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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Wayne Larkins did not begin quite so strikingly but was an undeniably happy man . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Yet the dollar did not move strongly up again when the gloomier reality sank in . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The Flower of Chivalry did not go quite so far as that . |
| 12 | Why not drive straight home here and now and escape this humiliation for which I have , inexplicably , volunteered ? |
| 13 | 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 ’ . |
| 14 | We can not emphasise too strongly here that we would not disagree with that conclusion . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I love dressmaking but ca n't do so much now as my hands are stiff with arthritis . |
| 18 | We did n't do too badly then and I suggest we may turn out the winner again . |
| 19 | One of the questions erm , there was a one of the categories was quiz shows so I thought well I , I do n't , I wo n't do very well here cos I just do n't watch enough and one of the questions was , who was the helper on erm My , on Take Your Pick ? |
| 20 | The chairs are not so bad cos they do n't lean as far back as settee back |
| 21 | The Carlsson does n't accelerate quite as hard as you might expect ( 0–60mph in 8.8secs ) , but its top speed of 131mph looks healthy enough . |
| 22 | I ca n't walk half as well as I could . |
| 23 | If it does n't mean so much today as it did , it 's because rock is n't as strong as it was , it does n't matter so much anymore . ’ |
| 24 | Then if you want blue to go the other side of the hoop and black to go here say , to the black wo n't go quite so far and the blue will . |
| 25 | The two colours do n't go too badly together but er I 'm not so sure that I would really want that hanging on the wall , I , it does n't really appeal to me very much . |
| 26 | It does n't seem that long ago that this column reported an addition to Matthew Hall 's family and hey presto he 's done it again . |
| 27 | The skiing does n't stretch even as far as advanced intermediate , but reports of dedicated tuition in perfect English and high sunshine levels in a place on the same latitude as Rome make this an excellent first-timer 's choice . |
| 28 | You do n't belong here any more than they do . ’ |
| 29 | He guessed she did n't care all that much whether he handed it over or not . |
| 30 | And erm it was erm like silky material so it looked really , it , it was n't chiffon it was erm no it was sort of satiny silky , it was n't real silk but it was like shiny stuff , and it sort of went in , in and it went a V down there and then it like flowed down and it was very short and because it was a si but it d it was n't tight , I mean it sort of clung , it showed her waist but it did n't , you know , it exaggerated her waist but it did n't like it did n't cling anywhere else really and it just looked quite , it was flowing and it was , it was really smart and it was , I , the sort of erm the material would be erm sort of almost like und er like my pyjamas that , it was that in black kind of halfy satiny silky stuff . |