Example sentences of "[vb past] not [art] [noun] [to-vb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The manuscript had just been discovered in the uncatalogued recesses of the British Museum ; it was exciting work , said the doctor , but difficult : the manuscript was badly damaged and as he had not the money to go to London he was having to work from a smudged xerox copy . |
| 2 | He had n't a word to throw to a dog . |
| 3 | we were in town on Saturday and I saw two really nice sports bags , but we had so many parcels I I did n't had n't the heart to suggest to Bill we |
| 4 | By the end of the ceremony she was so upset that she had n't the nerve to go to the house with the small party of mourners , and caught a train straight back to London . |
| 5 | Dunlop said : ‘ I agreed to alter the gear box for Darren so it would be more suitable for Donington but I was riding in every race after the 125 and I physically just had n't the time to attend to it immediately . |
| 6 | He knew that he could have carried the coffee into the comparative serenity of his study but he had n't the courage to get to his feet . |