret , he brushed his mouth against hers . |
| 23 | THE CHAMPAGNE had been pouring into Downing Street since dawn , everything from a Nebuchadnezzar of Moet & Chandon to a bottle of Marks & Spencer 's own , but Mr Major touched not a drop . |
| 24 | He knew when he was beneath the gate-towers because he could see how the machicolations projected against the sky rounded shapes of darkness void of stars ; but he heard not a sound , not even the tread of the watch on the walk between the towers . |
| 25 | I loathe Solé Tura , the man responsible for forcing such a decision , who lost not a moment 's sleep over the nightmare of the final decision on ‘ Guernica ’ . |
| 26 | The leading vehicle , driven by Fire Chief Bob Wallace , reinforced by short lengths of steel girder welded across its front , lost not a yard of its gathering momentum as it smashed through the inner set of gates , flinging them wide to hang drunkenly from their torn hinges . |
| 27 | To read a complex spreadsheet was something that required not a little experience , but these days , it 's the presentation and ease of use of the spreadsheet that is being sold . |
| 28 | A bit o' glass 'ad caught him on the fore'ead , but otherwise we 'ad n't a scratch to show for it between us . |
| 29 | For the first time I saw not a vague pink blob but an exquisite , fragile , jewel-like object . |
| 30 | I felt even readier when I saw not a Gharrgoyle insight at Gharr 's table . |