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Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] at [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ Mrs Hampton , you really must not laugh at these dark mysteries .
2	Barrister and writer Nemone Lethbridge , not a fan herself , wrote in TV Times , ‘ I can not laugh at this massive dose of humiliation and embarrassment .
3	Because she did not have any preparation for pregnancy or birth , her labour and delivery were quite difficult , complicated by her having curvature of the spine which was not realised at such short notice .
4	Thus on balance marginal and less protected forms of employment have not grown at any marked rate in the market capitalism phase that Lane distinguishes .
5	Whereas PCs are often sold at 25 per cent to 30 per cent discount , the accessories are not discounted at such high levels .
6	Very little is known about what triggers most animal viruses to follow either path ; indeed it seems possible that integration is a random and accidental process that does not occur at any specific sites on the chromosomes .
7	And Graham will cap a dismal month by writing to the FA , demanding that Buksh does not officiate at any more Arsenal games this season .
8	I could not sleep at all that night .
9	It seemed to Charlotte as if she did not sleep at all that night , though her subsequent recollections of dreaming about telephones and disembodied voices suggested otherwise .
10	The Colonial Secretary , now Lennox-Boyd , invited Nkrumah to visit London but he would not leave at this critical time .
11	This statement is not directed at any one set of philosophers .
12	Considering that Northerns had not practised at all this season it was a remarkable result .
13	Be careful not to twist at all just curve .
14	In those days parents did not complain at such authoritarian behaviour — they knew better than argue with Mr. Russ who was a greatly respected member of the community .
15	Please note that meetings will not be held on all of the dates given on the form , but I can not say at this early stage how many will actually need to take place .
16	it 's a generic excercise not aimed at any particular country
17	It seems that my mind is then not working at any high pressure intellectually and , somehow or other , it is receptive to completely new ideas .
18	Er and obviously we 'll , we 'll we 'll get the response erm a a as it were but erm that 's something I could n't , I could n't answer at this particular time .
19	Do n't cavil at another nine miles , Isabel ordered herself .
20	Mick , I honestly do n't know at this present time .
21	But I had n't looked at many other places .
22	‘ Surely they wo n't attack at this bloody hour ? ’
23	My 100 metres time did n't improve at all that year , and it took me until September to better my indoor 200 metres best outdoors when I ran 21.6 seconds at Woodford Green .
24	Do n't cross your fingers , do n't look at any black cats , do n't run under a ladder .
25	She did n't sleep at all that night .
26	Mark Kozelek did n't sleep at all last night .
27	Did n't sleep at all last night .
28	I did n't sleep at all last night .
29	Did n't sleep at all last night actually .
30	And so erm , it was n't as though these children ran across an open zebra crossing and she could see the children travelling er , walking or running all the way across the er er er er the pedestrian crossing the two children one was estimated by her to be about six years old , and the one who was actually knocked down was estimated by her to be about er , nine years old and she was n't travelling at any significant speed at all , she was travelling slowly because of the amount of traffic and she says that er the first she saw them was erm , appearing from the behind a car and dashing across the front of her car , and in fact , it was only the the the one who ran first the the older of the two children that she actually hit , she hit hit her with the near side front of er of her vehicle .