Example sentences of "[adv] [not/n't] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't so much the ageing process itself that sent my spirits plummeting — although greying hair and wrinkles were n't exactly adding to my self-esteem — as the realisation that time is marching on and I had better not waste a moment of it . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'd better not light a fire there , ’ I said , ‘ so we 'll take our food and water with us . ’ |
| 3 | I better not put a star on this one though had I cos |
| 4 | I we , well I do n't wan na be frightened so I 'd better not have a look at it ! |
| 5 | My foot feels like it 's trapped in a mangle , and she shouts in my face that I 'd better not address a lady in that tone . |
| 6 | Hereford cider producers Bulmers had been rumoured to be considering a bid but in the end have apparently not tendered an offer , fearing a referral by the Office of Fair Trading to the Monopolies Commission . |
| 7 | Sun is still tinkering around with the Cypress Semiconductor Corp Ross Systems HyperSparc chip , having apparently not found a home for it yet : in benchmarks , the part outpaced the SuperSparc but by how much remains a mystery ; of course third parties people could buy the chip from Cypress direct and do their own MBus upgrades for Suns . |
| 8 | I see , well I would of expected those premises not to be selling intoxicating liquor sir , they 've obviously not had a license for a month ! |
| 9 | Well I would have expected those premises not to be selling intoxicating liquors you 've obviously not had a licence for a month . |
| 10 | Erm a little bit of steam around so you do get an impression that it 's erm you know , it 's alive and working obviously not doing a day 's work , but certainly being restored back to working condition . |
| 11 | Charlie was about to correct him when Trentham turned away to stare out of the window , obviously not anticipating a reply . |
| 12 | It 's bad enough not to have a honeymoon . ’ |
| 13 | They have all introduced a discount scheme to enable those unfortunate enough not to have a job not to have a proper job the same access to all these facilities as those in work . |
| 14 | He hoped she would be civilized enough not to make a scene . |
| 15 | Should you be unfortunate enough not to find a solution by this means , then you may have lost the alignment of the disk read/write heads . |
| 16 | Not , I admit , the kind of explosives you have down there but we know enough not to trigger a bomb by accident . ’ |
| 17 | They often sat together not saying a word , which is maybe the best way to get on with anybody . |
| 18 | The report reveals that 88 per cent of women , if travelling alone , would not use the train at night , 83 per cent would not use the bus and an amazing 46 per cent would rather not use a taxi . |
| 19 | Can you just not bring a packet of packet of biscuits or something ? |
| 20 | I take it you have n't been keeping her at home and just not sent a note ? |
| 21 | The dilution factor : the number of times a sample of the odorous gas has to be diluted with odour-free air before 50 per cent of the panel of the six observers will just NOT detect an odour . |
| 22 | In our society we would normally not interpret a phrase like that wrongly , because everyday usage confirms that when we say someone is an ass we mean they have been rather stupid . |
| 23 | In a variety of ways these rights were re-interpreted from the later 1940s and this has been taken as an indication that ‘ duty ’ remains the norm as ‘ Japanese business has still not accepted a union 's right to speak for its members ’ ( Halliday 1975 p.221 ) . |
| 24 | Ilay did offer to make good Sir James Campbell 's financial loss , but the latter had still not obtained a settlement for the £140 forfeited to Moses Buchanan even in 1739 . |
| 25 | And it has still not received a word from the Treasury . |
| 26 | But , after six months , Intermagnetics has still not finalised a licence with the Japanese video-firm , JVC , to sell tape for its VHS video-system . |
| 27 | You wa , if you think of those soaps , I bet , I 'm convinced you could miss six weeks of the soaps and still not lose a minute of the plot . |
| 28 | Erm , over the page , the section , and the session , training needs position , erm , the erm , the work of the consultants has been completed , and we 've still not got a report from Tech or any indication of , of erm , what their reaction would be to the , to the report which comes out . |
| 29 | QPR v Liverpool Draws at Nottingham Forest and Wimbledon offered QPR a modicum of encouragement but they have still not won a League match for seven weeks , which is hardly the sort of record to have when Liverpool are the visitors , even though Kenny Dalglish 's team have lost three of their last four games . |
| 30 | Opposition protests were voiced in the days before commencement of the 30-day period of voter registration , set by the government for June 8 although it had still not set a date for the elections themselves . |