Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The statistically ‘ typical ’ rapist — the man who rapes one woman he knows — does not make it to front-page coverage , let alone fifty-nine pages across thirteen newspapers over ten days . |
| 2 | The Final will not make it onto American TV screens until four months after the event . |
| 3 | They do not repeat : ’ Do not bring us to the test , but save us from the evil one ’ , or , ’ Do not bring us to hard testing . ’ |
| 4 | Ragusa was able , however , to develop its overland trade with the Balkan hinterland , as this activity did not bring it into direct competition with the seaborne trade of Venice . |
| 5 | She could not provide him with small talk , or prod him to abandon his silences . |
| 6 | Hollywood studio chiefs do not see her as prime material to star as tough-talking Det Chief Insp Jane Tennison . |
| 7 | They could not use it in real life … |
| 8 | She had aged in four years , lost whatever attraction she had ever had , and it made her miserable to realise this son would not remember her without grey hair . |
| 9 | She started to count how many people , who might not confess it in simple language , were relieved MacQuillan had gone . |
| 10 | Lower courts will be bound by that precedent , while superior courts or those of the same rank will not upset it without reasoned consideration . |
| 11 | It is just that he will not apply it to future pension rights because he is not in the least interested in defending workers ' pension rights . |
| 12 | I would not recommend them for submersed cultivation and I do not believe that a reputable aquarium dealer would sell you those plants as aquarium plants . |
| 13 | Surprise ( in the sense studied in Baillargeon 's experiment — passive capture of visual attention ) is not an action so it can not tell us about central system function . |
| 14 | ‘ We must say to the public , ‘ you can not leave us without moral guidance on this . |
| 15 | ‘ I am not playing , ’ she informed him fiercely , ‘ and I shall not leave you without due notice , however inconvenient . ’ |
| 16 | I know they do not hold me in high regard . |
| 17 | She wanted to be gone before the police arrived and Ayling did not press her with convincing enthusiasm . |
| 18 | It is important to recognise that the research itself , and its setting , inflicts its own contingencies on the choice of indicators : research using interviews will have to use indicators that are largely constructed out of respondents ' answers to questionnaire items whereas observational studies , and Lazarsfeld did not preclude them from variable analysis in principle , would have to use others . |
| 19 | At least he states his beliefs as they really are , and does not mould them to electoral advantage . |
| 20 | The fact that such technology has already had a major impact upon the leisure industry should not fill us with wild joy . |
| 21 | Being fascinated with the problems of developing highly professional staff , and having many years of experience in recruiting from almost every British campus , I could not accept them as good building stone and felt obliged to turn them down . |
| 22 | While they provide a context in which to appraise the changes made by the Act of 1935 , which was I think the purpose for which Mr. Whitaker cited them , I did not find them of direct assistance . |
| 23 | Often someone who wishes to use the toilet may not find it within easy reach or be able to get out of their chair in time . |
| 24 | I wan I do n't want him as Prime Minister . |
| 25 | What had changed was two things , one that the governor of the state had talked about defying the court rather than actually do it and secondly , that Eisenhower had summoned Forbus to see him at Camp David , the president 's summer retreat in Maryland , and had a weekend of talks with Forbus Now I was n't there , I was at primary school then , but I was n't there as far as one can piece it together what , what Eisenhower said to Forbus was , you know , I do n't really care what you do , but I do n't want it on prime time national television , I do n't want a scene , I do n't want you to flagrantly , openly , publicly to flout the order of the court . |
| 26 | Here the first thing to check is whether they are slips or not : if the pupil can correct his own errors , do n't count them as serious spelling miscues . |
| 27 | If you 're planning a formal herb patch , do n't edge it with conventional box — use edible plants instead ( above ) . |
| 28 | For once , you ca n't accuse us of self-promoting hyperbole when we described the show as ‘ the mightiest concert ever ! ’ |
| 29 | When we are old we take longer to recover and because we ca n't discharge them to nursing kind of beds then there 'll be back up in the John Radcliffe Hospital and extra pressure there . |
| 30 | ‘ They do n't insult you with weak dialogue or a stupid plot . ’ |