Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [pron] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Roxburgh , however , will not have it that a combination of injury and English-based players being unavailable because of league commitments has rendered the match with Germany an irrelevance .
2 They will not tell you whether a child is going to be a good citizen , when he 's nice to know or whether he 's well motivated .
3 Because Designaknit is intended for use by hand knitters as well as machine knitters , the program does not warn you if a garment piece will require more needles than you have on your machine .
4 I always say a man could n't see him and a fox would n't want him .
5 IT does n't surprise me that a survey showed very few Britons would give up their pet for £1m .
6 On another occasion David Bellamy said to me ‘ You ca n't tell me that a canoe would not disturb an otter ’ .
7 The result was a family who did n't understand her , a career that did n't satisfy her and a generation that did n't accept her . ’
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