Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part IV : income from property of which the settlor has not divested himself absolutely |
| 2 | Perhaps Hincmar 's silence here was tactful , since Charles the Bald 's sons had not distinguished themselves in the traditional roles . |
| 3 | There were few French wars in which the de Castelnau clan had not distinguished itself ; there had been a General de Castelnau under the great Napoleon , and another had been selected by Louis Napoleon to accompany him into exile after the dismal capitulation at Sedan . |
| 4 | Speaking to Moscow automobile workers in June 1989 , Yakovlev argued that Marx 's ‘ utopia ’ of non-commodity production had simply not justified itself . |
| 5 | He was amazed that the wounds were still open , and that although they had ceased to bleed , they had not healed themselves . |
| 6 | If Roberts had not given himself up , the offence would have remained undetected . |
| 7 | The second interpretation can be arrived at by reading the provision in two parts : ( 1 ) judges ' commissions are to be made for as long as they behave themselves , implying that if they misbehave they may be dismissed by the Crown ; ( 2 ) they may be removed by the Crown on an Address of both Houses , even though they have not misbehaved themselves . |
| 8 | Oh , I have not enjoyed myself so well for years . |
| 9 | She had not enjoyed herself so much in all her married life . |
| 10 | The friends of David Cunningham , such as Colonel Blackadder , had to be put off with a clear refusal , and a request to persuade Cunningham to withdraw , while at the same time every effort had to be made to engage all those gentlemen who had not committed themselves to a candidate to rally to Kirkton . |
| 11 | He will only say : ‘ Toyota have not committed themselves to the Circuit of Ireland or any other rally this year . ’ |
| 12 | Despite the fact that he had not committed himself to the rising until the last moment , he was quickly consolidating the initiative he had taken in Morocco and was emerging as its sole leader . |
| 13 | The government has , however , not committed itself to publishing the review and , Courtney added , it is unlikely to be published in its entirety as it may contain sharp judgements about the usefulness or effectiveness of some research activities . |
| 14 | Miss Cress had left , smiling , had not committed herself , nor had she asked to use the bathroom . |
| 15 | He considered that English , seen as a form of study rather than the practice of cultivated reading , had still not freed itself from the criticism of lacking intellectual strenuousness . |
| 16 | In London , even if a case were delayed because a witness had not presented himself or the judge was ill , there was always plenty of work waiting for her in chambers . |
| 17 | From a very early date we witness the introduction of tales and links that Chaucer had not written himself , and reorganizations of the order of the tales . |
| 18 | That is eight years ago , and the Board would now be doing Chapter III work , both in Essex and Norfolk , had I not made myself damned unpleasant … |
| 19 | Using hand-woven ropes — the Singphos do not trust any catching gear they have not made themselves — they ride their trained elephants right in among the herd . |
| 20 | Women often have to prove to housing officials that they have not made themselves ‘ intentionally ’ homeless . |
| 21 | Whitlock , who has been at the centre of the storm , has not made himself available to take part . |
| 22 | Perhaps Lucker has not made himself visible enough to justify the cost . |
| 23 | ( Chris Haskins , of Northern Foods , points out that Britain has not fed itself since the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 . ) |
| 24 | I hope that he now applies himself to them , because he has not applied himself to the rest of his portfolio . |
| 25 | Satisfied with attending to the symptoms of the economy 's problems , the government has not applied itself to tackling some of their causes . |
| 26 | Anxiety affects communicating as people going for an interview know only too well ; interviewees may come away feeling annoyed that their ability to respond fluently has been impaired and they have not done themselves justice . |
| 27 | Sir Bernard 's many friends will fear he has not done himself justice . |
| 28 | The one to feel it most is Wright , and Taylor said : ‘ He probably feels he has not done himself justice when he 's played . |
| 29 | I had not run well ; I had not done myself justice . |
| 30 | Likewise in the case of Lewis 's Eve : if she is ransomed by Ransom 's struggle with the Un-Man in the underworld , a sort of Harrowing of Hell sequence , how can she be said to have resisted the temptation on her own ; and if she has not really resisted through her own strength — if she is to be rewarded with immortality and felicity for something she has not done herself — where is the justice in the punishment , on another planet , of Eve and her descendants , for something which again was not wholly her responsibility ? |