Example sentences of "[pers pn] not [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Why was I not instantly informed of his true situation ? |
2 | The only channel I could really work with was the Clean ; Crunch and Lead developed a very hard , transistorised quality which , had I not already known differently , would have convinced me that this was a totally solid state preamp . |
3 | I had once taken hold of a piece of rock , and was about to trust my whole weight upon , it , when it loosened from its bed , and I should have been sent headlong to the bottom had I not instinctively snatched hold of a tuft of grass , which grew close by it , and was so firm as to save me . |
4 | Well , well that 's what I said , but she says can I not just alter it and leave it at that ? |
5 | But can you say , sir , that there is nothing between you that should not be ? [ pause ] You answer me not and may I not fairly presume you can not ? |
6 | Have I not ever come before Thee with a radiant countenance , ready for any injunctions or orders Thou mightest give ? |
7 | He said he remembered her well , hoped she was flourishing , and had I not better get off to my supper ? |
8 | Afraid they would come after me , that Harry would be punished on my account ; that worse might befall Daisy and I not there to help … |
9 | Looking along that wall , I not only had four redstarts in full view in my binoculars , but three cuckoos as well : it was that sort of a day . |
10 | Within a few minutes I not only felt but heard the tissue in the sinuses beginning to break up , and by the time he had finished both were completely clear . |
11 | I not only listened to the hon. Gentleman 's arguments tonight , but I have read the other speeches that he has made throughout the passage of the Bill . |
12 | Well I not only got the job , I was made principal ( and that another miracle ) and Douglas not only supports me , He 's going to join me later . |
13 | I not only require total dependence , sabiha tieghi , ’ he teased , steering her back to the shadowy bed , and drawing her into his arms against the rumpled linen sheets . |
14 | I not only drove , I pointed out the darkened entrance to the Mimosa . |
15 | Although the week was reckoned to be a quiet one by Fair Isle standards , I not only added eight ‘ new ’ birds to my life list , but made a number of friends who remain friends to this day . |
16 | My world of science is so much richer than theirs , because I not only know the systematic names , but I am also fluent in the trivial ones , the scientific nicknames which allow us to chat about science over coffee . |
17 | Nevertheless , the process started at Bristol was a beginning and has since been continued so nobly by Jo , that there are occasions now when I not only know that I am good — getting close to the shining white — but even a benefit to society ! |
18 | I not only applaud it , I hope I have influenced it . ’ |
19 | Beyond this , current sensations converge with knowledge and memory and desire to make sense of the experience of the present : I not only experience this object but I recognize it — as something of a certain kind ; as yours , as mine , as something I have seen before ; and it means something to me in terms of my appetites and needs and ambitions . |
20 | I not only want to get married but I fully intend to do so as soon as possible , and to you , not to Dana . |
21 | That day , I not only forgot the can of fruit and the opener when I sat down to lunch , but was up and down , putting on more clothes and trying to find the most sheltered spot in relation to the wheelbarrow . |
22 | She said , ‘ Sweetie , do n't forget I not only need the right man for me , but the right stepfather for Dickie . |
23 | I not only feel it to be the most relevant magazine to the industry I work in — the consumer finance sector — but have also found the appointments section excellent , especially as I secured new employment through it after being made redundant . |
24 | All I would say to you is that the very small primary schools I not only have to doubt the financial viability , but I personally sometimes would doubt that the National Curriculum can be delivered to a school where you 've got an age range between five and eleven and you 've only got thirty or forty children , and that is a personal point of view , which I have , erm having seen many of our schools , and I believe that the problems that some of our large urban schools have , with thirty to a class packed in , is also something we should address and give careful thought to when we are resourcing education . |
25 | As for the shirts , I not only do nt think there s anything wrong with wearing football shirts … in many cases its a bloody great help . |
26 | This arrangement continued for eight years , and enabled me not only to work on several books , but also to continue with my computer research . |
27 | Although he seemed to be oblivious of what had happened , because he was concentrating on some letter or other , Eliot looked up resignedly and with a smile of one all too accustomed to the lack of business acumen in other people ; but I could see that he was also relieved to find me not too cast down . |
28 | This might well have saved them not just travelling time , but also energy . |
29 | I get it form most of his kind , who remember that I was once a private investigator , and so to them not far removed for law . |
30 | Until recently they were joint stewards of the Royal British Legion in Swindon , into which they 'd poured four and a half thousand pounds of their own money , and just months ago received a letter from the board telling them not so work so hard . |