Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He felt that he could not stay another night in the house . |
| 3 | Can you not stay another day to sail round the island ? ’ |
| 4 | Since her social life in Northam did not exist outside school , she had no evening clothes , and had had nothing resembling a party dress since the age of six , when she had possessed a fetching little garment of pink satin . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Airtours might not repeat last year 's extraordinary feats , but its cash pile and cautious management should ensure that it does not lend further credence to the current theory — that this year 's fastest grower is next year 's insolvency . |
| 7 | The banks will not lend more money and indeed call in their loans . |
| 8 | Secondly , Pache 's style does not lend any air of the dynamism needed to steer Bull out of its current mire . |
| 9 | ‘ The IMF will not lend any money unless India shows it is doing something about putting its house in order , ’ he explained . |
| 10 | The man did not think that Boy ever gave his address or phone number to anyone . |
| 11 | Mother actually calls me Lisa but I did not think that name appropriate to this strange meeting and anyway I have never liked it . |
| 12 | 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 . ) |
| 13 | I do not think that research has gone as fast as it should ! |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | We have set up a Review Group but I do not think all action can wait on its recommendations . |
| 16 | As he finally demonstrated over Cuba , he did not think Communist domination was worth the ruin of civilization . |
| 17 | It was a fair result , because I did not think either side did enough to win . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I do not think any publisher has given any journalist that chance before in the United Kingdom . ’ |
| 19 | But I do not think any traveller has ever been in a worse situation than I was then . |
| 20 | Penny Junor does not think this decision has been taken yet but believes that the second option is possible . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I do not think this presentation advances the arguments . |
| 26 | I do not think this reversal did much to uphold the seriousness or credibility of the sporting authorities ; it did , however , solve certain in-house problems and — until Monza — lower the temperature in the great debate about Ferrari ‘ influence ’ . |
| 27 | Without the frequent and often detailed accounts in the Henley Standard — especially in the early , interesting years — I do not think this book could have been produced . |
| 28 | ‘ I am surprised the judge did not think this matter a great deal more serious than the sentence appears to suggest . ’ |
| 29 | I did not think this fellow would survive very long , he was what I call one of my " oncers " . |
| 30 | I do not think this association would have put Flaubert off . |