Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [adv] as [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So absorbed was she in the effort of preparing herself mentally for what lay ahead that she did not glance upstream as she drove across Cookham Bridge and wonder why there were no party-goers gathered round a marquee on the lawn of Swans ' Meadow , why indeed there was no marquee pitched on the lawn at all . |
| 2 | We can not do just as we like because we are limited , or constrained , by ( i ) the amount of money , or capital , we have ; ( ii ) the inventions , or technology , available ; ( iii ) the space , or land , available ; ( iv ) the resources , such as fuel or timber , or existing roads and buildings ; ( v ) the desires of other human beings which may conflict with ours . |
| 3 | He can not do just as he pleases . |
| 4 | The two halves of the heart did not ease apart as I 'd fancifully imagined , but clung desperately round one another like drowning lovers . |
| 5 | She did not look up as he struggled to open the door and stepped inside , where he stood perfectly still , hardly daring to breathe for fear of dropping his awkwardly held gift . |
| 6 | He did not look up as she advanced down the long and beautiful room . |
| 7 | He could not catch what she said as she touched Cunningham 's shoulder and she did not look back as she walked swiftly from the bar . |
| 8 | Consequently scientists did not move around as they do today , or even in the 19th century , and local learned societies and journals flourished . |
| 9 | Do not lean forwards as you block since this will bring your chin close to the opponent 's other fist . |
| 10 | I saw that its arms did not swing properly as it walked — but , oh , how fast it walked ! |
| 11 | ‘ His engineer would not take over as he had had a full day 's terror , so I volunteered to take over engine control in his place . |
| 12 | The opening games did not go quite as I expected in that I was surprised to see Wales beat Ireland . |
| 13 | It may not come out as I intend . |
| 14 | The jockey reported to a stern-faced Chester Barnes , Pipe 's assistant , that the horse did not pick up as he expected . |
| 15 | Bob did not retire immediately as he has worked on for a few months to introduced new salesmen to their areas . |
| 16 | Charlie explains that some people blame her when the weather does not turn out as they had hoped . |
| 17 | In what way did it not turn out as you expect it . |
| 18 | Donna did n't slow up as she roared up the slope . |
| 19 | Even the insects could n't keep up as we shot down Mount Cedric like a beer down the throat of a thirsty All Black rugby player . |
| 20 | Recent research has shown that well-informed mothers who have been able to take responsibility for decisions in pregnancy and labour feel happier after the event , even when their plans did n't work out as they had expected them to . |
| 21 | He did n't look up as we crossed the room , his head bent and the pen moving swiftly across pages held in a clipboard . |
| 22 | Er but you get the feeling that if he does n't score then as I said nobody else can . |
| 23 | It wo n't recalculate automatically as you enter new data . |
| 24 | You will feel the cold even more when you ca n't get about as you do now , and you will be even more bored and lonely . |