Example sentences of "[vb past] not [vb infin] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The national gallery told the Minister 's predecessor , the right hon. Member for Shoreham — no doubt the arguments were repeated to the Minister personally by many of the trustees and directors of the museums — that they did not want powers of disposal — not because they did not trust their own intellectual judgment , but , following the line set down in the Museums and Galleries Commission 's 1988 report on the national gallery , because those powers should not be forced on the galleries . |
| 2 | Proast was restored in 1692 , but did not secure arrears of stipend , and the case dragged on until 1698 , in the reign of Archbishop Thomas Tenison [ q.v . ] . |
| 3 | Motorola did not return calls by press time . |
| 4 | Motorola did not return calls by press time . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , to ensure that the Germans did not rush reinforcements by rail to the threatened area , General Alexei Alexeievich Brusilov , commanding the South West Front , was ordered to make menacing probes in his area . |
| 6 | These efforts did not stop protests in Congress and the media at the " free-handed " way in which the British had passed " the buck " across the Atlantic . |
| 7 | That the economy did not show signs of recovery once hostilities had ceased had more to do with the political choices made by the Franco regime than with the economic structures themselves . |
| 8 | Nails did not like evenings at home , which is why he stayed out . |
| 9 | He did not take sides against Abstraction , even though he was one of the organisers of a Surrealist exhibition in London in 1937 . |
| 10 | She will attack the Hague declaration , a French initiative signed on March 12 , this year , where 24 heads of state proposed a UN agency empowered to impose sanctions on governments that did not reduce emissions of greenhouse gases . |
| 11 | The Argentinian Foreign Minister said that his country did not require guarantees of sovereignty over the Falklands as long as they remained in Argentinian possession , and strikes broke out in hospitals . |
| 12 | He presented himself as organizer of reciprocities ( ‘ Am I to ask them for a dinar when you are sick ? ’ ) rather than as lineage banker : he noticeably did not raise issues of authority . |
| 13 | Well , Shannon had never met an idol yet who did n't possess feet of clay , and there was nothing to suggest he was the exception . |
| 14 | The Richardsons were n't sophisticated , did n't leave things to imagination . |
| 15 | ‘ But Christ did n't change stones into bread . |
| 16 | We did n't invite friends with Mother being placed as she was , but if neighbours called they would be offered a glass of something , usually home-made ginger cordial , and a bit of cake if we had it . |
| 17 | Sun was expected to line up alongside the rest of the takers , but did n't complete negotiations in time . |
| 18 | It would n't be though , because cows lumbered and splashed , clumsy domesticated animals who did n't obey rules of survival . |
| 19 | The other children on the ward did n't get parcels by post . |
| 20 | It did n't have walls of gingerbread . |
| 21 | Perhaps they did n't take things to heart so much . |
| 22 | Councillors decided to uphold Mr Sprayson 's appeal because they said his action did n't put children in danger . |