Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [noun prp] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If Jones has never heard of Tolstoy or read any of his books , it is meaningless to assert that Jones either likes Tolstoy as a writer or does not like Tolstoy as a writer .
2 It was agreed that they would not see Minton for a while .
3 Many Christians do not see Jesus as a sacrifice in the same way .
4 The Greater York study did not designate Skelton as an area for expansion until two thousand and six , and no proposal exists in other plans for the making of an inset into the greenbelt on the basis of the need for expansion .
5 But you 'll not have Martha for a wife , not while there 's breath left in my body you wo n't , and you 'll not split my fortune , neither , not if you want to live to see your grandchildren . "
6 He did not call Amanda for a week .
7 The Nazis must have known that the Poles would not release Danzig without a struggle — indeed , they had asked for something they knew the Poles would not give .
8 Hekmatyar threatened to " mount the last act " if the Uzbeks did not vacate Kabul within a week to 10 days .
9 So if you 're thinking of building an extension , refitting the kitchen , improving the bathroom or starting some other permanent home improvement project , why not ask NatWest for a Home Improvement Loan to spread the cost ?
10 But his gaggings and moans did n't slow Godolphin by a beat .
11 She talked freely , did n't treat Lucy like a child , and told her stories of old times in long-forgotten venues .
12 The objects themselves are meaningless to otaku — you ca n't send Ultraman through a modem .
13 I noticed it was quite odd that he did n't use McGoldrick as a sweeper did he ?
14 I would n't use RAMdrive on a machine with less than 8MB of RAM , though , since 4MB is about the absolute minimum you need to run Windows successfully , and the smartdrv and RAMdrive allocations have to be taken away from the overall amount .
15 She did n't believe James for a moment .
16 I did n't see Ted for a while after that .
17 Face it if if he did n't have Adam as a friend he 'd be definitely mateless .
18 Because I would n't confuse Sarah with a lot of technicality .
19 But that did n't save Morris from a rucking by Boro manager Lennie Lawrence .
20 Although the bar did n't strike Blake as a place where the customers would be called ‘ sir ’ he thought they recognized a gentleman .
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