Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] not come " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had no track record himself in combat and the men he was to lead in battle were a pretty tough crowd , all of them individualists and likely to be highly critical of any officer who did not come up to their own standards . |
| 2 | In my childhood anyone who did not come from Lewis was scathingly described as a ‘ forrinter ’ . |
| 3 | For example , the case of Hope , who did not come from a broken home , is atypical : most black sportsmen have much more instrumental relationships with their mentors , seeking to learn techniques , draw inspiration and get motivated for important events . |
| 4 | From a traditional Labour background , my mother rejected the politics of solidarity and communality , always voted Conservative , for the left could not embody her desire for things to be really fair , for a full skirt that took twenty yards of cloth , for a half-timbered cottage in the country , for the prince who did not come . |
| 5 | Lower-class women who did not come into the black or immigrant categories would be expected to use the general waiting-room , rather than the ladies ' , which was largely the preserve of the well-dressed middle class . |
| 6 | A newsletter writer of August 1692 complained that it was impossible to distinguish between those who did not come to church because they were attending conventicles and those who did not worship God at all , and he predicted the result would be the downfall of the Church of England followed by the triumph of popery . |
| 7 | ‘ The players need to feel confident and secure in their positions and we are counting on those players who did not come up to expectation against Scotland , to make up for it against Ireland . ’ |