Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [pron] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iran-contra , however , had always had another star , a more retiring one ; and he had not given anything like a full performance yet . |
| 2 | Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time . |
| 3 | The Government have put large sums of money into the public services for many years , but have not proclaimed it as a great virtue . |
| 4 | The education process which the 1970s building surveyor had undergone in the fifties and early sixties had not equipped him for a meaningful and identifiable role in the profession of the seventies . |
| 5 | Yet this shift of interest away from ‘ primitive ’ societies has not provided us with a new framework of analysis for we still tend to ‘ tribalise ’ complex societies by looking at the simpler aspects e.g. rural communities only . |
| 6 | Mind you , it is rather surprising that McDonald , a top session man turned star performer , has not established himself as a big noise in Europe . |
| 7 | Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning . |
| 8 | Have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 9 | ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’ |
| 10 | Well say hello to them for us cos we have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 11 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 12 | Have n't seen you for a long time have you ? |
| 13 | Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning . |
| 14 | ‘ I have n't seen you in a long time . ’ |
| 15 | I have n't seen you in a long time . |
| 16 | I only brought that one down because we have n't seen it for a long time , just choose one |
| 17 | Well , I have n't seen it in a little box yet . |
| 18 | Her voice sounded rusty , as if she had n't used it for a long time . |
| 19 | He used to have a bottle of whisky a week but he do n't have any now he ai n't had it for a long time has he ? |
| 20 | ‘ My God , ’ said Wexford in disgust , ‘ I just hope you have n't landed us with a female Tichborne claimant . ’ |
| 21 | And it 's rather a good thing this one did look like a tramp , ’ she added , ‘ because you might not have talked to him if you had n't mistaken him for a poor old man , and he would n't have learned anything about Brownies , and we should n't be going to continue to enjoy the use of his lovely Park . |