Example sentences of "[adv] and not [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was capable of wanting nothing all day , of sending every meal away and not allowing Teresa in , even to make up his fire or turn down his bed , and then , around midnight , calling for his breakfast and complaining he was cold because the fire had gone out . |
| 2 | You must be careful altogether and not accept rides from old men with big cars . ’ |
| 3 | We are able to stand aside and not have regard to financial implications , ’ he said . |
| 4 | As he turned to return down the steps he was thinking of Carrie once more and not taking care where he was stepping . |
| 5 | It may just be an extremist minority within a minority that would take offence , but one company told PEN it would rather just take the easy way out and not have pigs . |
| 6 | ‘ And so everyone was happy , ’ said Julia , smiling again and not giving voice to her suspicion that perhaps the young homesick Italian might have been happier if her besotted husband had managed to forget his dislike of foreigners and their countries . |
| 7 | His formal meeting with the US delegation ignored the pledge he made then only to meet ‘ old friends ’ from abroad privately and not to discuss politics . |
| 8 | two or three mistakes recently and not dictated mistakes , copy mistakes . |
| 9 | It was so much better if she could slip out quietly and not let Alan know . |