Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [verb] [not/n't] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mum has n't even noticed yet . |
| 2 | My fingers had not merely done the walking but felt as though they 'd run a marathon . |
| 3 | ‘ My hour has not yet come ’ ( John 2.3–4 ) . |
| 4 | Half my clients do n't even want to let me know what they 're up to . |
| 5 | My boss did n't really want me to take three weeks all at once . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ My husband did not usually discuss the negotiations for Ruggiero Miletti 's release with me , but on one occasion about a month ago , while we were having dinner … . ’ |
| 7 | My job does not only involve waitressing . |
| 8 | So like , we have a hell of a good laugh like , we go in and like , my dreams do n't usually dawn on me till around lunch , I always say quick , give us the book ! |
| 9 | My father does n't always mean what he says . ’ |
| 10 | My argument does not even assume that it was a dominant way of thinking in earlier periods . |
| 11 | ‘ My swing has not really had to alter , but I am probably hitting my drives 20 yards shorter and I 'm needing two or three irons longer than I needed before the accident . ’ |
| 12 | It was difficult , because as an out-and-out openside my style did not always suit their rugby . |
| 13 | Erm but my councillors have n't yet taken a view on whether there is a possible site in Harrogate district . |
| 14 | I was allowed up to chatter with the older men about the good old days on Le Manche , when my grandfather had not only held serious philosophical and religious conversation with les pecheures over his loud hailer , but had also been in to Boulogne harbour as thanksgiving for a market or two in Hastings at needy times . |
| 15 | He paused a minute and went on , ‘ You know , my generation do n't often discuss these things with other people . |
| 16 | Perhaps my brain had n't fully recovered at the time , despite the sleep . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm rather lame people in the village say you 've caught arthritis , and I caught it a year or two ago but my brain has n't entirely given out . |
| 18 | My son has not yet had adequate lessons in French . ’ |
| 19 | " Well , sir , " said Hazel , " my brother does n't really think about these feelings he gets . |
| 20 | I 'm afraid my intentions do n't always match my actions , but I assure you I do think of you far , far more than I put pen to paper ! |
| 21 | The studious intensity of learning a craft together , the long and fanciful discussions about the philosophies of life that were prevalent topics , and the unorthodoxy of their nightlife did not easily transfer to a happy-families home . |
| 22 | Shepherds and their kind did n't normally wait in the main hall of High Brook . |
| 23 | Their presence does not automatically make a passage coherent , and their absence does not automatically make it meaningless . |
| 24 | As can be seen from the illustration just given , the task of interpreting statutes gives judges the chance of expressing their own opinions as to social policy ; and , inevitably , their opinions do not always command universal assent . |
| 25 | ‘ Of course , ’ she murmured , and smiled to show that her heart had not just sunk down into her boots . |
| 26 | The Allies arrived one day by boat and threatened dire consequences if their wishes did not rapidly become the law of the land . |
| 27 | It is clearly the case , however , that although the lack of ties of affection liberates criminal tendencies , their existence does not necessarily guarantee conformity . |
| 28 | Well I mo moved because promotion was in the line for me , I was in the Royal Marine Police in island depot in Plymouth and er I 'd been put on plain clothes work and I 'd been doing acting sergeant you know when the sergeant was off sick and all that business and er I 'd put , been put in for this to move because we had a two bedroom bungalow but the twins were getting big and I realized that we 'd have to have another bedroom you know , very soon and er , this seemed an opportunity to get a house and also in Plymouth , that Plymouth was a naval town , you see , there was still those days there was still kind of a , a lower deck of sons , what they call lower deckers , in other words you know people in the lower deck of the navy , their sons did n't really have much , ever have much chance of getting into places like Dartmouth College or Cramwell to do as cadets , well the headmaster at Regent Street School had said to me that Keith was very keen on flying , he was aeroplane mad you see , and , he wanted to go in the Royal Air Force , well he said to me he said oh no put him in the Navy and as a chief art as an artificer , so I said oh no , I said if he goes in the Navy or the service I want him to go in the front door not like me the back door , I had ambition for him |
| 29 | The relative isolation of women from the public world of their husbands does not just have an impact on their access to relatives and friends but also , not surprisingly , on their use of leisure facilities outside the home ( see also chapter 10 , section 10.3 ) . |
| 30 | However , the actual time taken to cover a kilometre will almost certainly have varied substantially between road types , thus it is possible that their subjects did not actually have more to report in the shopping areas . |