Example sentences of "not come [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Did you not come away thinking that the urban development challenge of the century adds to little more than opportunistic chaos — an architectural circus — with a sprinkling of postmodern gimmicks , the ghastly mega-lumps of Canary Wharf and a fairground train to get you there ? ’ |
| 2 | I sensed that they approved of him whole-heartedly , and that by comparison I was no longer the blue-eyed boy of the family : I did not come up to scratch . |
| 3 | Falcon 3 from Spectrum Holobyte is still the best around for serious sim pilots , Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe from Lucasfilms , and Aces of the Pacific from Dynamix show how good ‘ historic ’ flight sims can be — against this formidable opposition Birds of Prey does not come up to scratch and in open combat would soon become the hunted , rather than the hunter … |
| 4 | ‘ However , I did not come here to quarrel with you , Larua . |
| 5 | Erm Bradford and Leeds have er adopted a similar approach in their representations to er yourselves and certainly er I did not come here to take a er a part in the debate over specific figures . |
| 6 | ‘ I did not come here to wrangle with you . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I did not come here to rake up old scores . ’ |
| 8 | There were no roots prepared for her here and she would not come again to search if she left now . |
| 9 | Furthermore [ thumma anna ] they are dead and can not come back to join the revenge squads in the Middle East and the four corners of the world . |
| 10 | ‘ If he reached the manor , why did he not come back to look for his master ? |
| 11 | Then they make their ale from what they have collected , and those who do not come there to drink and do not give money at the foresters ' will are sorely punished at their pleas for dead wood , although the King has no demesne ; nor does anyone dare to brew when the foresters brew , or to sell ale so long as the foresters have any kind of ale to sell ; and this every forester does year by year to the great grievance of the country . |
| 12 | As the Indian saying goes , ‘ If a dog walks through a cotton field , he does not come out dressed in a suit . ’ |
| 13 | The extreme diehards had written off Law as the dupe of Lloyd George because he did not come out fighting against coalition policies , hence the witticism that the coalition was an alliance between a flock of sheep led by a , crook and a flock of crooks led by a sheep . |
| 14 | He did not come home to sleep . |
| 15 | As it is , the Carrickfergus player does not come home empty handed , because a break of 104 wins him a gold chain , the prize for every century-maker in the Tailand tournament . |