Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [conj] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had an awful pain in my chest and did not know whether it was a coronary or indigestion . |
| 2 | And for my money that does not include such activities as flipping through Who 's Who , taking a telephone directory off the shelf , or getting hold of a mate 's mate on the blower . |
| 3 | ‘ A very big ‘ oh ’ , ’ Ven murmured , and , seeming to take it favourably that she was not snatching her hands out of his clasp , ‘ What is happening to me , can I think , when I , who value my privacy and do not need an intrusive journalist in my home , find that I have done no less than invite you to my home for dinner ? ’ |
| 4 | I keep my distance and do not look at him , though from the comer of my eye I can see him so smartly attired , decked out in scarves and jumpers , set to brace the cold and the street at any hour . |
| 5 | Whether it was because she knew she was my baby and did not like being with ward Sister , I shall not know , but she only gained two ounces the first week . |
| 6 | When Belegar arrived he watched the Dwarfs rebuild their citadel but did not attack at first . |
| 7 | Weber acknowledged their existence but did not discuss them . |
| 8 | This was also carried on a division ; the Government accepted their defeat and did not seek to reverse the decision . |
| 9 | They drank their tea and did not talk to each other . |
| 10 | I understand that about seventeen years ago your sister-in-law walked out of her home and did not return . ’ |
| 11 | This case was notified to the Black Advisory Group during the course of its investigation and does not appear in any of the analyses in its report . |
| 12 | But British authorities are sceptical of its importance and do not intend to add it to their evidence to the Sizewell public inquiry ( which is now enjoying an Easter break ) . |
| 13 | Jacko does not counter the racist statements of his fellow workers : he appeals to their self-interest and does not criticise the political policies which create and manipulate the labour force . |
| 14 | Wilson inclined her head but did not comment though she took care not to appear sullen . |
| 15 | The little girl made a movement with her head but did not speak . |
| 16 | She clicked her tongue and shook her head but did not look up from her work when Buddie spoke again . |
| 17 | On the left there is the Jacobin tradition , which draws on the Rousseauist doctrine of the general will , expressed thus by Robespierre : ‘ Wherever the people does not exercise its authority and does not manifest its power itself , but only through representatives and if the representative body is not pure and identified with the people , then liberty is extinguished . ’ |
| 18 | He obtained her signature but did not explain the document to her and she signed it without understanding it . |
| 19 | Although those who studied at Kiev University ( Vil'na 's successor ) had to know enough Russian to understand lectures , they constituted the majority of the new university 's students for the first thirty years of its life and did not need Russian to consort with their peers . |
| 20 | For some minutes it smoked its pipe and did not speak , but at last it took the pipe out of its mouth , and said , ‘ So you 've changed , have you ? |
| 21 | Rachaela slowed her pace but did not stop . |
| 22 | " Amabel , there 'll be nobody in Frizingley to touch you , " said John-William Dallam , sitting down rather heavily since he had run upstairs a little too quickly at her call and did not want her to see how easily , these days , he could lose his breath . |
| 23 | Three-legged , it wagged its tail but did not follow them , perhaps not wishing to intrude . |
| 24 | She looked sharply out of the window and produced a handkerchief which she held clenched in her hand but did not use . |
| 25 | Some may want to modify its form but do not challenge the principle of it , nor do they seek to change its form through unlawful and certainly not violent means . |
| 26 | They followed him to the study because for economy it was the only fire in the house , but he worked through their conversation and did not join it . |
| 27 | Relatives had taken on the boys of her family but did not want the responsibility and lower wages of the girls . |
| 28 | Presumably the working class were voting for the Labour Party since they saw it as their party and did not need to incentive of a party machine . |
| 29 | The tenant duly paid his rent and did not commit any breach of covenant . |
| 30 | He walked to his car and did not look back or glance in her direction as he drove quickly out of the drive . |