Example sentences of "[vb past] not [adv] [verb] to [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not yet belong to our world and they certainly belonged to no other . |
| 2 | She stumbled over the words , muttered and blushed , her duplicity and stupidity so abundantly clear to her that she was surprised that the charming young woman did not immediately leap to her feet , denounce her as an impostor and throw her out onto the street again . |
| 3 | The six who originally slept about 8 hours did not immediately return to their baseline level , and continued to sleep less than they had before , and even a year later they were sleeping 1 to 1.5 hours less than when they started . |
| 4 | His actions then ( in this case in calling the twelve ) did not simply relate to his immediate Jewish context , but are to be seen as a considered action undertaken in relation to his having founded the church . |
| 5 | But the same level of tolerance did not always extend to her staff , who may have fallen short of her high standards or overstepped the bounds of power . |
| 6 | But shops showed no interest and the big soap companies did n't even reply to her letters . |
| 7 | Spending time with McIllvanney was not my idea of relaxation , and I did n't much take to his lack of enthusiasm . |
| 8 | She had not long returned to her room however , when her telephone rang , and when she answered it the sun came out . |
| 9 | Billy Egan and Terry Place had not quite risen to their ranks , although Egan at least had aspired to . |
| 10 | Wish fulfilment dreams — they 're the ones where you actually get to catch that partner — useful of course if you had n't previously acknowledged to your waking self who it is you 're pursuing in your unconscious mind ! |
| 11 | She realised that he had n't ever responded to her first mildly scolding words as they left the Hamiltons ' . |