Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] [adv prt] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Eyadéma can not long hold on to power . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , ad hoc bibliographies date quickly and are not always brought up to date after initial publication . |
| 3 | He must be ready to speculate , for the sources ( in this case the chronicles and records of government which provide him with much of his material ) do not always come up to expectation . |
| 4 | Both these publications are useful when the statute first appears , but both suffer from the defect that they are not regularly kept up to date by reprints or supplements . |
| 5 | It turned out that he had locked himself out of his room which was likely to be embarrassing as I , for one , was not about to go down to reception for a key for him . |
| 6 | As she could hear Jack coming down the stairs she returned to the kitchen and picked up the metal spoon and plunged it into the saucepan which she had not yet put on to heat . |