Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | She had not intended changing for the evening , country inns being the right setting for good tweed suits ; but now she took her time about dressing , and chose a very austere frock in a dark russet-orange shade that touched off the marmalade lights in her eyes . |
2 | At the beginning of the line , the aircraft all start from the same common stock , but as they progress the goodies are added or not added according to the order . |
3 | Make sure you 're not seen getting into the van . ’ |
4 | The services of tableware always included numerous saucers which were invariably made of white silver ; they were not gilded owing to the constituents of the sauces , such as lemon juice , which would tarnish the gilded metal . |
5 | Days are not spent zigzagging across the mountain from one lift to the next . |
6 | Mind you 're not found lying at the bottom of the steps with a broken neck like Amy Robsart . |
7 | Why had he not continued climbing over the gate , said good-night , and gone off down the hill ? |
8 | Because the statisticians have not finished working on the February figures , some 900 casualties have not yet been classified as slight , serious , or even dead , so this figure will certainly rise . |
9 | Speech not ordered according to the norms of logic ( or to put this another way , ordered according to women 's differing notion of logic ) . |
10 | 12–3–1892 The classes were not held owing to the amount of sickness in the district . |
11 | The talkative driver had n't stopped chatting from the moment Mark had entered the cab . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | She had n't forgotten going to the pictures with Vernon to see The Song of Bernadette . |
14 | ‘ Then how do you explain this ? ’ he said , reaching for a folder that she had n't noticed lying at the end of the settee . |
15 | If Nellie had n't gone looking for the children … |
16 | The only thing that I 've just thought about actually is window wh in the me on the measurement side rather than anything else is that I have n't Because we 've just had those windows replaced , I have n't finished decorating around the top . |
17 | Yeah , you have n't mentioned going round the brewery there then ? |