Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [vb past] not [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike Britain and France , where profits were leaked abroad to colonial landholdings and estates , and where profits did not automatically become industrial investments , Germany had been forced to embark on a series of massive and successive re-investment programmes and re-equipment drives . |
| 2 | Although Noverre did not specifically name them he described these dancers ' particular characteristics as having similar physiques and technical expertise as the danseurs classiques but they were not always so well-proportioned and usually possessed a natural sense of comedy . |
| 3 | Although Christopher did n't really see much of them did he ? |
| 4 | This had been quite difficult and the Gnomes had scratched their heads a good deal , because , although people did not openly refer to it , everyone knew that Flame 's father was Fael-Inis and it had meant a lot of worrisome discussions as to whether this fact ought to be openly acknowledged , or whether it might be discourteous to draw attention to it . |
| 5 | Although Howard did n't actually have to come face to face with Brando , they had to share the same set . |
| 6 | However , there is a further piece of evidence , which can be used to show how historical circumstances can produce a dramatic demystification of the monarchy , which would not be possible if people did not already possess the ideological tools for critical demystification . |
| 7 | If people did not naturally groan , grimace , or whatever , ‘ then it would be impossible to teach a child the use of the word ‘ tooth-ache ’ ’ . |
| 8 | cos Jenny did n't even know that you could bloody put on weight by drinking . |
| 9 | If most experiences were nonveridical — or , to put it another way , if seeing did not usually justify believing — we probably would not survive for long . |
| 10 | He was alone with the child because Lavinia did n't ever remain when a visitor came to see him . |
| 11 | It seems , you know , because Freud did n't actually analyze just to make a generalization about things he knew about some of the people . |
| 12 | When they grew poor they had to be shut away in an old people 's home , because poverty did n't officially exist in the new state . |
| 13 | Meredith was disconcerted by his unsmiling reaction because people did n't usually stay immune to her friendly warmth . |
| 14 | Since Tixier-Vignancour did not actually have any questions to ask him he decided to bluff it out to the end . |
| 15 | In 1835 , for example , just five years after Roberts had sketched the recumbent city of Jerusalem , we find the French writer Alphonse de Lamartine returning from a visit there to recommend to his readers in Voyage to the Orient that since Palestine did not really constitute a country , it presented remarkable opportunities for imperial or colonial projects . |
| 16 | More important , you could get medicine guaranteed to cure you , whereas God did n't always answer your prayers . |
| 17 | This is interesting since Peavey did n't even start business until 1965 ; Hartley was just a kid in 1957 . |
| 18 | In a study of 54 patients undergoing endoscopic sphincterotomy , the continuous infusion of cyclic somatostatin in a dose of 250 µg/hour over 26 hours beginning two hours before ERCP did not significantly reduce pancreatic enzyme rise compared with placebo . |
| 19 | This advance could , in fact , have placed the BEF in a dangerous salient , for strategists did not yet comprehend the crippling defensive effectiveness of machine-guns and artillery . |
| 20 | Hence his small tokens , unexpected gifts , to me the Arpège , to David the lighter — when David did n't even smoke — to Curtis , the copper bangle . |
| 21 | And though Tutilo did not yet know what lay in store for him , nevertheless he could not be quite sure this apparently joyous return would be the end of it . |
| 22 | In these examples locations close to the sources of ore were of fundamental importance to their development , though distance did not always prevent sites further afield from profiting , as exemplified by pewter manufacture at Camerton and at Lansdown , near Bath , both within easy reach of the Mendips . |
| 23 | For Hoover did n't just make phone calls , or misuse a limo . |
| 24 | Tucker 's promoter , Don King , who earlier this month won the bidding for the fight , argued that ‘ special ’ circumstances should apply as Lewis did not technically win the title in the ring . |
| 25 | For more and more people God became an irrelevance except when science did n't yet offer solutions . |
| 26 | Though popularity did not necessarily translate into greater recognition in official circles , it did inhibit those in the two governments who would have liked to ditch him altogether . |
| 27 | When Melissa did not immediately answer , he made an impatient movement with one hand . |
| 28 | When Rachel did n't immediately reply Nina peered over her glasses at Greg and said , ‘ I think you may find Rachel is the one person who may disagree with you . ’ |
| 29 | From the commentary it sounded as though Leeds did not really look like getting a 2nd equaliser . |