Example sentences of "not [verb] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | They need to ensure that staff stay within the national health service and do not become disillusioned by a lack of educational opportunity and thus career advancement . |
2 | Those who had not escaped remained as a nucleus permanent staff to which a few of the prisoners passing through were added . |
3 | If Emerson had had the finance to develop a team properly , if his brother had been a better manager and if Emerson himself had not become frustrated as a driver by his car 's constant failures and retirements , if , in short , he had got his act together , he would quite possibly have made a first-class constructor and been hailed as a Brazilian Ferrari or Chapman . |
4 | They told the inquiry that if a particularly strong FM transmission was made very near the radio it might be possible for it to pick up the sub-harmonic at around 14 MHz but that such a signal could not have emanated from a low-powered , hand-held type of two-way radio . |
5 | A study by Parker , however , using a national sample , reached conclusions which were slightly more supportive of labour mobility programmes : Only 13 per cent of his sample said they would not have moved without a grant but 56 per cent said they would have found it difficult to move without a grant . |
6 | He could not have asked for a clearer-case of his anti-Christian enemy ‘ trampling on the moral law ’ than in Hungary . |
7 | ‘ If I was lonely , I would not have gone to a teacher and said so — he would have told me to pull myself together . |
8 | In the past , your affection would not have ended in a hug and the giving of warmth to each other . |
9 | I would have behaved in the same manner , but I would not have apologised to a man who had just given such a small sentence for the criminal act of killing two innocent victims . |
10 | It can not have come as a surprise when , in November 1990 , the ninth biggest US accounting firm , Laventhol & Howarth , had to seek Chapter 11 protection from its creditors , with the ensuing risk of personal bankruptcy for its partners . |
11 | Yet his father 's death should not have come as a surprise . |
12 | So maybe the lack of interest in Latin American art this week should not have come as a shock . |
13 | Not having worked on a Dalek story since the first one , Cusick was concerned that the creatures were apparently mobile outside their metal cities without any explanation as to how they were picking up power . |
14 | So good , I ordered a low-al lager so as not to get locked into a session . |
15 | Then equally big lefts in rounds five and seven could not get rid of a man whose courage failed to make up for obvious shortcomings . |
16 | Well alright , but can you , can you not get rid of a couple of the boxes and what 's this thing there ? well why do n't you tip it up the other way and give yourself a bit more room , tomorrow Deana what 's that , your dictionary ? |
17 | They needed clothes that would not get torn in a fight , which would stay pressed and neat and which would identify them in a crowd . |
18 | Now if you know that somebody is a drug addict and they 've just had an injection you keep away from them , erm if they 're having a bad trip , whatever they call it , because you do n't , they become very violent , they can do a lot of damage , now the only time you will step in and help is when they go unconscious , but at the same time remember protect yourself , we 're talking about needles here and probably shared needles , you must be terribly careful that you do not get pricked by a needle , especially if , they have a habit of sticking needles under lapels , so always be aware of this , if a person is a drug addict , in fact if you can find some easier way of turning them into the recovery position , do so , erm , you can then obviously either call the ambulance . |
19 | Trent had never heard of the President being a drinker , secret or otherwise , and it was the sort of habit that could n't stay hidden in a country of Belpan 's size . |
20 | I can keep my head down , but I ca n't stay cramped in a hole in the ground . |
21 | Do n't feel restricted to a circle if you want to make a garland design , as it can easily be manoeuvred into other shapes . |
22 | ‘ Well , one thing 's for sure , ’ William 's grandad said , ‘ he ca n't have escaped along a railway line with a horse and cart , not even the po-lice are going to believe that . ’ |
23 | ‘ Or he would n't have agreed to a truce over Christmas . ’ |
24 | Would n't have happened with a postcode would it ? |
25 | And you wo n't have worked on a farm at all yet , will you ? |
26 | Well he it wo n't it wo n't get done for a couple of weeks ' time then you 'll say |
27 | up dinner — that is , if I do n't get sacked as a result of all this hellishness first . |
28 | And erm I mean they were quite they would n't they would n't get rid of a baby , but a lot of people thought they would . |
29 | They clinked their glasses ; then Martin , walking towards the long window , said , ‘ It 's a good job I did n't become engaged ; you should n't get married at a time like this . ’ |