Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] not [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said , ‘ Sister , that boy has got to run his course to crisis , and whether he survives or not depends not on myself or on any other member of the medical staff of this hospital . |
| 2 | WITHDRAWN FROM CARDIFF PUBLIC LIBRARIES DO NOT RETURN NOT FOR RE-SALE |
| 3 | Why not decide not to be ? |
| 4 | Similarly , your subconscious can not try not to be a failure without first of all picturing failure . |
| 5 | Giles recalls one remark when Montini was criticizing the De Gasperi Christian Democratic government for inaction while denying that he was doing anything of the kind ( a typical Montini ploy ) : ‘ In political questions the Church has to be general , just as in religious matters she can not afford not to be particular ’ ( ibid. , p. 109 ) . |
| 6 | But it 's something we can not afford not to be involved in . |
| 7 | Clelia did not pretend not to be delighted by Clara 's delight . |
| 8 | Well , I 'm looking at this , we did n't promise not about this , any more than the community there once |
| 9 | He did n't want to answer it , thinking that it might be Vasco again , but he could n't afford not to . |
| 10 | Eventually , those waging their campaign against her found they were losing , and furthermore , they quickly realized they could n't afford not to be seen as a Katherine Lundy party . |
| 11 | With its industrial importance , it ca n't afford not to be . |
| 12 | Like going to a solicitor if we can afford it — or if we ca n't afford not to . |
| 13 | ‘ I ca n't afford not to . ’ |
| 14 | Restaurants local restaurants ca n't afford not to dear . |
| 15 | I really thought I could n't bear not to at least understand what he was going through , but by that time my opinion was totally irrelevant — not wanted — added to which , I 'm not easy to get along with anyway because I 'm not a ‘ yes-man ’ . |