Example sentences of "[vb past] not [verb] [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would not be so ungallant as to doubt the word of the hon. Member for West Bromwich , East today , but given the pressure that Labour Members placed on that Bill , a serious question mark would hang over any Labour Secretary of State who did not give way to pressure regarding the timetabling of a public inquiry procedure and who did not take some time to allow the result to be published or deliberated on . |
| 2 | For many years farm workers , and other rural inhabitants who did not have access to home ownership , had been quietly and routinely disadvantaged by the housing policies of many rural local authorities . |
| 3 | It was held that an offence under that section had been committed where the accumulation emitted offensive odours which interfered with the personal comfort of persons living in the neighbourhood , but did not cause injury to health . |
| 4 | Bishops were again brought in to arbitrate ; but they did not see eye to eye . |
| 5 | We did not assess travel to work in detail . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's a wonder you did n't wear lipstick to Gran 's funeral . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I forgot the hour , ’ he added , and when Fabia , glancing at her watch , saw that , incredibly , it was getting on for three , she realised that when Ven was working it must be that he did n't give thought to food . |
| 8 | I did n't dare return to the-place where I 'd killed him because I could easily arouse suspicion . |
| 9 | And I did n't have time to pussyfoot around . |
| 10 | ‘ You ca n't pretend he 's normal and it 's no secret that he did n't see eye to eye with Alain . ’ |
| 11 | They brought him back as a Caretaker to General Manager and really I did n't see eye to eye with him . |
| 12 | ‘ I had the impression that you did n't see eye to eye on how the club should be run . ’ |
| 13 | I would have suspected nothing if the counterfeit Taplow had not made reference to Purgatory . |
| 14 | He had n't put pen to paper since the day before Martin died , and he doubted if he would ever do so again . |
| 15 | The evening before he had procured from the local library a copy of Gerald Seymour-Strachey 's essay in autobiography , but a quick flick through the index had assured him there was no mention of Walter Machin , and he had n't had time to bone up on the details of the man himself 's career . |