Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The statistically ‘ typical ’ rapist — the man who rapes one woman he knows — does not make it to front-page coverage , let alone fifty-nine pages across thirteen newspapers over ten days . |
| 2 | The Final will not make it onto American TV screens until four months after the event . |
| 3 | If you can not make it on that night , come to one of our First Friday meetings . |
| 4 | I could n't stay here and not throw you on that bed and take you , again and again and again , until you could n't hide from me any longer ! ’ |
| 5 | The American expression for this position is to say that the resources of a local authority are not ‘ fungible ’ , meaning that we can not treat them as one mass . |
| 6 | I could not tell her — I could not hurt her in this way . |
| 7 | When they participated in the market economy , they were usually confined to menial positions , many of which did not bring them into much contact with men . |
| 8 | ‘ Why not bring her to next week 's fashion show and introduce her to me ? ’ he suggested . |
| 9 | They do not repeat : ’ Do not bring us to the test , but save us from the evil one ’ , or , ’ Do not bring us to hard testing . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I did not bring it for that purpose , ’ said Andrus hoarsely . |
| 11 | Ragusa was able , however , to develop its overland trade with the Balkan hinterland , as this activity did not bring it into direct competition with the seaborne trade of Venice . |
| 12 | Unlike the Full Plans method , the use of the Building Notice procedure does not entitle you to any documentary proof from your council that your proposal is satisfactory , or that the work will be accepted by the Buildings Control Officer who is required to inspect the work as it proceeds . |
| 13 | If they can not do it in that time they never will . |
| 14 | She could not associate him with any loss of dignity , or credit , or grace , not because he felt these too nearly and jealously , but because he wore and used them with as little thought as the breath he drew , and they were as natural a part of him , and like breath , when they left him they would leave him dead . |
| 15 | If Harriet did not carry them to higher ground they would surely drown . |
| 16 | She could not provide him with small talk , or prod him to abandon his silences . |
| 17 | Berger gives a good analysis of this latter process , even though he does not understand it in this way . |
| 18 | Mere spatial separation does not divide them from each other . |
| 19 | Existentially , they did not touch me at that moment . |
| 20 | Maggie 's face flushed hotly and she was glad that Ana could not see her at that moment . |
| 21 | Hollywood studio chiefs do not see her as prime material to star as tough-talking Det Chief Insp Jane Tennison . |
| 22 | ‘ He says the players would often not see him from one day to the next . |
| 23 | As for your point that Mr O'Farrell does not see you in that light , that is surely up to you ? ’ |
| 24 | They could not use it in real life … |
| 25 | She had aged in four years , lost whatever attraction she had ever had , and it made her miserable to realise this son would not remember her without grey hair . |
| 26 | Now the angels will not bless us for another year . ’ |
| 27 | She started to count how many people , who might not confess it in simple language , were relieved MacQuillan had gone . |
| 28 | Lower courts will be bound by that precedent , while superior courts or those of the same rank will not upset it without reasoned consideration . |
| 29 | I think it would be better if she does not meet me on this occasion . ’ |
| 30 | Once I speak with her , tell her the truth , she will surely not force me to this marriage . ’ |