Example sentences of "[not/n't] come [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Illes had not come up through the state bureaucracy , and his appointment as deputy state secretary was looked upon as a " statement of intent " by many in the environmental lobby . |
| 2 | My hic hyacinths have all come out except no , they 've all come out , one goron l looks like it 's gone and lot congealed little bad and another hyacinth has two have come up and other ones not come up at all . |
| 3 | He had not come up on deck when the P.L.A . |
| 4 | Thus , for example , when apprehending a thief with £40 of stolen money , the policemen concerned still argued they had ‘ not come up with anything ’ ( FN 31/1/87 , p. 10 ) . |
| 5 | But Li Ka-shing , head of Cheung Kong , confirmed he is ‘ interested in some of Olympia 's assets , but has not come up with any solid plans ’ . |
| 6 | The government has still not come up with a dump for the masses of intermediate wastes , such as fuel cladding , that the plant would produce . |
| 7 | The old scribe would shake his head : ‘ I could have tried for 20 years and still not come up with an opening paragraph like that , ’ he would say . |
| 8 | One can speculate that if Mezey had not come up with the idea of dispensing with two hospitals , and of the remaining four being given a quadrant of the region to serve each , the idea that it was an RHA rather than local management responsibility to deal with the issue , might never have stuck in the minds of senior regional officers . |
| 9 | Even then , major subscribers like the US and the USSR had not come up with the necessary money . |
| 10 | and what you 've got to be very careful , cos you ca n't offer them and not come up with the goods |
| 11 | She had still not come up with anything brilliant when ten minutes later someone rang her doorbell fairly aggressively . |
| 12 | Forensic scientists have scoured the scene but have not come up with any conclusive evidence . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 ? |
| 14 | The women weeping over an open coffin in a Rowlandson drawing of c.1760 would have had more reason for grief had the merchandise not come up to their expectations ( Col. 6 ) . |
| 15 | There may also be more room for professional bodies to discipline those whose conduct has not come up to expected standards but where proving dishonesty in a court would be hard . |
| 16 | Although Fletcher admitted that England have not come up to standard over the last three months , he also believes that a poor itinerary and a lack of turning pitches in English domestic cricket is largely to blame for the string of dismal performances . |
| 17 | They will certainly have the fullest support of my Department and the Government in that and I hope that they will have the fullest support of Opposition Members , too , although that has not come through in this debate . |
| 18 | Then if he still has not come out of the tent I will go down there while it is still light , very quietly , and see if I can see , without getting too close , how he is . |
| 19 | While Philip slept , while Mary and Reggie slept , while Roberta and Faye slept ( they had not come out of their room ) she had painted a whole room . |
| 20 | Although Ernest Bevin 's Transport Workers had not come out on strike the real opprobrium of the Labour movement was held for Jimmy Thomas , the railwaymen 's leader , whose opposition to sympathetic strike action had been vital to the collapse of the Triple Alliance . |
| 21 | It was lucky that Fiver had not come out with this foolish notion in front of any of the others , especially as there was trouble enough already . |
| 22 | She could 've talked to me for ten years and still not come out with it . |
| 23 | And King Bucar and his people thought that the Cid dared not come out against them , and they were the more encouraged , and began to think of making bastilles and engines wherewith to combat the city , for certes they weened that the Cid Ruydiez dared not come out against them , seeing that he tarried so long . |
| 24 | And King Bucar and his people thought that the Cid dared not come out against them , and they were the more encouraged , and began to think of making bastilles and engines wherewith to combat the city , for certes they weened that the Cid Ruydiez dared not come out against them , seeing that he tarried so long . |
| 25 | The show was over , and Sweetheart had not come back for him . |
| 26 | He had seen his earliest pupils , as had my father , either not come back at all , or come back broken men . |
| 27 | Tommaso had not come back at Ascension , though some others who 'd been called to military service at the same time walked into town one afternoon . |
| 28 | Since he had not come back to Møn he must be dead — there could be no other explanation . |
| 29 | Why not come back to my place for coffee ? |
| 30 | and leave , but not come back to me . |