Example sentences of "and [adv] [not/n't] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps not last Sunday , and perhaps not on the way to Liam Shakespeare 's front door , but it had happened . |
| 2 | On such a view , in so far as pragmatics is concerned with context , it can be claimed that by definition pragmatics is not part of competence , and thus not within the scope of grammatical descriptions . |
| 3 | Even so , she had no means of recognising them and to wade through three hundred-odd pages in search of some unidentified reference would be a formidable task and probably not worth the effort . |
| 4 | Yet the story of the development of the city 's housing schemes has never been told in full , and particularly not from the point of view of the original tenants . |
| 5 | I 've been thinking about Wilko 's choice of subs ( as well as the starters ) he seems to pick players for the bench one week and then not in the squad for the next ( e.g Strandli , Forrester , Ray Wallace ) Hopefully he will play Rocky tonight . |
| 6 | Most of the difficulties with the financial category were of this nature , and consequently not within the power of the defined problem-owner for this situation . |
| 7 | Her teeth chattered , and again not with the cold . |
| 8 | I thought to myself , ‘ Jimmy Dickinson does n't go abroad and certainly not to the States , so if I make a good job of it at Walton Heath I might be caddying for Sandy full-time in the future . ’ |
| 9 | The deposit belonged to him personally , not to the T. and T. shipping company , and certainly not to the Ingard group . |
| 10 | Mr Winchester predictably proves his case for part of the Pacific rim , from Japan round to California , but not for the whole circumference — and certainly not for the islands dotted in the Basin , despite the charming Western Samoan girl who takes his bags at Los Angeles airport and quotes Robert Louis Stevenson to him . |
| 11 | Hitler and Mussolini wanted Spanish participation , but not at any price and certainly not on the terms Franco was offering . |
| 12 | Despite its unhurried style and careful attention to detail , the firm achieved 170 placements with eleven consultants in 1979 ; now , with thirteen consultants , the firm annually completes far more , but is not necessarily seeking to maximise its volume , and certainly not at the expense of quality of service . |
| 13 | Er , I should also re , remind you so my brief informs me , of the no smoking rule , which was adopted at last year 's er , A G M , and which means there 's no smoking er , in this room at any rate , and certainly not during the meeting . |
| 14 | ‘ SHe ca n't just have gone ! ’ she shouted in a deep , masculine voice , in response to her officers , discovery that no one had seen Crevecoeur since late afternoon , and certainly not in the act of leaving the building . |
| 15 | And certainly not in the light of what 's been said in the last couple of weeks that 's |
| 16 | Using the argument that the Jews , not being a definite community , were not His Majesty 's subjects and therefore not under the protection of his laws , and quoting the Gospel of St John that the Jews were descended from the devil , Leese 's defence was partially successful . |
| 17 | It was originally written in Hebrew , and therefore not for the perusal of the Gentiles . |