Example sentences of "[vb base] not [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Lord Zouch , President of the Council , who was no friend to the professional judges there , discounted the notion that they were taking bribes : ‘ I mean not money to any magistrate , ’ he remarked . |
| 2 | ‘ Lovers give not thought to actions and words , joy and sorrow , past and future . |
| 3 | But in which he says that he 's talking about himself ‘ That so many good and learned men among the neighbouring nations who read my works may not be induced by this fellow 's calumnies to alter the favourable opinion they have formed of me , followed by the assertion that the people of England whom fate , or duty , or their own virtues have incited me to defend may be convinced from the purity and integrity of my life that my defence , if it do not redown to their honour , can never be considered as their disgrace . ’ |
| 4 | If there was some difficulty involved which resulted in your leaving a job , avoid referring to it , but do not resort to outright lying as this will rebound badly against you if you are found out . |
| 5 | If you are not sure about the right way to connect something in a mains power supply circuit , do not resort to trial and error . |
| 6 | It is important that we do not hand to our successors decisions made at the end of a dying Parliament ; we should leave them to take the decisions in future . |
| 7 | ‘ I have not objection to giving my age but if this lady does n't want to then good luck to her , ’ she said . |