Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [vb past] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ *Pollidori also informs us : ‘ Liability to possession arises from Original Sin not wholly effaced by inadequate Baptism … and sometimes from other sins , great or small . |
| 2 | He says , ‘ My mind was much to the place as soon as it was described to me , because it was a full congregation … an ignorant , rude and revelling people for the greater part , who had need of preaching , and yet had among them a small company of converts , who were humble , godly and of good conversations , and not much hated by the rest , and therefore fitter to assist their teacher ; but above all , because they hardly ever had any lively , serious preaching among them . |
| 3 | Earth not only grew by aggregation from a cloud of particles , but by collisions with other cosmic matter . |
| 4 | While not solely triggered by political concerns , they all eventually focused on the need for reform and the lack of democratisation . |
| 5 | Whereas the excavation of settlements can throw light on the useful activities of ancient societies , it is from burials not previously looted by treasure-seekers that archaeologists have recovered artefacts shaped by the finest craftsmen from the most precious substances , veritable trophies of the forces of emulation responsible for the rise of human civilizations . |
| 6 | A tall man who gazed about him as if not yet intimidated by what he saw . |
| 7 | That so many disputes were reported in the range of newspapers consulted by Dobson is indicative of a much larger population , either not yet discovered by historians or not reported in their own time . |
| 8 | Well , Sergeant Joe ai n't ever sat by 'er bedside . ’ |