Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [verb] of a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , it seems most plausible to suppose that this enforcement operated within very strict limits , so that we should not speak of a general power of enforcement of modus for public purposes . |
| 2 | Nutty could not think of a good answer and nor could Mr Sylvester , so Nails was allowed to come . |
| 3 | On the way home , she found that she wanted to cry again and could not think of a possible reason why she should . |
| 4 | It seemed a rather broad question , and one for which Lord John could not think of a specific answer . |
| 5 | He admired a point which Stead had made about Polynesians and Christianity , but worried that he could not think of a Christian anthropologist . |
| 6 | He could not think of a single convincing excuse that would get him out of the house . |
| 7 | Isabel could not think of a single thing to say . |
| 8 | I could not think of a single thing that Quigley had ever done for me . |
| 9 | The Gallup survey , commissioned by the Daily Telegraph , also found that more than a third could not think of a single thing about Britain of which to be proud . |
| 10 | ‘ I am anxious that you should stay here until I return and I can not think of a better way of making sure you do than by putting you in charge of my property , ’ he explained . |
| 11 | I note in passing , however , that , when it comes to squandering the nation 's money , I can not think of a better example than the enormous amounts squandered by the Government in setting up the machinery for the administration of the poll tax , which is now to be totally unwound . |
| 12 | Any team which can not think of a new rhyme , or repeats one that has been chosen earlier , drops out until only one team is left . |
| 13 | As a nurse I can not think of a healthier diet to follow and can see no disadvantages in it . |
| 14 | Among grasses , I can not think of a single one that is not lovely . |
| 15 | Now I can not think of a single occasion over the years , my adulthood when I have been going to theatre arts events of any kind when I 've actually gone out and bought anything as a result of sponsorship of a programme I 've been looking at . |
| 16 | She infers that using such forms means ‘ absence of cognitive flexibility ’ and quotes the studies by Bereiter and others ( Osborn , 1967 ) of lower-class children who , it is argued , ‘ can not conceive of a single object having two attributes ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 17 | Although I realise that he can not know of a particular incident that has been drawn to my attention today , is he aware that information has been sent to deceased claimants , thus causing a great deal of distress to the families concerned ? |