Example sentences of "[vb base] not the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NOT and I repeat NOT the main carriage , as someone I know once did ! |
| 2 | and Aaron get up , we 've , we 've only got a very small bedroom so we might as well make the most of it , we 've had quotes and all that and erm , look not the cheapest but not the exp the most expensive erm |
| 3 | Or I can go for a brand new what I 've had before , you know not the special edition |
| 4 | BELVILLE : Hush , I charge you , call not the dear girl by any name unworthy of her . |
| 5 | Do not the other eleven deserve at least as much attention , even compassion ? |
| 6 | Why do n't the two of you join me . |
| 7 | ‘ Why do n't the two of you give yourselves some time together ? |
| 8 | Do n't the two of you discuss me ? |
| 9 | The more you make the running in this critical phase , the more you need to become sensitive to future technological and quality advances , because if you do n't the other guy is going to leap-frog you . |
| 10 | What they do n't need , they do n't the old lathery legs |
| 11 | Why do n't the important people fight each other |
| 12 | Erm , I do n't the exact figure but it is quite a bit less , erm seven pounds odd I think is n't it ? |
| 13 | If you do n't the whole thing |
| 14 | Why do n't the whole lot of them ? |
| 15 | If David Owen is talking to terrorists , why do n't the British government talk to Gerry Addams ? |
| 16 | They 're more or less as a , I do n't think there 's a great lot of difference onl I d I , they 're not pushing , they have n't the same , the , I would like to say , I would say they have n't the same interest in their union , they 've not the same interests in the union as they had in the earlier days when there was a union . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've not the slightest idea , ’ Claudia said , turning to face him . |
| 18 | I 've not the foggiest idea where they were now . |
| 19 | you see not the two , yes , so we 've still got one lighting on each |
| 20 | I see not the slightest prospect with the scale of introduction of these alien wedges into the population of our cities , of a community attitude growing up in the future . |
| 21 | In truth , therefore , serial variation forms have not the theme-based unity of the classical form . |
| 22 | ‘ We are of the same Line you and I , ma'am , and although I have not the ancient Samhailt , I understand it . |
| 23 | The creation of an effective world police force would involve the creation of a military force which we have not the political means to control . |
| 24 | If it is sensible to ask this question it has an answer — even though we have not the faintest idea what that answer is — we simply label it ‘ God ’ . |
| 25 | I know how to make it do all kinds of things — including a few that are not in the manufacturer 's manual — but I have not the first idea as to how it actually works . |
| 26 | It is invariably used ironically by CD , cf. his essay ‘ The Noble Savage ’ ( RP ) : ‘ I have not the least belief in the Noble Savage . |
| 27 | I must confess that I have not the least idea what this phrase could mean in an orthodox Christian context . |
| 28 | And what happens in actual human situations which are what get me , and I 'm going to give you three and I guarantee their genuineness you will doubt them all I have not the least fear but I guarantee you their genuineness , they come from the records of Age Concern Scotland of which I am the president . |
| 29 | I have come across deaf mutes educated by all systems , and as I have met and conversed with the deaf in various parts of Great Britain and Ireland , France , and the United States , I have not the least hesitation in saying that the combined method as advocated by Dr. E. M. Gallaudet before the recent Royal Commission certainly confers the greatest benefit upon the greatest number . |
| 30 | I have not the remotest idea David . |