Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , all these comments stress not a disavowal of communism , but rather a heightening of metaphysical angst once the reality of Soviet society was disclosed . |
| 2 | ‘ This part of the country ’ , wrote Eliza , ‘ resembles for miles a succession of parks thickly dotted with tall slender trees of the Eucalypti kind and the ground covered with luxuriant verdure where during the past season not a blade of grass was to be seen the bones of many bullocks which died on their way from the upper Hunter to Maitland rill still remain by the roadside a momento [ sic ] of the excessive drought . ’ |
| 3 | The generic label ‘ poststructuralist ’ is here useful merely as a shorthand to designate those contemporary writers who share not a hostility to history as such but a distrust of simple historicisms . |
| 4 | When I went to Germany within a few days of the end of the war , it was rather remarkable to go to a Luftwaffe air field with many aircraft , all intact and fully serviceable , but with their tanks — dry not a drop of oil was to be found on those bases . |
| 5 | Alright , no , we 've got er , I do n't a bit down game , that 's wrong , you know your territory , do you just have one territory , Jack ? |
| 6 | I 've come home to my dinner and I 've not a lot of time to spare . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It wass n't a cry for help I heard . |
| 8 | ‘ But I can tell you this , Ranulf , even though I have n't a shred of evidence , I believe the deaths of those two young people have something to do with the murder of Lady Eleanor Belmont . ’ |
| 9 | I have n't a chance in hell . |
| 10 | I need to do a CV for tomorrow and basically have n't a clue about structure or content . |
| 11 | I 've just spent six months in Cottonvale and I mean its degrading , I mean cos your locked up in a cell from eight o'clock at night till six o'clock in the morning and your not got any toilet facilities you 've got to use a potty if you want to go to the toilet and it is degrading , I mean there 's people in there , well I was a first offender the first time I was in , but I mean there 's people in there seventeen year old that have n't a clue about life in general and it is degrading for them . |
| 12 | ‘ We have n't a lot of money so it 's great to get recognition . ’ |
| 13 | I have n't a lot of time for Rodney but I really do feel sorry for Eleanor , ’ Melissa went on thoughtfully , remembering the afternoon 's encounter . |
| 14 | ‘ You have n't an excuse in sight , Mitch . |