Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were concerned about the threat to English liberties posed by corruption , placemen and the growth of the executive , and championed not Stuart absolutism , but mixed monarchy , the ancient constitution and the liberties of Parliament . |
| 2 | The COB Rules generally regulate not investment business as such but only regulated business ( see page 22 above ) . |
| 3 | But if that is the case , they ask , why has n't Ruth Hilali been touch with colleagues for the last four months . |
| 4 | I mean not Bronze Age , or whatever , and a calf was eating the grass on the top as though — well , as though it did n't matter . ’ |
| 5 | The classic case of private property would than become not home ownership but the ownership of somebody else 's home . |
| 6 | The main marketing problem was rationing not price competitiveness . |
| 7 | Count Raymond dared not risk battle against Richard 's massive army ; nor did the pleas for help which he sent to King Philip meet with any response . |
| 8 | Nonconformity did not will migration into the towns nor the migration out again to the suburbs but it did meet the challenges presented by these mammoth social changes . |
| 9 | IN THE design- and style-conscious Eighties , John Denison was an architect who did not court publicity or revel in the limelight . |
| 10 | She did not court disobedience or fuss them by calling . |
| 11 | We did not time onset of respiration relative to cord clamping but many infants in the regulated group were already crying . |
| 12 | Overall , although readers were well aware that their papers were relatively biased compared to television and although they rated television as much more useful for providing information about issues , they did not rate television much more useful in helping them decide how to vote . |
| 13 | Sara did not chop parsley . |
| 14 | Conversely , lower achievers who do not segment time into past , present and future ( time is now ) will write down only one or two goals . |
| 15 | Land Rovers do not self centre very much because in common with most beam axled four wheel drive vehicles they do not have much of a caster angle on the front axle . |
| 16 | sgt wilko does a remarkable job — as for my constant hyping of frank — see that as norw. patriotism — i do not value wilko out from his ( non- ) use of frank — managing a club is a lot more than that … |
| 17 | ‘ It may surprise you to learn that , despite your low opinion of my character , I do not number kidnapping among my hobbies , Caroline , ’ he assured her , his voice ominously calm . |
| 18 | There is also a small possibility of infection via breast milk , and in the developed world doctors recommend that women with HIV do not breast feed . |
| 19 | They will plead not guilty.The use of an eighteenth century law looks like scraping the barrel . |
| 20 | My dad answered the phone , and I said , erm , you know , hello , is everything alright , blah , blah , blah , and I said , dad , why did n't mum phone me last night , and he said , probably because she ca n't speak . |
| 21 | Did n't Councillor travel tourist class ? |
| 22 | It did n't core dump . |
| 23 | ‘ Only the ones who do n't relight five-mark cigars , ’ I said . |
| 24 | Do n't ploy politics . |
| 25 | No loitering , do n't loiter woman . |
| 26 | You , that you ca n't have an income support policy if you do n't means test because everybody will have some in that case and th there there is there is another point that erm that er that certain erm highly strung members of the liberal party have er mentioned . |
| 27 | particularly erm , and one of things that I did find in Gaugin 's painting of Von Gogh was that erm , er , erm , depression really , I , I could see it there and the des desolation very much as if he was looking in on somebody who was in that position er , although at the time I do n't thing Gaugin and , er Von Gogh himself knew it |
| 28 | He does not court publicity having witnessed other ministers who were tipped for the top and never made it . |
| 29 | Does not business investment , of which manufacturing investment is a part , remain extremely high ? |
| 30 | It was Ryan who was trying to get permission — and yet Gwen had just said … and had n't Leo run out of the shop after Ryan ? |