Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mercifully the illness did not take a long course . |
| 2 | Ranks of fomaica-topped tables were besieged by steel chairs , which did not encourage a long stay . |
| 3 | Shareholders who do not have a long term commitment are replaced by stakeholders who do , as the ‘ owners ’ of the company . |
| 4 | The man did n't have a long time to go through a process , he did n't have a long time to find where he was on on the scale , a and er , you know , from one stage to the next stage , to the next stage , to got through a pre-evangelism and then another stage , and another stage , the man did n't have time he was dying ! |
| 5 | The man did n't have a long time to go through a process , he did n't have a long time to find where he was on on the scale , a and er , you know , from one stage to the next stage , to the next stage , to got through a pre-evangelism and then another stage , and another stage , the man did n't have time he was dying ! |
| 6 | Did n't have a long walk or anything so the next schedule go out is erm is |
| 7 | Do n't devise a long list of rules for the sake of having rules : make sure they serve a purpose — to enhance your child 's safety– wellbeing and steady ( not hurried ) progress towards maturity . |
| 8 | And I 'm sure you do n't want a long speech but I 've tried to prepare something , and I hope it 's all right . |
| 9 | Then again , after Linda Lusardi and Tonya in just eight months , health and fitness advisors do n't have a long life expectancy on GMTV . |
| 10 | Now this is set up differently cos this is set up very sensibly , so that you can fill in who wrote it , when , what date and what it 's about , and when you try and find it later it 's easier to find instead of scrapping through lots of files that do n't have a long document . |
| 11 | Right so I will say no I don I do n't have a long term one , and no I 'm not registered . |
| 12 | Well they 'd never , they had n't made a long player Amstrad did and now one or two of them are now are n't they ? |
| 13 | ‘ It does n't have a long range , ’ she said , ‘ but it will get the dance music in Sanderstown . ’ |