Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | He never was — which was just as well since fate brought him a series of posts whose functions were not calculated to endear him to the public or the party . |
2 | The federal pump-priming for their establishment , eventually extended to cover their first eight years , was not intended to support them for the long term . |
3 | However , this is not intended to condemn us to the conclusion that changes in society are the chance results of unrelated factors . |
4 | It was clear that she had not expected to find him in the room . |
5 | To save his neck and protect his family was perhaps not the noblest of motives for coming forward as a witness , but if the DEA had not sought to frame him under the misapprehension that he was feeding information to Pan Am and the media , and if the DIA had not lacked the will to protect him behind the scenes , the idea of coming forward would never have crossed his mind at all — indeed , he might never even have known that he had a contribution to make to the Lockerbie investigation . |
6 | The Sheffield Star , in a piece not destined to endear him to the average Brightside voter , wrote of his ‘ ministerial pin stripes and patrician smooth accent . ’ |
7 | He 'd not offered to help her with the Christmas preparations and she had n't felt like asking him . |
8 | To this day it is nearly impossible to find a Canadian movie screened ; in any of our cities , or investment capital which would allow a cutting edge industry to develop in Saskatchewan rather than Idaho , or a cultural figure who has not had to make it in the US ( Bryan Adams ) or the UK ( Conrad Black ) before the person is taken seriously at home . |
9 | They can find their way into waterways by a number of routes — mainly via those sewage systems which are not equipped to remove them in the treatment process . |
10 | John McVurich , alledged diviner , being summond and not compared recommended him to the session of Kilarrow to processe him for the same . |
11 | John McVurich , alledged diviner , being summond and not compared recommended him to the session of Kilarrow to processe him for the same . |
12 | The next thing to remember is that fish are live animals and you are not allowed to take them in the cabin of the aircraft . |
13 | Well you 're dad 's not allowed to put them in the van and bring them home either ? |
14 | Anne agreed , disappointed that he had not suggested meeting her outside the factory where her friends could see him , but happy to meet him anywhere . |
15 | She was disappointed that he had n't arranged to meet her during the afternoon or even later on . |
16 | Mr Browne had a gerbil in a cage in the classroom , but we were n't allowed to take it to the dorms — it had to stay in the classroom . |
17 | She lived in Paris , he at Croisset ; he would n't come to the capital , she was n't allowed to visit him in the country . |
18 | If he had n't managed to convince her during the past eighteen years , he was unlikely to succeed this morning . |
19 | So even if the associate has , has er , obtained the cheque but has n't managed to get it in the next day , and he dies in an accident . |