Example sentences of "[vb past] not [verb] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fellow shrugged and Athelstan tried not to concentrate on the great yellowing ulcer on the right side of his face , the pus now suppurating , bubbling out , staining his -cheek . |
| 2 | I also learned not to step on the shiny ones and that red pebbles usually have sharp edges on top . |
| 3 | Hammond did not go on the Irish expedition of 1649 , but remained on active service ; unlike Fairfax , he took part in the pre-emptive invasion of Scotland the following year . |
| 4 | The gentlemen 's titles did not appear on the hand-painted signs at the foot of the staircase ; in certain other Oxford colleges such practices were countenanced ; not , Mr Bullins thought proudly , in Magdalen , which , in his opinion , was not only the most beautiful college in Oxford but also the only one of any consequence . |
| 5 | ‘ So the Ark did not land on the very summit ? ’ |
| 6 | The abstract musings of macroeconomists did not encroach on the hard world of economic decision making . |
| 7 | My Lords , I did not speak on the second reading of this Bill , because I spoke extremely critically on in the debate on the White Paper o on er May the 26th last year , but er I would therefore like to er commence by joining with my Right Honourable Friend Lord Whitelaw because I was so critical , in welcoming the changes which the Home Secretary has now proposed . |
| 8 | If any genes of an organism , such as a human , could discover a way of spreading themselves that did not depend on the conventional sperm of egg route , they would take it and be less cooperative . |
| 9 | He did not elaborate on the usual roles played by a king 's sons , who in fact were expected from an early age to join in their father 's business , as envoys and generals , counsellors as long as they remained in their father 's household , and rulers of sub-kingdoms as and when regna were available . |
| 10 | She did not try on the apricot chiffon , with panels of silver beads back and front , some of them loosened , some vanished away as though a bead-eating insect had been at it . |
| 11 | She did not focus on the actual wording of the questions , and as a result answered them in a rather uncritical way . |
| 12 | Those who declared an average farm income of 20% or less obviously did not look on the off-farm job in this way . |
| 13 | They went through the house like so many screaming wheelbarrows , soon to be silenced by men with sharp knives and rubber aprons and boots that did not slip on the bloodied floor . |
| 14 | Britain 's world role did not come on the cheap and Gladstone would never realize his dearest ambition , to abolish the income tax . |
| 15 | Stanhope had some important business in Manchester and did not attend on the last two days , as neither did Roberts , who was ‘ not very well ’ . |
| 16 | Meanwhile in a speech to the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants Sir Adrian Cadbury said the view among some critics that his committee 's proposals on non-executive directors were divisive for boards stemmed from a misunderstanding of its terms of reference which were limited to financial aspects and did not touch on the wider responsibility of all directors for general governance . |
| 17 | Although this seemed a wise decision at the time , it was anything but wise in the long run , as we had not reckoned on the dramatic rise in house prices . |