Example sentences of "and [vb past] not [adv] [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On her return , Ashraf reported directly to her brother and did not even send the foreign minister a copy of her conclusions . |
| 2 | He did not make any effort to adapt any aspect of the liturgy and did not even mention the occasion . |
| 3 | While both the philosophical and sociological responses to Mannheim 's work was critical and did not exactly embrace the sociology of knowledge as an exciting new project , it has been recognized as a promising new area for development . |
| 4 | The ensuing reforms were implemented piecemeal and did not fundamentally change the system , but procedure was considerably more summary by 1900 than it had been fifty years earlier . |
| 5 | IBM had priced the Es relatively high when they were announced and did not fully appreciate the impact aggressive pricing might have had . |
| 6 | The judgment of the House of Lords rested upon the principle that municipal courts are not competent to adjudicate upon transactions entered into by independent sovereign States on the international plane , and did not directly address the issues raised by Westland . |
| 7 | All the furniture in it hung from the ceiling by long mouldy ropes and did not quite touch the ground . |
| 8 | But Branson always regarded licensing deals as unsatisfactory ; in the first place , the licensee could pick and choose which records it wanted to release , and did not always have the ‘ emotional commitment ’ to making them hits . |
| 9 | I had quite a restless night , and did not really fancy the tea I was brought in the morning . |
| 10 | The two speakers were the man who heads the EC Office in Edinburgh ( who spoke and did not really touch the first and certainly not the second of his two advertised subjects on the programme ) and the other one of the law partners — who was informed and effective , so it was interesting , followed by wine and superb little sandwiches and canapes . |
| 11 | In the next example the boys , with the pedal car , had already made their decision on size and did not really need the teacher to question them about it , but they were obviously quite used to talking with her . |