Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It reflects some current concerns , and also questions which do not arise specifically at the moment , but which we ought to realise may arise in the future . |
| 2 | However , as the need for this particular type of system was not believed to be acute , it was not pursued further at the time . |
| 3 | ‘ We 're not living apart at the moment , ’ he reminded her . |
| 4 | Hornby on the occasion rebuked Brixton for not looking properly at the CNAA 's regulations — and the College was subsequently to have its proposals approved . |
| 5 | These include excessive pallor or flushing of skin ; rapid , darting eye movements ; perspiration ; tremor of hands ; rigid posture ; aggressive manner ; excessive and/or irrelevant talking , and not looking directly at the person being spoken to . |
| 6 | The judge was told that although the girl 's father was due to appear in court as a witness , he had not turned up at the hearing because the couple now planned to marry . |
| 7 | 624 ( see above , p. 41 ) , he did not do so at the court of the king of the eastern Angles but at that of the still-powerful Eadbald , king of Kent , whom he seems to have continued to treat with considerable respect . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | By definition they do not look backwards at the kinds of demographic transformations with which various societies have already coped . |
| 10 | These Koi may not look much at the time you part with your cash , but then , certain varieties never show their full potential until they are mature . |
| 11 | And yet the impact on us is considerable , and I 'm seriously wondering whether the major spending committees ought not to look again at the budgets that they 're erm , and I 've discussed this with , and obviously education is the big problem , but er , I 'm not convinced that erm , the sums of money which we 're being asked to pay out , not be taken from the education budget without too dra drastic an effect on the school . |
| 12 | She 's not going anywhere at the moment . |
| 13 | They are not going in at the moment but that does n't worry me because he is a smashing lad doing the right things again . |
| 14 | ‘ Country properties were not selling well at the time . |
| 15 | Instead of the fairway he found the edge of the rough several times , and his irons were not flying straight at the flag . |
| 16 | Certainly Mr Lamont did not perform well at the hustings ; arguably his Budget last month did not in retrospect maximise the opportunities , limited though they were . |
| 17 | My apologies for not saying so at the beginning . |
| 18 | Even Weick does n't make it clear that this dilemma is not found only at the action level . |
| 19 | Tommaso did not call again at the farm that leave , and after the Easter holidays , Davide went back to Rupe for the short summer school term before the dog days drove most people indoors to keep cool , and some venturesome spirits down to the coast , to the white sand beaches at Dolmetta and Tirrani , where sea bathing was just becoming popular among adults . |
| 20 | If eclecticism is to be a matter of principle , it can not apply independently at the level of operational technique : it must apply at the level of appraisal which techniques will make variably operational in the manner previously discussed . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He said the province had always lost out because it was not represented effectively at the Council of Ministers — where Government Ministers argue the case for funding . |
| 23 | Such an objective would be ill-founded if the process of integration did not aim also at the Community 's complete monetary integration which can only be achieved through the establishment of a European currency union . |
| 24 | Perhaps you have observed me , I am often around , if you are not fixed up at the moment what about me waiting for you at the bus stop tonight ? |
| 25 | Erm , in we were not sitting here at the end of our , how many years is it now , thirteen , fourteen years . |
| 26 | A stroke does not come suddenly at the age of 75 or 80 and finish life . |
| 27 | Money is another factor diverting doctors from a career in research , although it was not discussed much at the conference . |
| 28 | We were not playing well at the start and many of my players were tired after Great Britain 's tour in the summer . |
| 29 | " The Four Points were the most celebrated diplomatic achievement of the Crimean war " , but did not seem so at the time they were agreed because Nicholas had just begun withdrawing his forces from the Danubian Principalities . |
| 30 | So I 'm not queuing up at the bakers . |