Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she searched for them in her pocket , Oliver could not wait any longer and ran into her arms . |
| 2 | It helps people to appreciate mystery by not defining too easily and sewing it all up . |
| 3 | Some dubbed it a cosmetic exercise which did not go far enough and said too many concessions had already been made to industry . |
| 4 | In any case Kent County Council is concerned that they do not go far enough and has produced its own traffic strategy designed to reduce the pressure on smaller roads . |
| 5 | Pc Kelly told the jury he could not breathe very well and tried to make himself comfortable . |
| 6 | The location of the flight , up the steep hillside , had indeed been suggested by James Barnes in 1902 , but the idea was not taken very seriously and forgotten altogether as the Telford plan developed . |
| 7 | The deification of the Emperors , introduced by Augustus , was not taken too seriously and signified little more than in later ages was implied by the adjective ‘ Holy ’ in the title ‘ Holy Roman Emperor ’ . |