Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adv] [subord] not [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | He could be quite casual in his attitude to his wife 's anxiety and more often than not failed to let her know when he was delayed . |
2 | Stephen tied it up but the string broke and he had to drive the car into Hilderbridge very slowly and carefully so as not to overheat the engine . |
3 | This exercise must be done slowly and carefully so as not to let the barbell drop from your fingertips . |
4 | Moving slowly and cautiously so as not to rip any of the rubber components of their diving suits , they passed in file into a compartment not more than four feet in height but almost twenty feet in length , extending from the nose cone , under the flight deck and then several feet beyond . |
5 | Molly and Judith frequently went visiting other girls in the community after dinner and as often as not did not come home for tea ; and , since Malka had married and left Cork , Judith spent even more Sundays out of the house . |