Example sentences of "not [verb] [verb] it [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like , here was his first big song and everybody had come to see it , and he 's not going to do it with a rhythm section — just acoustic guitar . |
| 2 | Bu bu , but I mean but they 're not expecting to have it on a plate ! |
| 3 | Of course , Mr Nakamura could not have done it without a lot of help from his staff : two of them resigned with him and all other executives are taking a six month pay cut of between 20 per cent and 50 per cent . |
| 4 | He had completely forgotten about it , not having considered it as a weapon . |
| 5 | The accused who appropriates a grouse hidden by a poacher to be collected later will be guilty of theft ( provided the other elements exist ) , even though he does not intend to sell it in a pub . |
| 6 | In that case he said : As I understand it , the essence of this branch of law , whatever the origin of it may be , is that a person who has obtained information in confidence is not allowed to use it as a springboard for activities detrimental to the person who made the confidential communication , and springboard it remains even when all the features have been published or can be ascertained by actual inspection by any members of the public . |
| 7 | To have seen it is associated with a more positive attitude towards SSE , not to have seen it with a neutral attitude ; to recall it well is associated with an even more positive attitude towards SSE , not to recall it well with only a mildly positive attitude ; to associate changes with its use with a very positive attitude ; not to do so with only a mildly positive attitude . |
| 8 | The deed was to him so monstrous , so surprising , that it would have been intolerable not to have shared it with a living soul . |
| 9 | But Mr Field immediately rejected the offer , saying he was not surprised that Mr Davies had not suggested re-running it on a vote of the individual membership . |