Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [adj] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not know this at the time . |
| 2 | Nor were some of the earlier beach reconnaissances the most encouraging of precedents , although Clogstoun-Willmott did not know this at the time . |
| 3 | In mentioning the directive er can I er pause very briefly er Mr Deputy Speaker to apologise to the house that this document was not made available at the draft stage er an unfortunate combination of human error and several failures of communications meant that the select committee was deprived of the opportunity to consider the directive at its draft stage , er I 've noticed the select committee 's report which has been put in the vote office in the usual way and acknowledge the government did not meet its scrutiny obligations with regard to this document in the normal means . |
| 4 | With the possible exception of Mrs Major , who has to struggle not to look cheerful at the mention of leaving 10 Downing Street , and Sir Denis Thatcher ( ’ I 'm so bloody glad we 're not doing it this time ’ ) , every good political consort must learn how to be a good loser . |
| 5 | This , of course , was nothing to be ashamed of , but I did not realize that at the time . |
| 6 | It is probable that the linguistic differentiation which separates the South Slavs from the Western Slavs ( Poles , Czechs , Slovaks ) and the Eastern Slavs ( Russians , Bielorussians , Ukrainians ) had not become apparent at the time of the migration . |
| 7 | They 're not moving much at the moment . |
| 8 | A rum evolution , Alix had often thought , though it had not seemed strange at the time : what had then seemed strange , in her girlhood , had been her parents ' quaint socialist ideals , which had caused her such embarrassment , and , partly because of that embarrassment , had inspired in her such undeviating loyalty . |
| 9 | ‘ Avast , ye swabs , ’ she shouted , astonished by the hoarseness of her voice , ‘ belay yeselves an' man the mizzen-mast. 'T IS a stormy course for Far Tortuga we 're sailin' an' the cap'n 'll not rest easy at the bottom of the sea 'til the treasure be ours ! ’ |
| 10 | The success of the tests had not gone unnoticed at the Air Ministry . |
| 11 | Even if the accident does not seem serious at the time , but you think it might have some ill-effect in the future you should apply to the DSS for a decision that it was an industrial accident . |
| 12 | James will not sit straight at the table , he sits |
| 13 | ‘ You 've already had one long journey today and I 'd rather you did n't fall asleep at the wheel . ’ |
| 14 | They wo n't need that at the moment . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't need this at the moment , Mum , I 've had a terrible night . |
| 16 | Oh , well , I mean I really did n't need this at the moment with daddy coming in and everything . . |
| 17 | Finally , they would be told ( though they did n't know this at the beginning ) to make fair copies of their poems , taking on any of the suggestions they 'd agreed with , as well as things that occurred to them later . |
| 18 | You ca n't do much at the Print Manager end to speed things up , aside from giving it more priority . |
| 19 | You do n't do that at the table boy ! |
| 20 | I could n't do that at the start . |
| 21 | Now is you remember last time we said we would n't do this at the minute because we erm we 've got erm a |
| 22 | I certainly do n't feel safe at the moment . |
| 23 | The County Council 's position is it does n't feel able at the moment to express a definitive view on these three elements in respect of er of either sector . |
| 24 | Playing from sloping lies causes problems if you do n't feel comfortable at the address position . |
| 25 | Obviously you have n't got that at the moment , you 've got this lot like that . |
| 26 | Well , cos I 'm a bit I ai n't got much at the moment , I 'll have hundred pound on |
| 27 | She said it has n't got any at the minute ! |
| 28 | Er we do make our own ink , we have n't got any at the moment . |
| 29 | And we do n't become lost at the end of lives , we do n't become lost at some date in history , we are lost now if he has n't found us . |
| 30 | WALES captain Andrew Puddle led by example in his side 's six-wicket Minor Counties win over Dorset at Cherborne School — a victory that did n't look possible at the start of play on the second day . |