Example sentences of "n't [adv] [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ruler does n't only work in the horizontal direction . |
| 2 | The label ‘ DCE compliant ’ wo n't necessarily appear on the early releases although the technology will form the core of the offering . |
| 3 | When we are developing an artist on an international basis , success does n't necessarily happen in the first or second album . |
| 4 | Both of these methods will be discussed briefly , but it 's important to remember that any particular grouping should only be applied to individual recognizable phases of an eruption , and that it does n't necessarily apply to the whole thing . |
| 5 | THE TROUBLE with all this ‘ comeback ’ and ‘ reunion ’ malarkey is it can often destroy a band 's reputation or , worse still , make you realise they were n't much cop in the first place . |
| 6 | Two is enough really but just to be on the safe side use three and if they do n't all lie in the same straight line then one of them 's wrong . |
| 7 | Marjorie is n't entirely isolated from the real world . |
| 8 | Both knew that the other knew that Steve and Maria Luisa had n't just met for the first time . |
| 9 | They say peace , it does n't just go on the top two inches of the surface water , it goes right to the very depths of your life and keeps . |
| 10 | He does n't just hope for the best in other people — he genuinely believes in it . |
| 11 | ‘ Mind telling me , sir , why you did n't just wait in the twenty-minute car-park ? |
| 12 | The village itself has a medieval centre and is rich in an Alpine flavour which does n't just come from the towering scenery . |
| 13 | The message of the Rio summit has been ( as if we did n't already know it ) that this is a small and fragile world and where conservation is concerned , everything is everybody 's business and that does n't just apply to the white rhino but to the artistic patrimony as well . |
| 14 | Shepherds and their kind did n't normally wait in the main hall of High Brook . |
| 15 | Around Christmas Fayre , when the Food Hall was crammed with food you did n't normally see in the other seasons , they made a nice end to a meal . |
| 16 | He was starting to appear distinctly shopworn , Lucy noted ; he seemed to have bought himself a new shirt , but a dip-through in a hotel washbasin did n't exactly make for the best possible finish . |
| 17 | ‘ Our family did n't exactly come from the wrong side of the tracks , but we were certainly always within sound of the train whistles . ’ |
| 18 | If the conversation did n't quickly progress to the bottom line , it was swiftly terminated . |
| 19 | Xanthe , however , alarmed by the departure of her new-found friend , was practically clinging to Mrs Young and with an echo of the earlier hysteria was saying that she could n't possibly sleep in the private car , she would have nightmares , she would be too scared to stay , she was sure whoever had uncoupled the car before would do it again in the middle of the night , and they would all be killed when the Canadian crashed into them , because the Canadian was still there behind us , was n't it , was n't it ? |
| 20 | I 've , I 've never ever known him to iron anything ever since I 've been you know , little , I 've never seen him iron anything but me mum was in fits because he 'd even ironed the socks so she said she did n't have the heart to tell him that she does n't usually bother with the ruddy socks , but er the thought was there was n't it ? |
| 21 | She was also aware of Angel , the Brit-hater , who had n't once eaten at the same table as her since she arrived , who was now riding harder and turning faster than any of the others , urging his pony on with great pelvic thrusts . |
| 22 | ‘ Twelve months later the conclusion is that the race does n't always go to the swift — even if it is the way the bookmaker bets , ’ commented Mike Gaston , the station 's managing director , who took over running the company just a year ago . |
| 23 | 3 When it is time for interrogation , vary your approach — do n't always begin questioning from the same point in the classroom ; do n't always start with the same students but criss-cross about the classroom in a pattern that can not be identified by the students . |
| 24 | And er the sun does n't always travel at the same speed it goes fast and slow so we can also measure the the sun . |
| 25 | There was a Russian saying her father liked to quote : ‘ God does n't always frown upon the wicked . ’ |
| 26 | He 's 17 , admits that in the past he has n't always remained on the right side of the law , but is now staying off the streets , with the help of the trax project . |
| 27 | ‘ But we do n't always live in the perfect world . |
| 28 | Cos you see , perhaps it did n't get to that teacher , you see , that 's what happens , the letters do n't always get to the right people . |
| 29 | Plans for NeXTStep 486 were revealed at NeXTWorld Expo back in January ( UX No 370 ) , and the environment was to have gone into beta test in June : that wo n't now happen until the New Year . |
| 30 | The Fender ca n't really cope with the 335 at high volumes because it 's such a powerful guitar , so the Hartke adds a hard kind of edge and it keeps the bottom end really tight and sharp . ' |