Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] it [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack reckoned he was known amongst his male friends of that era as the Great Seducer — his own words — but friend-for-life Robert Towne did not quite remember it that way . |
| 2 | The notion of converting the Dak to turbo-power has come about not primarily to give it better performance , better uplift , greater range — although all of these assets , and more , are by-products of the transformation — but to allow the aircraft to survive in a world where Avgas — fuel for piston engines — is becoming increasingly rare and Avtur — aviation turbine fuel — is the dominant motion lotion . |
| 3 | Now I want you to do it the hard way , I mean you would n't normally do it this way but when you 've got letters in you 've got no choice . |
| 4 | You ca n't exactly call it social climbing , because Jackie is , financially and in terms of celebrity , already at the top . |
| 5 | Oh I I do n't usually recommend it some people do and find it easier that way I I would rather they just stuck with the the formula for differentiating a product and |
| 6 | He does n't defend it as the best way of getting the correct decision , he does n't defend it , or he does n't solely defend it that way he does n't defend it either on the idea that people have right to be tried by their peers for example which is the most likely defence now , but he defends jury service on the grounds of the effect it has on the jurors which is quite a novel erm . |
| 7 | yeah , but that 's a hundred I mean you can tell , I 've tried it , it is , I , I ai n't even had it half way and it 's , you can tell it 's overdriving them |
| 8 | Sorry , I could n't quite manage it that time |
| 9 | An officer on an accompanying ship did n't quite see it that way . |
| 10 | As he reached the door , with a variety of helpful obstructions he shouted his Parthian shot — ‘ You ca n't bloody have it both ways … ’ |