Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is up to politicians in a democracy to nurture faith in it , not devalue that faith . |
| 2 | His reception by the sisters was heart-warming , and there was regret all round that he could not stay any time , that haste was vital . |
| 3 | He felt that he could not stay another night in the house . |
| 4 | Can you not stay another day to sail round the island ? ’ |
| 5 | Suppose we were old friends who were meeting again after not seeing each other for many years . |
| 6 | and , you 're losing money , , if you 're not , if you 're not seeing any return you 're |
| 7 | It is a bit like a rich person living in a wealthy neighborhood not seeing any poverty . |
| 8 | If Lord Eldon used any language which could be so interpreted , we must conclude that he either did not guard himself so cautiously as he intended , or that he did not lend that degree of attention to the legal doctrine connected with the case before him , which he was accustomed to afford . |
| 9 | The banks will not lend more money and indeed call in their loans . |
| 10 | Secondly , Pache 's style does not lend any air of the dynamism needed to steer Bull out of its current mire . |
| 11 | ‘ The IMF will not lend any money unless India shows it is doing something about putting its house in order , ’ he explained . |
| 12 | It is impossible not to connect this finding both with the introduction of machines and with the increasing alarm among the men . |
| 13 | And as long as you 're I do n't care what star you 're following you 're not bringing those camel through my garden ! |
| 14 | ‘ I feel that it could be boxed in by bureacracy and not make much contribution to a company 's performance . ’ |
| 15 | This price would cover costs , but not make any profit . |
| 16 | The man did not think that Boy ever gave his address or phone number to anyone . |
| 17 | Mother actually calls me Lisa but I did not think that name appropriate to this strange meeting and anyway I have never liked it . |
| 18 | The low style is surely recalled by the colloquial " " Hé " " given to God and St Peter as noted above , and the high by the description of the young wife in Les Trois Boçus : ( a beautiful girl So beautiful that she was a delight And if I should tell you the truth I do not think that Nature ever made Any more beautiful creature . ) |
| 19 | I do not think that research has gone as fast as it should ! |
| 20 | I do not think that section 3(1) envisages any such act as an ‘ appropriation , ’ whatever may be the meaning of that word in other fields such as contract or sale of goods law . |
| 21 | We have set up a Review Group but I do not think all action can wait on its recommendations . |
| 22 | It was a fair result , because I did not think either side did enough to win . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I do not think any publisher has given any journalist that chance before in the United Kingdom . ’ |
| 24 | But I do not think any traveller has ever been in a worse situation than I was then . |
| 25 | Penny Junor does not think this decision has been taken yet but believes that the second option is possible . |
| 26 | I do not think this grouping or group let is yet a class either in itself or for itself and it may never become one . |
| 27 | I do not think this experience is confined to women , but it symbolizes something of the quality of the Great Mother , and it shows how we have the ability to conceive and carry to birth on a level other than the physical . |
| 28 | After what has happened I do not think this girl will be able easily to adjust to a normal teenage existence for some time and I think any order forbidding her to see this man again would not only be unrealistic , but would place an intolerable burden on a young girl who , it seems to me , has had quite enough strain already . |
| 29 | I do not think this difficulty is insuperable , particularly if one accepts that a single gene mutation could have a large effect in fitting an organism to a new environment . |
| 30 | I do not think this presentation advances the arguments . |