Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [adv] [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In terms of a human life-span , the development of a hill-slope takes a very long time , and one could not stay around long enough to test alternative theories of hill-slope development if observation of processes acting on the present landscape produced the only relevant data . |
| 2 | In international comparisons of working days lost Britain does not show up as particularly strike prone [ Smith , 1980 ] . |
| 3 | We want big changes and we want them quickly , but we can not see clearly enough how to set to work . |
| 4 | Unfortunately this theory does not stand up too well either– because the mountain zebra comes from the cooler south and yet has vivid stripes . |
| 5 | He could not go fast enough now to satisfy him . |
| 6 | ‘ I did n't stay around long enough to check the make , Inspector , ’ I said , pointedly . |
| 7 | ’ Gesner was caught and could n't think quickly enough how to veto Busacher 's choice . |
| 8 | I mean I do n't think there particularly well paid , but they , there well paid for what they flipping well do cos they do n't , they , they , they 'll do it , but I mean eh , that 's the fault of the bosses , they should cut down there staff . |
| 9 | Erm bec they do n't speak either very well to start off with . |
| 10 | While it might run Timeworks 3 it does n't do so fast enough to make using it easy . |
| 11 | You look at your life , and it 's like all the good things you ever wanted are loaded up onto a train that you did n't run quite fast enough to catch . |
| 12 | There 's a lot going on out there , and we do n't have anywhere near enough space to put everything in that we 'd like , so busy is what it is . |
| 13 | ‘ I ca n't reach back far enough to pull it out cleanly . ’ |
| 14 | You ca n't go on forever just playing with the children and telling self-deprecating stories about yourself at the Chases ’ dinner parties . |
| 15 | He do n't come down there now does he ? |
| 16 | And you did n't get on very well did you ? |
| 17 | Billy an' work do n't get on very well tergevver . |
| 18 | Which is more than can be said of some burger bars and ‘ diners ’ where the staff are young , dour and ca n't get home quick enough to swap their multinational uniforms for day-glo tracksuits and trainers ( I wonder where that fashion came from ? ) . |
| 19 | But that if he wo n't sit there very often Marg , then I suppose I 'd do anything . |