Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] [verb] not [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Rehearsals on the Sheffield play did n't actually begin till two days later , but she 'd promised to be there as soon as she could to discuss make-up with the director .
2 OK , maybe not your first , though I personally think the Jeff thing does n't even qualify .
3 Indeed , the Ventura manual does n't even get around to mentioning the ruler until the end of section 5 in its manual and there are books on the program that do n't mention it at all !
4 According to the Wall Street Journal , the IBM board does not normally meet in December .
5 Actually , road casualties at the Llandrindod Wells lake did not significantly affect the overall breeding potential , and warning signs have encouraged drivers to slow down .
6 Brien fitzCount did n't even glance at Isabel .
7 The Wall Street Crash did not simply create havoc and ruin for stock market investors .
8 Unlike most of the other 2,000 pension funds then operating in America , the GM fund did not principally invest in the company 's own shares nor limit itself to fixed-income securities .
9 Unfortunately , much of this expertise remains unrecognised by the British school system , largely because the RSA Diploma does not currently count for anything in the award of Qualified Teacher Status .
10 A CBS spokesman did not exactly say ‘ Bollocks ! ’ when we phoned to ask him if it was true — but his denial implied that he reckoned our enquiry was testicular in the extreme .
11 A CBS spokesman did not exactly say ‘ Bollocks ! ’ when we phoned to ask him if it was true — but his denial implied that he reckoned our enquiry was testicular in the extreme .
12 THE North-East record in the FA Trophy does not exactly form a roll of honour .
13 Cyprus society did not readily recognise the management skills of a negro .
14 WHEN Derry announced their championship ambitions with a comprehensive victory over Down four months ago Joe Brolly did n't even make the squad .
15 Self-promotion of that sort may be a matter for amused comment , but it is widely accepted that one may choose one 's Place in the pecking order , or try to , and that in Britain parentage does not irreversibly define class .
16 While the Bishop 's Castle earthquake does not exactly resemble any previously recorded earthquake , it is comparable with others in the general area of Herefordshire , notably in 1863 , 1896 and 1926 , all of which were around magnitude 5 on the Richter scale .
17 Try it again Tim daddy did n't quite understand , say it again .
18 The proof of the pudding is in the eating and while I found that McAfee VirusScan did n't quite live up to the advertisers ‘ claims , it was able to spot over 84 per cent of the infected files in my library .
19 As noted above , the Rome Treaty did not explicitly incorporate any regional dimension , but it did recognise that EC policies might well have a differential spatial impact .
20 The work with the Hypertext book did not necessarily identify a set of link types that were either generic to producing a book or to the topic of hypertext .
21 Second point is that Barton Willmore say again a settlement of two and a half thousand is needed in order to be viable , well a settlement of two and a half thousand can not possibly be justified under the statistics that we have heard to date , and it is ni it is noteworthy that Barton Willmore representative did not actually promote a need argument , therefore the settlement at two and a half thousand is n well the settlement at two and a half thousand is not necessary , and anything less than that is unsustainable , so therefore in my in my view that is a a further reason why it should not be contemplated as a solution .
22 THE devastating flames that swept through Windsor Castle did not simply damage part of Britain 's heritage .
23 But John Drake does n't really want to talk about rare plants .
24 Er just for the record really it 's erm Mr Mr er 's not necessarily alone er in in his views , and and Selby District does n't necessarily accept the view that erm development in this location would be prejudicial to West Yorkshire .
25 The Central Wales Line did not totally escape : in 1964 the Pontarddulais — Swansea Victoria section was closed ; through freight traffic ceased ; in 1965 most of the line was again singled ; and then in 1970 the service again reached Swansea via Llanelli into High Street station .
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