Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [adv] the [adj] and " in BNC.
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1 | I can not understand why the hon. and learned Gentleman says that it is not so . |
2 | Hall said that he could not see why the first and second prize-winners had been passed over , as a Gothic building would have nothing in common with the nearby Treasury Chambers and Whitehall . |
3 | I do not see how the Asian and West Indian pupils that I am responsible for can take on English behaviour for half a day when they are at school and change to their culture when they are at home . |
4 | A single ma can not divine fully the eternal and universal ideal , were he Shakespeare himself , ad therefore he can not prescribe either the ways or the aims for art . |
5 | When he returned to England from Calcutta , which he did as soon as he was well enough to travel , he did not take up the glorious and interesting life that was waiting for him there , as one would have expected . |
6 | Whilst any human cost of alcohol abuse could be said to be too great , it is important not to ignore both the economic and the social benefits associated with drinking . |
7 | As Schotland argues : ‘ [ w ] hen we engage in economic analysis , we do not banish permanently the legal and moral aspects of the problem analyzed . |
8 | I ca n't put on the black and peach creations he bought before , so I told him to go and get something sensible at Marks and Spencer . |