Example sentences of "not [vb infin] it [to-vb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that Eliot harboured any illusions about the efficacy of his work — although Notes … was selling well , he did not expect it to have much influence . |
| 2 | At the Federal level there is an Office of the Co-ordination of Soil and Water Conservation , but it has a tiny staff and its position within the Ministry of Agriculture does not enable it to have much influence on land-use decisions . |
| 3 | You did not mean it to happen this time . |
| 4 | Those whose attitudes are negative and who consequently will have a powerful filter , even when they understand a message in the second language , will not allow it to reach that part of the brain responsible for language acquisition . |
| 5 | Sources say there were only really four companies behind COSE : Unix System Laboratories Inc , Hewlett-Packard Co , IBM Corp and Sun Microsystems Inc : beyond that , says the source , Santa Cruz Operation Inc had to fight to get in and the Open Software Foundation was not a party to the negotiations ; but the real power behind the throne , although it does n't want it to appear that way , was of course Novell Inc . |
| 6 | The power behind the throne , though it does n't want it to appear that way , was Novell Inc . |
| 7 | We do n't expect it to cause any problems , and we will still be meeting him for talks some time over the next couple of days . ’ |
| 8 | Sorry , I did n't mean it to sound that way . |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't mean it to sound that way , ’ Ruth huffed . |
| 10 | I did n't mean it to happen this way . ’ |