Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [adv] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it has been for centuries , yet the multi-petalled bloom of modern times , epitomized by the modern Hybrid Tea rose ( or , as it is abbreviated , H.T. ) and probably most people 's mental image of all that a rose is and should be , is a product of modern hybridizing and cross-breeding that did not exist even as recently as medieval times . |
| 2 | If it does not show up well enough as the screen dump replace with the following text : |
| 3 | If the grid lines are printed in blue they will not show up so clearly when the plot is photocopied ( which is usually an advantage ) . |
| 4 | It was even acceptable to chant or recite a verse or two in public if the young mirza had ‘ beauty and a good voice ’ ; but he should not do so too often or at length for fear — heaven forbid — that he be mistaken for a professional poet or singer . |
| 5 | Wayne Larkins did not begin quite so strikingly but was an undeniably happy man . |
| 6 | You are much more likely to go for old pine , or oak , tough lacquer or vinyl — at least for several years , but there is no reason why these can not work just as well and create a feeling of their own . |
| 7 | A tail-wheel with a rubber tyre will resist skidding sideways over tarmac , but it will not grip quite so well when it is bouncing over rough grass . |
| 8 | Yet the dollar did not move strongly up again when the gloomier reality sank in . |
| 9 | Stott gives us a thoughtful ‘ Ondine ’ , but the music does not move along very naturally and this water nymph is not sufficiently seductive and dangerous . |
| 10 | Similarly , the Andante ‘ on an old German Minnelied ’ does not move along as freely and naturally as it should and so loses something of its song quality . |
| 11 | Because of the circumstances under which most replacement gutters are fitted , however , they may not join up as beautifully as you 'd like , which may mean that they need more regular cleaning — but do n't rush to criticise your builder — it probably was n't his fault if he had to join up to existing work . |
| 12 | But , in my experience , if this is the case although it is possible to plant a new church it will not happen nearly as quickly as it will do if someone can make themselves available full-time . |
| 13 | By the time they had sat through two party political broadcasts and Chris Patten in TV evangelist mode , they could not stand up fast enough when the Prime Minister finally appeared . |
| 14 | This did not go down as well as he might have hoped . |
| 15 | The Crofting Reform ( Scotland ) Act of 1976 did not go quite as far as this , but it did give the crofters the incontestable right to purchase their house and garden , and the optional ( though not incontestable ) right to purchase their land for 15 times the annual rent . |
| 16 | Many may have been persuaded or encouraged not to do so by the uncertainty in the law , so I would not go quite as far as my hon. Friend in suggesting that local authorities alone are to blame . |
| 17 | If he did not go quite so far as Eric Linklater in believing that what Mary was doing down at Kirk o' Field during the last days of Darnley 's life in February 1567 was indulging a ‘ womanly zeal for nursing ’ , he certainly had no doubt of her innocence . |
| 18 | The Flower of Chivalry did not go quite so far as that . |
| 19 | ‘ Very like ! ’ he said , knowing it was true , and knowing that he would not hold back so long as to let it be true . |
| 20 | Make sure that the program does not end up here accidentally and then define the first procedure . |
| 21 | Why not drive straight home here and now and escape this humiliation for which I have , inexplicably , volunteered ? |
| 22 | Instead of looking at the brochure why not come down right now and have a look at the surgery and building ? ’ |
| 23 | As an 11-handicapper who does not play quite as often as she would like , I found the clubs gave me more consistency and greater ‘ feel ’ . |
| 24 | We can not emphasise too strongly here that we would not disagree with that conclusion . |
| 25 | Visitors wishing to ride behind this powerful loco should not delay too long however as the G.W.R. 's operating season finishes on October 11th . |
| 26 | Do n't rush off just yet if you 're having your lunch , stay at the table and erm let it go down . |
| 27 | And the handout I 've got here which I could n't tie in just now when I was trying to do the deduction is because the rates are very slightly different . |
| 28 | Well , about , I do n't know how long ago but we were stuck under the table for some time and er eventually we could hear this whirring noise like , you know and er I , I was a bit more daring than me brothers and I sneaked out and went out to the backdoor , an and looked up and there I could see this er Zeppelin in the sky , you know ! |
| 29 | Erm but that you know that that did n't carry on much more than a few days after the the initial disturbances . |
| 30 | Er not very long because he er he started a business and er and he did n't do ever so well cos times were bad in the twenties you know as you know . |