Example sentences of "[verb] not even [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was our opinion and that of , badly photocopied and written sheets of paper which did not even fit into the folders was not a good advertisement for our Institute . |
| 2 | I did not even complain to the British Medical Association — as I was in law entitled so to do — about the gross impertinence of a certain toothy and incompetent doctor in this very borough who imagined in his stupidity that I was incapable of reading upside-down the notes he was making on the other side of a desk at which I was once unwise enough to sit . |
| 3 | It is interesting to note that no section of the book was devoted to cancer and the word cancer did not even appear in the index . |
| 4 | A sizeable proportion of the population did not even listen to the speech . |
| 5 | In 1701 – 2 , the Whig mayor of the small corporation of Wilton , Wiltshire , created nineteen new burgesses , all of whom were Dissenters who did not even qualify under the terms of the Corporation Act , with the result that in 1702 he was able to reverse the defeat suffered by the Whigs in the election of the previous year . |
| 6 | It was a dismal , disorganized weekend and a waste of valuable opportunity ; everything was left to ‘ flow ’ , which in practice meant that many events did not even get off the ground . |
| 7 | A recent survey showed that over 40% of patients did not even know about the NHS reforms , let alone fundholding . |
| 8 | Many consumers did not even know of the charge until after the winter of 1948/9 when it was imposed ; because of cyclic meter reading , many received their winter bills only as the charge was lowered ; and some were never surcharged at all . |
| 9 | And some who did not even know of the movie 's existence , who were not even born when it was made , are dead too , or mutilated , or orphaned … |
| 10 | Her voice did not even echo in the passages . |
| 11 | In the living room they did not even look under the cushions . |
| 12 | Indian er in India still has a very class-ridden society and er you know from the the top caste do not even associate with the lower castes and there is a terrific there 's still a terrific sense of that . |
| 13 | Canadians do not even travel across the country that much . |
| 14 | They see power as " structured " beyond and behind public participation in particular issues , and they point to another " face " of political power caught up in the fact that certain issues do not even get onto the public policy-making agenda for action and decision at all . |
| 15 | According to Alistair Kelman , however , many companies do not even comply with the Companies Act by keeping detailed records of what goes on in their computer systems . |
| 16 | These barriers do not even conform to the existing standard , since the gap at pedal height on the upper barrier is only 392mm. , while the gap at the bottom of the lower barrier is only 395mm . |
| 17 | However , he does not even figure in the top 10 of 500 ‘ paper millionaires ’ — whose wealth is in stocks and shares — listed in the January issue of BusinessAge . |
| 18 | The youngest , Tim , does not even work in the firm . |
| 19 | It does not even occur to the reader that the baby might have cried one year in Singapore and be picked up by its mother a year later in Aden . |