Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] not [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pastel-coloured costumes were at once demure and provocative ; fitted tight from throat to hip , they clung to every line of the delicate , high-breasted figures , heightening the allure of slender shoulders , tiny waists and the swell of young Ranks ; below the waist , however , the gossamer-light , side-split skirts and billowing trousers of white silk shrouded legs and thighs in secrecy , and to Chuck and Joseph the exotic girls of Saigon seemed not to walk but to float gently beneath the tamarinds on the evening breeze . |
| 2 | Geographically the first phase of brooches tend not to duster in any particular region and are found dispersed over much of England . |
| 3 | A change of citizenship did not of course imply a divorce from the old country . |
| 4 | ‘ the kingdom of God cometh not with observation ’ — James Joyce to Lady Gregory |
| 5 | The results of a dosimetry investigation confirmed that a previously reported intake of plutonium had not in fact occurred . |
| 6 | In that first split-second , Angel One decided his only chance of survival lay not in defence , but in attack . |
| 7 | In passages written not without humour , though theirs is the blackest of black comedy , we read of the water of the Nile turned to blood , of plagues of frogs , gnats , flies , and locusts , of the domestic animals of the Egyptians dying of disease , of a terrible outbreak of boils , of death-dealing hailstorms , and an awesome and fearful darkness . |
| 8 | Viewed by many as a vain upstart , de Gaulle 's stand was in fact inspired not by ambition but by a deeply-held belief in the grandeur of France . |
| 9 | The milder range in fact serves not to challenge but to define the limits of propriety ; they set a horizon beyond which " improper " linguistic use will not go , and the audience can laugh with relief at the reassurance that they will not be shocked , as well as at the impudence of these terms . |
| 10 | During this century the time available for leisure ( defined as time spent not at work ) has increased significantly due to long annual holidays and a change from a six-day to a five-day working week . |
| 11 | Competition for finance did not in theory exist , since the BBC 's licence fee was untouched by the new system . |
| 12 | Soon the hunters who travelled by rail hunted not for food or protection , but for trophies and sport . |