Example sentences of "[noun sg] not at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I can remember once being told by a karate teacher that the trick of breaking planks of wood with the edge of your hand was to aim your blow not at the planks but about six inches below them .
2 Thursday night not at the Empire .
3 Thus , jurisdiction is determined at the commencement not at the conclusion of the inquiry .
4 The question of jurisdiction depended not on the truth or falsehood of the charge but upon its nature and was determinable at the commencement not at the conclusion of the inquiry .
5 In Neale 's version Christian loses his burden not at the Cross but after being dipped in a well , symbolising baptismal regeneration .
6 Somebody took a shot not at the President they could have killed him easily but knocked off a man who could have swung thirty votes in favour of a Berlin settlement .
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