Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [pers pn] [vb mod] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had it not been for them we would not have known such beautiful places existed . |
| 2 | If they had been advised as to the necessity for clear offers in writing with terms set out from the bank , their case is that they would have taken that advice , they would have waited for the bank offer and if and when it had not been suitable for them they would not have exchanged and their case is also that er once things had gone er very badly wrong and they wanted to get out of the contract if they had been advised as to the way out er then er they would have been er of that , they would have served notice and they would have got out of the contract . |
| 3 | If it were not for them he would not be free , he said . |
| 4 | For me I can not remember who said it , someone far wiser than far wiser than me but somebody said a judge is civilization by the way he treats the |
| 5 | ‘ I want to know what is behind this first , ’ he snapped , ‘ because for the life of me I can not understand why a man in his position should want to take up with the likes of you . |
| 6 | They did not have electricity , it would be oil lamps and some of them I can not mind when gas would come . |
| 7 | Only for the whole lot of you we 'd not be near that far on , ’ Moran was able to praise . |
| 8 | On the tail , lane road , give way to vehicles coming towards you you must not overtake if you would have to cross or straddle double white lines with a solid line on the out of you , erm if you 're within a zig zag area , the pelican crossing , after a normal overtaking sign until the end of the restriction , do not overtake when you can not see far enough ahead , for example , when coming through |
| 9 | She would not have told him where she was going , but for the life of her she would not have been able to invent a pressing enough reason for leaving the house , least of all with only the shelter of her flimsy summer hat , since an umbrella had not been top of her list of things to pack when she had hurriedly boarded the plane at Heathrow . |
| 10 | But for the life of her she could not behave as she ought when she stood among the rubble to which her life had been reduced . |
| 11 | Even if he ripped up all the pages on the table in front of him they would not be destroyed . |
| 12 | As far as he was concerned , homosexuality did not exist north of Hampstead ( or perhaps south of it , either ) and despite the fact that its local manifestation was sitting in front of him he would not be convinced . |
| 13 | Fleury uttered a curse and started to examine it , for the life of him he could not see what was the matter . |
| 14 | Edward undid his tie , but for the life of him he could not take his eyes off her . |
| 15 | Answer guide : On the face of it you may not need much financial information as you are not judged on profitability over which you have little control as selling prices and buying prices are fixed . |
| 16 | He is flying a kite — and good luck to him , but I am sure like me you will not be surprised to find that his kite blows away and is covered by the sands of time . |
| 17 | But if you are a farmer like me you can not avoid winter , whatever your age or physical condition . |
| 18 | And with an east wind behind them they could not abruptly halt . |
| 19 | Oswy was probably unable to follow in detail the abstruse arguments put forward , but in the end he decided to accept the Roman practice , on the grounds that at the gates of heaven the keys are held by St Peter , and against him he would not contend . |
| 20 | Provided your ferrets are trained and have been handled well and you have developed a good relationship with them they will not bite you . |
| 21 | Ha for God 's sake Jean if she 's gon na move back with him she 'll not want your stuff ! |
| 22 | There was so much anger in her she could not see what might be done with it . |
| 23 | Yeah it says , Romans ten , verse thirteen , for every everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah , will be saved , however , how will they call on him if in him they 'd not put faith , how in turn will they put faith in him , if him they 've not heard , how in turn will they hear without someone to preach , how in turn will they preach unless they 've been sent forth , just as it is written , how come we are at the feet of those who declare good news of good things well that 's more or less what we were saying is n't it ? |
| 24 | Yet when she looked upon him she could not but believe that his sincere eyes could tell no lie . |
| 25 | It is not at all improbable that Hitchcock also followed this system , but in the absence of a single manual from him we can not be sure . |
| 26 | In it we can not go to any of the extremes because we are aware of them all . |
| 27 | That is really my position and , unless I believed in it I would not feel justified in the course I have taken . |
| 28 | Not only throughout Britain , but in many parts of Europe and in the New World , it was widely accepted that if a person succeeded in erecting a dwelling on common or waste land between sunset and sunrise and lighting a fire in it he could not lawfully be dispossessed . |
| 29 | How many such stories lie hidden from us we can not tell ; but we can be sure that he reflects many of the aspirations of his day : as a merchant on land and sea , in the Baltic , the North Sea and the Mediterranean ; as a pilgrim to the shrines of England and Scotland , to Saint-Gilles , to St Peter and to Jerusalem , he accomplished what many others were doing , and far more aspired to . |
| 30 | ‘ We basically say to them if you put your trust in us we will not fail you — and that has been the case . |