Example sentences of "[pers pn] [not/n't] [verb] [det] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It never occurred to me not to do that in the first place , ’ she said . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , you 've proved your point about me not knowing enough to be a manager . |
| 3 | For had she not experienced all of these emotions as she had watched Johnny walk through the garage wall ? |
| 4 | Look on you know what I mean , how can you not do that for your favourite friend . |
| 5 | And it had , it 'd be true to say that whatever you read in your newspapers er , while we were in Canberra , I would advise you not to believe half of it ! |
| 6 | How could you not know that about your child ? |
| 7 | Do you not believe that with this recommendation where |
| 8 | If a passage can be reduced to a set of elementary propositions of the kind approximately represented in [ 9 ] , can we not regard this as the neutral , " styleless " version against which all other paraphrases , such as [ 8 ] , are stylistically marked in varying degrees ? |
| 9 | In September Richard wrote to the tenants of the archbishopric ordering them not to withhold their duties from Rotherham : ‘ We not willing any of his said rents and duties so to be withholden from him for any thing displeasing us . ’ |
| 10 | In September Richard wrote to the tenants of the archbishopric ordering them not to withhold their duties from Rotherham : ‘ We not willing any of his said rents and duties so to be withholden from him for any thing displeasing us . ’ |
| 11 | From the day of their first meeting , Paul Alexandre was struck by his prodigious artistic talents and begged him not to destroy any of his studies , offering him what little money a young doctor could spare . |
| 12 | Why , for example , did they not make more of the greater physique and technique of their battle-hardened pack ? |
| 13 | If the Government were serious about this matter , would they not remove some of the obstacles that now stand in the way of successful prosecutions under section 12 of the Theft Act ? |
| 14 | On the parents ' separation the mother initially left the four children of the marriage with the father in the former matrimonial home but on her subsequently removing one of the children the father applied ex parte for orders , including a residence order , a prohibited steps order and a specific issue order pursuant to section 8 of the Children Act 1989 requiring her to return the child and directing her not to remove any of the children from the father 's care and control . |
| 15 | ‘ Told her not to have any of that , did n't I ? ’ growled Pringle . |
| 16 | So is it not detailed enough for you or or ? |
| 17 | Had he not experienced this for himself , that God 's word and Spirit had worked powerfully in his own life ? |