Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | With this lot , we 've got A add B , that 's one number , take away A minus B. That 's going to come to A add B , A take away A or A minus A and then take away A minus B , taking away A minus B is the same as adding a B. So the A take away A go out and this comes to two B. Now this is not using a long way , a long way round to do it . |
| 2 | A similar effect of , on the one hand , challenging the reader to take up an alert and interpretative role , and , on the other , gratuitously creating an amorphous but strong atmosphere peculiar to the fabliau through the text , is achieved by extensive use of the homonyms vit and con , and com-/con- as a common suffix in the Romance languages : ( I can not make a long tale : in this castle there was a count and with him the countess , his wife , who was a very beautiful and worthy woman ; and there were [ or she had ] more than thirty knights . |
| 3 | They 're not getting a long lie . |
| 4 | Shareholders who do not have a long term commitment are replaced by stakeholders who do , as the ‘ owners ’ of the company . |
| 5 | And why not have a long , hot bath ? |
| 6 | Mercifully the illness did not take a long course . |
| 7 | Ranks of fomaica-topped tables were besieged by steel chairs , which did not encourage a long stay . |
| 8 | Since the catalytic cleavage of DNA by bleomycin occurs by a free radical mechanism it may not require a long residence time on its binding site . |
| 9 | Charles III of Spain was well aware that his country , unlike France , could not support a long , full-scale war ; a sudden , successful invasion was another matter , and , in August 1778 , the Spaniards suggested an immediate attack by their joint fleets , as a preliminary to a major landing . |
| 10 | It was not to have a long future , although Mary summoned it late in 1553 to announce her proposed marriage to Philip of Castile . |
| 11 | And I 'm sure you do n't want a long speech but I 've tried to prepare something , and I hope it 's all right . |
| 12 | Tanner was drinking lager , and Maxim wanted one as well , after the warm sticky cross-town journey , but he did n't want a long , bulky drink in his stomach . |
| 13 | she did n't want a long one . |
| 14 | Do n't devise a long list of rules for the sake of having rules : make sure they serve a purpose — to enhance your child 's safety– wellbeing and steady ( not hurried ) progress towards maturity . |
| 15 | Well they 'd never , they had n't made a long player Amstrad did and now one or two of them are now are n't they ? |
| 16 | ‘ It does n't have a long range , ’ she said , ‘ but it will get the dance music in Sanderstown . ’ |
| 17 | Now this is set up differently cos this is set up very sensibly , so that you can fill in who wrote it , when , what date and what it 's about , and when you try and find it later it 's easier to find instead of scrapping through lots of files that do n't have a long document . |
| 18 | Because you ca n't have a long float on the back . |
| 19 | Er not , not the long one , we did n't have a long one we had a rou oval one . |
| 20 | Right so I will say no I don I do n't have a long term one , and no I 'm not registered . |
| 21 | Then again , after Linda Lusardi and Tonya in just eight months , health and fitness advisors do n't have a long life expectancy on GMTV . |
| 22 | Did n't have a long walk or anything so the next schedule go out is erm is |
| 23 | The man did n't have a long time to go through a process , he did n't have a long time to find where he was on on the scale , a and er , you know , from one stage to the next stage , to the next stage , to got through a pre-evangelism and then another stage , and another stage , the man did n't have time he was dying ! |
| 24 | The man did n't have a long time to go through a process , he did n't have a long time to find where he was on on the scale , a and er , you know , from one stage to the next stage , to the next stage , to got through a pre-evangelism and then another stage , and another stage , the man did n't have time he was dying ! |
| 25 | Richardson wo n't manage a longer chat . |
| 26 | ‘ If it were Ben , ‘ Louise told Zoe , ‘ I would n't wage a long slow war of attrition , or whatever it is your doing . |
| 27 | No , it 's your so-called devotion I 'm doubting and , if you 're honest , I think you 'll agree with me that it would n't weather a long separation . ’ |