Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [noun prp] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | If Jones has never heard of Tolstoy or read any of his books , it is meaningless to assert that Jones either likes Tolstoy as a writer or does not like Tolstoy as a writer . |
2 | It was agreed that they would not see Minton for a while . |
3 | Many Christians do not see Jesus as a sacrifice in the same way . |
4 | The Greater York study did not designate Skelton as an area for expansion until two thousand and six , and no proposal exists in other plans for the making of an inset into the greenbelt on the basis of the need for expansion . |
5 | But you 'll not have Martha for a wife , not while there 's breath left in my body you wo n't , and you 'll not split my fortune , neither , not if you want to live to see your grandchildren . " |
6 | He did not call Amanda for a week . |
7 | The Nazis must have known that the Poles would not release Danzig without a struggle — indeed , they had asked for something they knew the Poles would not give . |
8 | Hekmatyar threatened to " mount the last act " if the Uzbeks did not vacate Kabul within a week to 10 days . |
9 | So if you 're thinking of building an extension , refitting the kitchen , improving the bathroom or starting some other permanent home improvement project , why not ask NatWest for a Home Improvement Loan to spread the cost ? |
10 | But his gaggings and moans did n't slow Godolphin by a beat . |
11 | She talked freely , did n't treat Lucy like a child , and told her stories of old times in long-forgotten venues . |
12 | The objects themselves are meaningless to otaku — you ca n't send Ultraman through a modem . |
13 | I noticed it was quite odd that he did n't use McGoldrick as a sweeper did he ? |
14 | I would n't use RAMdrive on a machine with less than 8MB of RAM , though , since 4MB is about the absolute minimum you need to run Windows successfully , and the smartdrv and RAMdrive allocations have to be taken away from the overall amount . |
15 | She did n't believe James for a moment . |
16 | I did n't see Ted for a while after that . |
17 | Face it if if he did n't have Adam as a friend he 'd be definitely mateless . |
18 | Because I would n't confuse Sarah with a lot of technicality . |
19 | But that did n't save Morris from a rucking by Boro manager Lennie Lawrence . |
20 | Although the bar did n't strike Blake as a place where the customers would be called ‘ sir ’ he thought they recognized a gentleman . |