Example sentences of "not [conj] they [vb base] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that they have n't known each other usually for years , but such formality has its necessary place , for there are again the exceptions . |
| 2 | Yeah , I mean I The important thing is I think the children do recognize the differences , not that they do n't notice the differences , because they 're Like you say they 're capable of using the other if it if it suits them . |
| 3 | Perhaps , but not if they do not know about you , if they have no money , or if they all happen to be cat lovers ! |
| 4 | ‘ Not if they do n't know about it . ’ |
| 5 | Not if they do n't work or something , do they ? |
| 6 | Mother says : People only lose because they 're not strong enough , not because they do n't want to fight or are n't good at fighting . |
| 7 | This is not because they do n't enjoy the subject but because of the way the courses are structured . |
| 8 | Typically , teachers ask questions not because they do not know the answers , but because they want to test their pupils ' knowledge . |
| 9 | Negative mistakes , they say , arise from boredom with banal material , Controversially , they explore substitutions psychoanalytically , giving examples of cases where children make deviant responses , not because they do not know the original words , but because they do not want to say them . |
| 10 | Also , young children 's answers to examination questions may be off the mark , not because they do not know what they are being tested for , but because they misinterpret the examiner 's intention . |
| 11 | The idea is graphically summarised by Alison Norman : ‘ We are all familiar with the advertisements and Christmas begging letters which ask for money in terms which suggest that old people are in danger of hypothermia or social isolation simply because they are old — not because they do not have sufficient incomes to heat and repair their homes or to pay for a taxi or telephone . ’ |
| 12 | Adults , who have been able to read and spell for years , tend to forget what it was like when they could n't unless they have recently learnt a foreign language . |
| 13 | You ca n't because they have n't got another job . |
| 14 | Some people ca n't because they have n't got enough money . |
| 15 | It 's no good depending as Owen said waiting for people to fit lights themselves , they wo n't because they do n't think accidents can happen to them . |
| 16 | It 's much easier to get good marks on a short answer question than it is in theory to but most people do n't because they do n't apply the correct technique so to writing short answers . |