Example sentences of "[vb base] not [vb pp] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | you do n't christened at a baptist church |
2 | Dave was off with his hernia Ross , Wayne Lindsay we 've not seen for a year , I mean I know things have been difficult for the last year |
3 | ‘ I 've not come for a drink . |
4 | I 've not spoken to a soul in the last fortnight , except for you — sorry , no offence meant . |
5 | Our young labourer Kevin , whom I 've not mentioned for a while , gets the strenuous pick and shovel jobs . |
6 | The chub take slugs absolutely savagely , as though they have not fed for a week and their very lives depend on seizing that particular specimen . |
7 | Thus to bar from the courts data that have not appeared in a peer reviewed journal could be foolhardy . |
8 | I have not toyed with a parachute chord |
9 | ‘ It is the first time in eleven years as a manager that I have not worked with a contract and it is like an air of freedom . ’ |
10 | ‘ The Guilds have not put on a Mystery here these five years or more ! ’ |
11 | We have not dealt with a report from the Advisory Centre for Education saying that the number of complaints from parents who had not got their first choice of school had doubled . |
12 | No , I have not switched to a lecture on rally driving , your helicopter is moving forwards and you want to stop it . |
13 | ‘ I have not suggested for a moment that I regard all humanity as rotten , ’ George said icily . |
14 | To presuppose this is both contradictory and dangerous ; contradictory because the West can not insist on a certain outcome from free elections and still uphold democracy ; dangerous because , if the confusion of the two in the public mind persists , there will be many more instances of superpowers subverting elected governments because they have not opted for a market economy . |
15 | ‘ When you have finished as a taxpayer , ’ Mrs Thatcher asserted , ‘ You have not finished as a citizen . ’ |
16 | I have n't arranged for a secondary . |
17 | We have n't decided on a name for the band yet , though ! ’ |
18 | ‘ We 've been planning a family for a while but I would n't be surprised if the baby 's born and we have n't decided on a name , ’ she says . |
19 | If I could also ask those of you who have n't decided on a confirmation name , I think really by the time we meet again you should . |
20 | ‘ So you have n't decided on a set number for yourself ? |
21 | I have n't travelled with a maid for years . |
22 | If you 're a dinghy sailor and you have n't lived on a cruiser before , do a ‘ Brush-Up ’ course , either in Falmouth ( p46 ) , or on Villa-Flotilla ( p8 ) , to learn about anchors and engines . |
23 | I have n't eaten for a week . |
24 | Landing with obstructions on the upwind side is particularly dangerous and is just the sort of error people tend to make when they have n't flown for a while . |
25 | Very busy I have n't stopped for a second . |
26 | No , I have n't done for a while see I |
27 | Now erm getting to those words yourself instead , I 'm sorry , things we have n't done for a week or two lots of word they 'll be lots of them in the exam I 'm telling you . |
28 | Many of the girls have n't played for a while . |
29 | ‘ I sure have n't heard of a film starring a plumber before , ’ says Mario . |
30 | ‘ There are always disagreements between committee members , Chief Superintendent , but I have n't heard of a club murder this century . |