Example sentences of "not [verb] [noun] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Editor , — After being transferred to human insulin a number of patients have complained that they do not recognise hypoglycaemia as clearly as they used to with animal insulin . |
| 2 | ‘ When I was his age I said contentious things like he did last week , but I did not speak English very well so I did not get into trouble . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Although I do not speak English as well as I should , I did at one time know England well . |
| 4 | As we understand it , the Chancellor does not tax spirits more heavily because of their intrinsic properties nor because of the categories of persons who consume spirits , but because he considers that spirits face market circumstances which allow them to bear heavier taxes . |
| 5 | People were nevertheless quick to identify an interested argument and they did not feel disagreements less keenly because they understated them . |
| 6 | In everyday speech , we do not pronounce words as clearly as we do when we are asked to say them in isolation . |
| 7 | Take care not to draught-proof rooms too efficiently if they contain fuel-burning appliances , since lack of an adequate air supply could lead to inefficient combustion and a build-up of dangerous fumes . |
| 8 | are employed in the construction industry — that may be why the effects of the recession have not hit Shrewsbury as hard as they have hit other parts of the country , although we have felt the cold wind . |
| 9 | Already in November 1941 , the SD was reporting ‘ disappointment that the final smashing of Bolshevism is not taking place as rapidly as hoped and that no end of the eastern campaign is in sight ’ , a dampening of optimism at the news of the first falls of snow and the feeling that further advancement might be extremely difficult , puzzlement at the failure to advance further when the Russian troops were allegedly so poor and so badly equipped , concern at the reports of continued tough resistance of the Soviet army , and pessimism that ‘ the way to the Urals was still a long one , and the partisan war could still last a good while ’ . |
| 10 | There 's a bleak line in the book when , his parents divorcing , his father leaving for Europe , Rock quotes himself , aged 11 , saying ‘ I 'll be OK , Dad , I wo n't need Mom so long as I can have the limo . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ But surely we ca n't need reinforcements as desperately as all that , ’ Woodruffe said . |
| 12 | You do n't enjoy things so much when you get older . ’ |
| 13 | She was long-legged and rather awkward and did n't do things quickly even when she got started ! |
| 14 | You see , I do n't like Christmas very much because it brings back all those painful memories of the years when I was on my own and there was n't much money — not much of anything at all . |
| 15 | ‘ I want you to promise me you wo n't see Willard alone again until this case is cleared up . |
| 16 | ‘ You wo n't lose control so long as you retain over fifty per cent of the shares , ’ Adam reassured her . |