Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [verb] to her [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case , Brenda not only accommodates to her father 's language variety ( Standard English , in terms of syntax ) but actually echoes his words in agreement in the first part of her turn . |
| 2 | She had not long returned to her room however , when her telephone rang , and when she answered it the sun came out . |
| 3 | But the same level of tolerance did not always extend to her staff , who may have fallen short of her high standards or overstepped the bounds of power . |
| 4 | She stumbled over the words , muttered and blushed , her duplicity and stupidity so abundantly clear to her that she was surprised that the charming young woman did not immediately leap to her feet , denounce her as an impostor and throw her out onto the street again . |
| 5 | Why did Gunhilda not then return to her monastery ? |
| 6 | Yeah , she ca n't obviously talk to her husband about it because George is her ex-husband and he |
| 7 | But shops showed no interest and the big soap companies did n't even reply to her letters . |
| 8 | One could hardly assume that he had not gone to church out of piety and because it was Ash Wednesday , Ianthe thought , but it was rather puzzling and disturbing to think that she could n't even attend to her devotions in peace . |