Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | So you did n't get women going out , nothing like , not like they do these days . |
| 32 | and , and if she 's already scared of his temper and they 've not even lived together , well they have lived together for quite a while actually so I mean it 's not like they do n't know each other but once they 're married and they 've been married for a couple of years I reckon , and he starts thinking of her more as a possession sort of thing I can , I can really imagine |
| 33 | Oh , its not the not like you see those goodies . |
| 34 | but then again there , but you , you fire off the blank , that 's what triggers the laser sometimes if there 's been a lot of , we did , we did it in a couple of time see the old laser go , cor , its got very think red beam , its not like you see these big flashing great big bits of light like on Star Wars and stuff , well its not , its not suppose to hurt you its a very thin piercing beam , its well impressive . |
| 35 | and he knows he 's not like you doing for money , cos I sha n't be very pleased |
| 36 | Cos they 're going flat out when they 're like that , it 's not like you gon na say like , when you go on a , like overtake mode , when you 're like that , they are flat out down the straight , all you go to get a out . |
| 37 | Everyone 's house , and that 's another thing , if you wanted to paint as your house inside , the cupboards and the doors , they were painted brown and that was a lifetime 's job , they were never done again , not like you do now with this freshening up of paint every so often . |
| 38 | It 's not that it 's not like I mean |
| 39 | When she came to the door and I I did n't know whether to invite her in or not like I went come in and , an she like , looked at me and I goes , do n't ask ! |
| 40 | ‘ I laugh but not like I used to and at times like birthdays and anniversaries I have such a lonely feeling . |
| 41 | " Not like I did . " |
| 42 | Yeah but they 're fat , they 're horrible , they are , they 're all purple at the ankle , not like she 's got thin mm |
| 43 | Laughter is a marvellous preventative medicine whether you feel low or not always it does you good if you take yourself off to the nearest comedy film or show . |
| 44 | Yeah , it 's the , it 's the with the word natural is n't it that er you know people often use the word natural to mean good and right and therefore something you should do , but of course no not always I mean if I said to you death is natural , nobody here would think I was advocating suicide or that er we should n't have hospitals to try and save people 's lives I mean er when you say death is natural , what you mean is death is one of those things that we just have to put up with , we 'd rather we did n't but we 're all gon na have to face it in the end , some of us sooner than others er but erm but there we are . |
| 45 | When a senior member of his department left , he expected , not unreasonably he felt , to get promotion , but : |
| 46 | Often political and economic policies are unclear to educationists , sometimes they may be in the hands of tyrants , not infrequently they conflict , but they can never be ignored . |
| 47 | Choral music is therefore a good starting point for beginners in composition , and not infrequently we find quite effective works written for choir at an early stage of development . |
| 48 | Not infrequently he wished his penis did n't have to take the entire responsibility for the success or failure of the operation . |
| 49 | Well not roughly I mean they I mean they did n't sort of finish them off w wherever they was s sent to in whatever the firm I I I do n't know the name of the firm , I was I was n't involved in did n't bother as long as the job was done . |
| 50 | The end of July sees you making an important commitment in a relationship , but not before you 've had to think hard about what you really want ! |
| 51 | Of course you shall go back , but not before you tell me what 's upset you , ’ he retorted roughly . |
| 52 | Not before you get to there ! |
| 53 | ‘ Not before you give me your answer , min søde Gina , ’ he said softly . |
| 54 | It 's not often they come back from work she said they feel I ca n't , not yet , she said I could never my housework and that 's too much yeah she likes to do |
| 55 | Yes , its funny cos its not often we get that one , but I |
| 56 | ‘ Not often I see a lady cab driver , not in London anyway . ’ |
| 57 | All Blacks hero Grant Fox said : ‘ It 's not often I have been in a situation where I have had to kick a penalty to win the game . |
| 58 | It 's not often it comes on during the day , but now and again |
| 59 | Not often you get someone braking like that on Main Street . |
| 60 | It 's not often you get a top class soprano singing in your back garden , but this is where Ukranian singer , Alla Kravchuk rehearses . |