Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [verb] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first shipments were not expected to arrive in the country until the autumn . |
| 2 | Why the NTSB was not invited to participate in the investigation by the Mexican authorities is not known . |
| 3 | Consulted : not invited to share in the decision whether redundancies are to be declared . |
| 4 | The competition for them was not bound to result in the use of force , but it kept force in view . |
| 5 | A statement of law based upon facts which either were not found to exist in the case or were found not to be material to the decision . |
| 6 | Naturally , in view of the political interest of Lord Milton and the Duke of Argyll , John Main was not left to languish in the state of promoted unemployment to which Colonel Haldane 's enmity had consigned him , but although they were able to secure a port appointment for Main which brought him a regular salary , it was at Bo'ness , on the Lothian shore of the river Forth and directly under they eye of Haldane 's ally , Collector Middleton , who sent the unfortunate Main ‘ on every drudgery piece of business to different places to put him to all the expence & trouble the Collector can devise ’ . |
| 7 | Anyone not having dined with the captain is not allowed to shoot in the afternoon . |
| 8 | The local musicians who had been brought in to entertain us were not allowed to perform in the guest-house , so we provided our own ( less professional ) entertainment by singing and reciting poetry . |
| 9 | Magistrates who deal with family matters have been specially trained and are not allowed to sit in the Family Court until that training has been completed . |
| 10 | These included cigarettes , because they were not allowed to smoke in the Institution . |
| 11 | One son , for example , was sometimes not allowed to sleep in the house , but was left out in the garden at night . |
| 12 | Pets are not allowed to travel in the removal van so make sure you have proper provision for them in your own vehicle . |
| 13 | When a person was called to the Bar … he was not allowed to practise in the Court of Common Pleas in banco , but he was allowed to practise in the other courts in Westminster Hall … |
| 14 | ( Pathfinders were still supposed to be something secret , and photos of that giveaway gilt albatross were not allowed to appear in the Press . ) |
| 15 | Yet in practice this view was not extended to take in the case of gender : the advances made as a result of the critique of behaviourism and pluralism did not go on to question the assumptions and mechanisms that continue to define politics as the affair of men . |
| 16 | However , had a substantial number of urban dwellers not chosen to live in the countryside the consequences may have been even more severe : the complete destruction of both the social and the physical fabric of the English village . |
| 17 | In the end , Shane has to ride out again , despite the cries of the boy who prefers him to his father , not qualified to live in the community because of his purity and violence . |
| 18 | ‘ Your uncle , as you know , comes in at ten past twelve on the dot and Carrie a few minutes after , that is if she has n't stopped to gaze in the shops . |
| 19 | If whatever happened to Summerchild that year had n't happened — if he had n't been found lying with the garbage in Spring Gardens — if Millie had n't stopped playing in the orchestra — if I 'd gone on seeing her week by week — grown up with her — become easy with her — married her — then Timmy would still have a mother at home . |
| 20 | If he had n't wanted to invest in the Rose Bowl he could simply never have suggested it … |
| 21 | His first comment was : ‘ I have n't seen much of Matthew recently ’ — as though they had n't happened to meet in the street for a week or two — not that they had n't spoken for nearly thirty years . ’ |
| 22 | CARL Lewis , who bleated because he was n't allowed to run in the Olympics against Linford Christie , has ducked out of the World Cup in Cuba where they would have met for a 100 metres showdown later this month . |