Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [indef pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Shah used to dress that syllable , ANtellectuel " , when referring to anyone with education who was thought not to embrace everything the Pahlavis embodied . |
| 2 | Making passing references to the poor , the black and to women does not make one a radical or even a liberal . |
| 3 | ( This is obviously correct ; one does not make something a business secret by simply describing it as such . |
| 4 | A " customer " is a person with or for whom a firm carries on , or merely intends to carry on , " regulated business " or other business carried on in connection with that regulated business ; the reference to " other business " does not make someone a customer if he would not otherwise be but seems merely to extend the scope of the activities covered by the COB Rules . |
| 5 | Such awareness does not govern everything a Home Secretary does or says in public , but it will never be far from his thoughts . |
| 6 | Wilkinson said yesterday : ‘ I can not guarantee anyone a place here . |
| 7 | Never be afraid to admit that you do not know something an d to ask advice . |
| 8 | ‘ Threat ’ when used in this connection means ‘ an intimation by one to another that unless the latter does or does not do something the former will do something which the latter will not like . ’ |
| 9 | Now erm on the other hand , the experience of being abused may not give one a very strong sense of one 's own survival . |
| 10 | The navy says an accident would not give anybody a dose higher than the four millirems per year limit set for drinking water in the US . |
| 11 | And why not give someone a treat by investing in a subscription to both magazines ? |
| 12 | They do not give anyone a notice to quit . |
| 13 | Christopher Pitchford , QC , prosecuting , told the jury : ‘ Whatever their feelings were on the home of an elderly woman being broken into by a gang of drug-crazed teenagers , it did not give anyone the excuse to take the law into their own hands . ’ |
| 14 | Nevertheless , they all work basically by trying to fit the input into a set of stored templates , and if some input does not fit anything the machine has been given , it simply replies ‘ I do not understand . ’ |
| 15 | He said that intellect took one so far but could not take one the whole way . |
| 16 | WITH golfers in the family there are always plenty of Christmas gift options , but why not try something a little different this year ? |
| 17 | ‘ We ca n't light anything the now , ’ urged Jim . |
| 18 | I do n't smell anything the way ahead . |
| 19 | ‘ The EEC time clock on the lorry means we ca n't do anyone a favour . |
| 20 | No my philosophy with customer relations has always been that you do n't give somebody a refund , you give them some tickets to fly again so it 's keeps them flying |
| 21 | I did n't give anybody a chance to hate me . |
| 22 | it was done in a very un-run way , because the notice , the notice was , was er it 'd be up about a couple of days and then it 'd come down , you see , so it did n't give anybody a lot of chance , but anyway now it 's been passed you see it goes ahead and that 's all there is to it , he , he has n't start doing it yet but |
| 23 | I really , I really get the impression that there 's , there 's , it 's incredibly sort of nobody really knows what to do , you know , there 's this big turbulent thing just happening and people are very confused about the whole thing because the M May the fourth directive is n't particularly er it did n't give anybody an absolute guideline , guide to erm what to do . |
| 24 | One reason was that the Kuwaitis would n't give anyone a visa , except female print journalists . |
| 25 | ‘ But perhaps you would n't mind something a bit stronger ? |
| 26 | We do n't like everything the French do , but they plan things like railways . |
| 27 | It was good to be sitting down with a family for dinner even though I did n't understand everything the Frenchman and his wife were talking about . |
| 28 | He knew this not just because Uncle Titch said he had — you could n't believe anything a grown-up told you , and Uncle Titch belonged to the world of grown-ups even if he was n't — but because of the tricks he could do . |
| 29 | They wo n't lay anyone a decent bet if they think he 's capable of backing a winner . ’ |
| 30 | I ai n't 'avin' none a that in my 'ouse . |