Example sentences of "[pers pn] [not/n't] [verb] in [det] " in BNC.

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1 If , on the other hand , God should have ordained for me thus , miserable and wretched as I am , and should have called me by His grace to sit solitary and serve him in that manner , as he deigns to grant to me , shall I not persevere in that calling ?
2 He did not know that Mme Bluot had asked me not to walk in that direction ( ‘ It is a street so disreputable , madame , it could lead a child astray . ’ ) ,
3 Could you not sit in that chair ?
4 But we not regimented in this department we 're flexible that 's why these things are happening cos we turn our hands to whatever we believe is in the interests of the company .
5 Can we not see in this new conviction of the importance of emotion and sensibility that awakening of feeling which his marriage had accomplished ?
6 For the lord 's sake , then , why did they not put in some repairs ?
7 They had grown so used to her not joining in that they had not really noticed that she had stayed up there when they came down .
8 The refugees kept in the camps face many crises of diet ; not only is it not balanced in some cases , but it may also not arrive on time , causing disease and death .
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