Example sentences of "not [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was surprised to see Benjamin keep to a swift gallop , not reining in until a good mile separated us from the convent . |
| 2 | ‘ We inhabitants of the post-historical world ’ , he trumpets , ‘ will have to keep in mind that the truly fundamental transformation in world politics are not going on in a desolate Middle Eastern desert , but back in cette vielle Europe which was the cradle of the idea of human freedom ’ . |
| 3 | I am bound to say My Lords that my own view is still that the size within the limits laid down by statute with a minimum of sixteen or eighteen and maximum of twenty-four would best be determined locally and if we 're not going in for a national police force , I still ca n't see what it has to do with the Secretary of State and why the Home Office should be settling the size of forty-three or so police authorities . |
| 4 | But I 'm not going out with a bloody cold like this ! |
| 5 | Playing at volume , the FGM proves itself capable of dishing out the dirt , the Dual Sound humbucker retaining its tone and not thinning out to a tuneless buzz . |
| 6 | Anyway , that is one of his reasons for not switching over to a metric standard for his stupid measurements , though in fact he 's just lazy . |
| 7 | But er before I came out I switched it on cos I 'm not coming back to a cold house . |
| 8 | Its founders were clinging to the wreckage , not setting out on a brave new voyage . |
| 9 | They reach a length of 1m ( 39″ ) and are nocturnal , not settling down in a brightly-lit tank . |
| 10 | Theresa are we not are we not missing out with this legislation are we not missing out on a little thing called compassion ? |