Example sentences of "not [verb] [adj] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In mentioning the directive er can I er pause very briefly er Mr Deputy Speaker to apologise to the house that this document was not made available at the draft stage er an unfortunate combination of human error and several failures of communications meant that the select committee was deprived of the opportunity to consider the directive at its draft stage , er I 've noticed the select committee 's report which has been put in the vote office in the usual way and acknowledge the government did not meet its scrutiny obligations with regard to this document in the normal means . |
| 2 | With the possible exception of Mrs Major , who has to struggle not to look cheerful at the mention of leaving 10 Downing Street , and Sir Denis Thatcher ( ’ I 'm so bloody glad we 're not doing it this time ’ ) , every good political consort must learn how to be a good loser . |
| 3 | It is probable that the linguistic differentiation which separates the South Slavs from the Western Slavs ( Poles , Czechs , Slovaks ) and the Eastern Slavs ( Russians , Bielorussians , Ukrainians ) had not become apparent at the time of the migration . |
| 4 | A rum evolution , Alix had often thought , though it had not seemed strange at the time : what had then seemed strange , in her girlhood , had been her parents ' quaint socialist ideals , which had caused her such embarrassment , and , partly because of that embarrassment , had inspired in her such undeviating loyalty . |
| 5 | ‘ Avast , ye swabs , ’ she shouted , astonished by the hoarseness of her voice , ‘ belay yeselves an' man the mizzen-mast. 'T IS a stormy course for Far Tortuga we 're sailin' an' the cap'n 'll not rest easy at the bottom of the sea 'til the treasure be ours ! ’ |
| 6 | The success of the tests had not gone unnoticed at the Air Ministry . |
| 7 | Even if the accident does not seem serious at the time , but you think it might have some ill-effect in the future you should apply to the DSS for a decision that it was an industrial accident . |
| 8 | James will not sit straight at the table , he sits |
| 9 | ‘ You 've already had one long journey today and I 'd rather you did n't fall asleep at the wheel . ’ |
| 10 | I certainly do n't feel safe at the moment . |
| 11 | The County Council 's position is it does n't feel able at the moment to express a definitive view on these three elements in respect of er of either sector . |
| 12 | Playing from sloping lies causes problems if you do n't feel comfortable at the address position . |
| 13 | And we do n't become lost at the end of lives , we do n't become lost at some date in history , we are lost now if he has n't found us . |
| 14 | WALES captain Andrew Puddle led by example in his side 's six-wicket Minor Counties win over Dorset at Cherborne School — a victory that did n't look possible at the start of play on the second day . |
| 15 | So you ca n't sound surprised at the line , you know , if somebody calls for Fred Bloggs and you have n't got a clue who he is , do n't sound surprised , because it 's probably this divert train . |
| 16 | Luckily it wo n't seem odd at the airport , travelling without a suitcase . |
| 17 | It did n't seem important at the time and I was busy . |
| 18 | He did n't seem worried at the idea . |