Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] [verb] at [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chaffinches do not sing at this time , but memorize the sound of adult chaffinches . |
| 2 | I do not arrive at this conclusion lightly , but through years of painstaking research and at no small cost to my health . |
| 3 | It is far more difficult to approach someone to whom you do not feel at all dose and in many cases the only way to do this is by means of a third person who may be willing to ask them for their opinion of you . |
| 4 | ‘ I do not wish at this stage to disclose the nature of the circumstantial evidence . ’ |
| 5 | With regard to the incident this morning , we do not know at this stage whether the injured man was operating a taxi or not . |
| 6 | I do not propose at this stage to try to provide an answer . |
| 7 | Well certainly I do n't think at this point there is a need for more than one settlement . |
| 8 | I think at the time of the er , of the A G M , I said we were pleased by the prospects and in the current statement I say the outlook continues promising , but I do n't think at any point we 've made more of a forecast than that . |
| 9 | They 're also supremely naive if they do n't think at some point in the future that MCA will hike out a similar compilation to the one Phonogram just have … that 's always assuming that they sort themselves out enough to have the required amount of hits . |
| 10 | Most people need about three weeks of daily training to achieve a useful level of skill , but do n't stop at that point . |
| 11 | New things had happened , the spread of the scientific temper , erm reasonably effective and cheap methods of contraception , the emancipation of women due to the development of industry , the decay of Christianity , all these various factors made the old conception of marriage out of date , and so he takes it in hand , he pillories it , and he suggests new possibilities , of which one seems to be nowadays obtaining favour , that 's trial marriage , i.e. that people should experiment with living together erm so long as they do n't intend at that stage to have children , before they finally decide to marry and settle down . |
| 12 | ‘ We will be billing Wimbledon for damage caused , although we do n't know at this stage how much it will all cost . |
| 13 | The force spokeswoman said : ‘ How it happened we do n't know at this stage . |
| 14 | It 's very difficult at this moment to say we 're not talking about finished stock you know , you 're gon na get fluctuations on product , but what worries me , I do n't know at this stage how many tonnes of bone meal we 've got stashed away somewhere or how many tonnes of compost maker we 've got stacked anywhere for use in the pre-pack . |
| 15 | I now know that you do n't win at this level unless you sweat blood and tears . ’ |
| 16 | I do n't look at this end of the market very often , so it is a bit of an eye-opener for me regarding the amount of controls there are for changing the sound . |
| 17 | Obviously I have not played at any level anywhere near that of Wayne Shelford , but I feel that the sport is quite tough enough without making it downright dangerous ! |
| 18 | Other parents do their best to frighten the life out of those who have not arrived at this stage , with doom-laden tales of trouble and strife . |
| 19 | I said something to that effect , in a churlish tone — manners are something else we have not learnt at that age . |
| 20 | we have n't looked at that , we have n't looked at that video yet have you ? |
| 21 | I mean probably , I have n't looked at that function , but it 's probably from minus infinity , up to as close as you like to minus three . |