Example sentences of "[not/n't] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And say that their wages will not them maintain . ’ |
| 2 | Then next for the Spinner we shall ensue , We 'll make them spin three pound instead of two ; When they bring home their work unto us , they complain , And say that their wages will not them maintain ; But if that an ounce of weight they do lack , Then for to bate threepence we will not be slack . |
| 3 | More often than not no-one bothers about the height factor , with the result that the speaker may have to peer at his notes or stand awkwardly or otherwise find it impossible to combine proper use of the mike with proper use of the lectern . |
| 4 | The straight translation of culture bound information leaflets is usually the first approach of services who have made the momentous discovery that not everyone speaks English — and the least effective . |
| 5 | Nonetheless , pupils know that language occurs in many forms : they are being invited to listen to Geordie speech here for example , yet they know that not everyone speaks in this way . |
| 6 | Apparently , not everyone agreed , or perhaps did not get what they considered to be their fair share , for eventually the Backless baron was transported to Australia , no doubt to become another ‘ Wild Colonial Boy ’ . |
| 7 | However , not everyone blinked . |
| 8 | But did you know that not everyone celebrates Christmas at the same time and that it 's not always Father Christmas who delivers the presents ? |
| 9 | The faculty could not think that a young man of 35 years , who had written one book which not everyone thought wonderful , could hold a candle to his predecessor . |
| 10 | Many people experience blue skies and green meadows , but not everyone responds alike to clue and green . |
| 11 | But not everyone responds to sedatives . |
| 12 | " It may seem hypocritical when you 're giving up your leave , but not everyone becomes a chartered accountant quite so rapidly . |
| 13 | In an amiable parody of an interview he once heard being given by Sir Adrian Boult , Gould spelt out the attitude to recording of that older generation : roughly , ‘ I do n't mind doing the occasional recording , old boy — not everyone gets to concerts — and we 'll do our best , but I do n't want any ‘ patching ’ , we must keep the long line intact ’ . |
| 14 | Not everyone gets better at weekends either — sometimes it can take a week or more to recover from the effects of chemicals at work . |
| 15 | Not everyone connected with the film , however , was pro-Douglas . |
| 16 | Not everyone suits the same kind of photographic style , and it may take several tries before you find a picture that eventually gets you noticed . |
| 17 | ‘ Not everyone does that . ’ |
| 18 | The fact remains that not everyone does it the same way . |
| 19 | But not everyone does consent , nor do all have this attitude . |
| 20 | If one accepts ( and not everyone does : there are some vocal Soviet opponents of the idea ) the theory of continental drift propounded by Alfred Wegener , then the present configuration of the planet derives from the break-up of a single super-continent which he called Pangea , which comprised two lesser continents called Gondwanaland and Laurasia , and a shallow marginal sea named the Tethys . |
| 21 | Not everyone does . |
| 22 | I mean some , some of them are what , what I would deem as fairly easy , I mean I find history easy , but not everyone does |
| 23 | as well , but not everyone does because they they just the graphics . |
| 24 | Not everyone shared Calvet 's fear . |
| 25 | Not everyone shared in the boom ; in particular the farmers did not . |
| 26 | Some of those who attended the lecture have implied to me that not everyone took it particularly seriously . |
| 27 | At the lowest level , the 520ST still looks slightly better value than an Amiga , which has an operating system not everyone likes . |
| 28 | But its gold-edged leaves , each zoned in deep red and black , are well worth the effort , though not everyone likes its pale pink flowers with such bright foliage . |
| 29 | But not everyone likes their fishing rough , I am pleased to say , and the majority of anglers prefer more accessible locations , where , if nothing else , they can at least pronounce the name of the water or loch of their choice . |
| 30 | And on a similar subject , not everyone likes to be called ‘ dear ’ or ‘ darling . ’ |