Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could see by the light of his torch that the cave was deep and spacious ; I could not make out from the beam of light its total dimensions , but clearly a man would have had no problem stretching out to sleep there . |
| 2 | In her letter to BR Mrs. Buttigieg asked why the registration number of her car was not checked out against the season ticket holders ' records . |
| 3 | John had asked her not to go up to the loft . |
| 4 | Then the buyer lost money because of the Gulf crisis , and the price of land was falling so he chose not to go through with the contract . |
| 5 | But Teesside Crown Court was told both brothers changed their minds and tried to persuade McEvoy not to go through with the burglary . |
| 6 | Their parents spent three years contemplating whether or not to go through with the separation , which was at first thought impossible because of the degree to which the girls were joined . |
| 7 | I did not like the prospect of playing in front of all these people who were all older than me and would see my violin playing from a critical view , but I had come this far , and it would be stupid not to go through with the audition . |
| 8 | ‘ I said you were crazy not to go along with the Corporation 's proposals , did n't I ? |
| 9 | She decided not to go back to the bank , because they would have had to create a special job for her . |
| 10 | This is a time to go forward with conviction and confidence , not to go back to the failure and bitter controversies of the past . |
| 11 | He agreed not to go back to the house and got a friend to collect some of his belongings . |
| 12 | very often find knowing that they 've left voluntarily to have babies and have decided not to go back to the job although the job 's been kept open for them . |
| 13 | He looked at her sharply and she realized what she 'd said , but met his gaze determined not to go back on the promise to herself . |
| 14 | Police warned that the man — aged between 18 and 30 — could strike again and advised women not to go out on the moor alone after dark . |
| 15 | ‘ Lovely bit of weather , ’ said her father , and her mother remarked that she always thought it so silly of them not to go out in the country more when they lived so near to it . |
| 16 | Not lived up to the forecast at all . |
| 17 | McKeown has not given up on the north 's hope for next year 's Classic , who was found to have a temperature after finishing last in the Somerville Tattersall Stakes . |
| 18 | Marx found the answer to this problem in his belief that , in the Asiatic system , the community is not broken up by the growth of private property and internal differentiation , as happens in classical city states or in feudalism , because the integrity of the community is maintained centrally by the State itself . |
| 19 | Clinging to the hillside amid scenic splendour , these houses sternly defy gravity by not tumbling down to the sea below . |
| 20 | If only Oliver had not fallen over on the path he would not have gone to spend the night with Marjorie and Mr Sargent . |
| 21 | Time to Declare by David Owen ( Penguin , £7.99 ) — Had he not fallen out with the Alliance , this passionate rebel male might well have been a key figure in this the general election . |
| 22 | Some respondents felt that it was important that the manager had high expectations for punctuality and discipline so that resentment does not build up within the team . |
| 23 | ‘ But if the players are only going to produce their best in the glamour games and not pick up on the importance of matches against the likes of Wimbledon and Sheffield United , then they wo n't be playing when the big games come round again — it 's as simple as that . ’ |
| 24 | Secondly , in dry summers the L3 are retained within the crusted faecal pat and can not migrate on to the pasture until sufficient rainfall occurs to moisten the pat . |
| 25 | ‘ You are not walking on to the stage at the Shield , or any theatre in which I have influence , again . |
| 26 | This young Samoyed will grow up much quicker than his companion , and must be trained not to jump up from the outset . |
| 27 | American unionism has had the inestimable advantage of being born in a land whose social landscape was not cluttered up with the debris of a feudal age . |
| 28 | Illes had not come up through the state bureaucracy , and his appointment as deputy state secretary was looked upon as a " statement of intent " by many in the environmental lobby . |
| 29 | One can speculate that if Mezey had not come up with the idea of dispensing with two hospitals , and of the remaining four being given a quadrant of the region to serve each , the idea that it was an RHA rather than local management responsibility to deal with the issue , might never have stuck in the minds of senior regional officers . |
| 30 | ‘ I tell you what , ’ he said , after thinking for a few seconds , ‘ as you 're so keen on horses why not come up to the farm when you 've got some time to spare and help my young niece in the stables ? |