Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] " 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 | Days are not spent zigzagging across the mountain from one lift to the next . |
| 5 | Mind you 're not found lying at the bottom of the steps with a broken neck like Amy Robsart . |
| 6 | Why had he not continued climbing over the gate , said good-night , and gone off down the hill ? |
| 7 | 12–3–1892 The classes were not held owing to the amount of sickness in the district . |
| 8 | The talkative driver had n't stopped chatting from the moment Mark had entered the cab . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Yeah , you have n't mentioned going round the brewery there then ? |