Example sentences of "[adv] not [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the most surprising difference was that their axes of preferential response were clearly not lined up with the axes of the on-off directionally selective type , and when Clyde Oyster and I analysed this in more detail we found what is shown in Figure 5 . |
| 2 | As a matter of practice execution is often not carried out pending the hearing . |
| 3 | This , as we have seen , is simply not borne out by the facts . |
| 4 | ‘ If I am wearing a pure white carnation I am best avoided on that day because it means I am in a bad mood , ’ he said , adding that he always warns new acquaintances of this fact but has as yet not lived up to the threat . |
| 5 | ‘ I tell you what , ’ he said , after thinking for a few seconds , ‘ as you 're so keen on horses why not come up to the farm when you 've got some time to spare and help my young niece in the stables ? |
| 6 | ‘ In fact , if you 're not otherwise engaged , why not come along to the wedding with me ? |
| 7 | If 1 Samuel 4 left them asking whether they could still regard themselves as the people of God , chapters 5 and 6 reassured them that their God had certainly not gone over to the Babylonians . |