Example sentences of "[vb past] not [adv] [verb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ecalpemos , after all , was not Greek and did not even sound so to Rufus who , unlike Adam , had not received a classical education . |
| 2 | The table makes it clear that the bulk of overseas government expenditure was incurred within the rest of the sterling area ( RSA ) , and did not therefore add directly to the dollar problem . |
| 3 | On this night he did not then go straight to bed . |
| 4 | They brought me down that day from Edinburgh , bundled me into a transit van with seats but no windows , handcuffed to a big quiet London lad who would n't talk to me at all and did n't even say much to the other two cops in the back of the transit just sat staring ahead and we seemed to drive all night just stopping once at some service station on the Ml , took a while to arrange everything , then they came in with a selection of cans of soft drinks and sandwiches and pasties and pork pies and chocolate and we all sat there munching then they asked me did I need the toilet and I said yes and they opened the door and it was straight over the grass into the gents ' toilets , two cops guarding the door and some men , looked like truckers , standing watching me , waiting for their turn after I 'd had my private visit ; only wanted a pee but I could n't do it even though the big lad was n't actually watching just having him standing there handcuffed to me was enough so they checked the stalls and then took the cuffs off me and I had to leave the door open a crack while I went , then back out and I see the other cop cars Christ a Range Rover and a Senator too I 'm a fucking VIP , then it 's into the van and on with the journey to London where the questioning starts ; they 're concentrating on Sir Rufus 's murder , for now , because they found a card a fucking business card in the woods near the burned cottage ; not mine that would have been too obvious but a card from a guy I know on Jane 's Defence Weekly with some scribbled notes on the back : |
| 5 | Which were still dark ; the people had not yet gone upstairs to bed . |
| 6 | British industry had not therefore responded well to the European challenge , and Bonn and Paris remained the strongest elements in the EC . |
| 7 | Anyway , so I , I was getting a bit worried about it , and , I can , cos I was having these headaches , and I started talking to Phil and I , I had n't really said much to him about it . |