Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [adv prt] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a bowler who does not break down at the end of every other over and who can finish each season with an average around the 25 mark would be worth his weight in gold now . |
| 2 | The dog leaped at the closest man who , encumbered with carbine and sword , could not cut down at the beast , then Sharpe 's mare slammed into the Frenchman 's horse and the big sword slashed down at the Dragoon . |
| 3 | If one did not sit down at the table there would be a gap , an empty space that would spoil the symmetry of the host 's table . |
| 4 | He did not turn in at the door of number thirty-seven , however . |
| 5 | ‘ A football club does not close down at the end of a playing season . |
| 6 | I did n't look up at the sky . |
| 7 | ‘ It just did n't sink in at the time — I did n't quite realise what was happening . |
| 8 | If I say to you behaviourism is about di dum di dum and I did but obviously it did n't sink in at the time . |
| 9 | Do n't mess about at the plant . ’ |
| 10 | Please do n't switch off at the mention of maths , if you can use a calculator , you an do this . |
| 11 | And if you 're tiling right round a room , inaccurate levels will mean your rows do n't match up at the start and finish point . |
| 12 | Er Moderator er there is n't any reason in principle why this sh should n't happen that er this subject could n't come up at the presbytery clerks conference . |
| 13 | There 's one matter that 's in the file , but which did n't come out at the inquest . |
| 14 | ‘ He and Marius did n't get on at the time . |
| 15 | Write about one main incident or object ( Chekhov said you could select anything you saw and write about it , but do n't sit down at the typewriter before the idea has gelled in your mind . |
| 16 | The first thing I 'd like you to do is try to write er will you please write down erm do n't shout out at the moment , write down what would be your definition of foreign policy . |
| 17 | The point I am making is that , from the viewpoint of scholarship , fundamentalism is dead , but it wo n't lie down at the grass roots level . |
| 18 | I 'm afraid so , I mean a lot of these things , you can have a basic idea , and then your flowers do n't turn up at the markets and all them sort of things , although we 've got a wonderful garden and I 've got quite a lot I can use . |