Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Lord have mercy upon us , and lay not these sins to our charge . " |
2 | But let not these requests from a young planter discourage you , my dear cousin . |
3 | They spun round and discovered Jennifer Gristy , who was trying to look invisible against the cliff face not ten yards from where they stood . |
4 | Yes , stool making , you know I 've got a stool here , I made that stool over there ages ago for me daughter-in-law and this one I can not get it right I 've , I 've , it 's , it 's , I 'm trying I 've got to undo it again there , it 's not right , I think it is because the cord 's too thick , it 's a very thick cord and I 've not got enough stitches you know not enough strands on it , but I 'm gon na do it , it 'll be done before Christmas I 've got to do it otherwise |
5 | But tell me if you will , whilst you were attending to these sartorial niceties , the small , yet I feel not insignificant matter of our impending relegation to Sheol did n't , perchance , wend its winged way into your mercurial consciousness ? ’ |
6 | Mr. Wigley : Do not these figures of between 18 and 20 per cent . |
7 | Why do n't all children with visual handicap wear glasses ? |
8 | we do n't double back on our |
9 | I do n't little boys in in gowns . |
10 | The linguistic phenomena we see in the texts reflect not classical fusion of law but post-classical confusion of language . |
11 | They 've not much time for things that are n't either pleasurable or functional . |
12 | Mark Twain , the American writer , found European trains primitive after his native ones : ‘ The conductor locks you in when the train starts ; there is no water to drink in the car , there is no heating apparatus … they have not that culmination of all charity and human kindness , a sleeping car … ’ |
13 | We 're in a mess and nothing is going to pull us out ; I am not a socialist ; I 'm not impressed by your little man in Rome ; I do n't like ultra-nationalists ( I 'm not one of those who 'd follow the general ) ; I think there is something to be said for constitutional monarchy but in France that cause is as dead as mutton ; I have not much faith in the League , nor in democracy as an up-to-date technique of government . |
14 | ‘ I do n't like being reminded that I have not one drop of blood to link me with my family . ’ |
15 | ‘ And you expect me to work for you , knowing you have not one ounce of faith in my abilities as a landscape designer ? ’ |
16 | All the ‘ furniture of the earth , … all those bodies which compose the mighty frame of the world ’ , he says , ‘ have not any subsistence without a mind . ’ |
17 | I mean , for instance , I have n't much sympathy with Edwina Currie because I think erm any false image because she is a very media orientated person and erm |
18 | I have n't much sense of smell . " |
19 | ‘ The problem with big musicals , ’ said Garland , ‘ is that English directors have n't much experience with them . |
20 | Pretty silly of me to give you a false name , but I have n't much experience of — of — ‘ |
21 | ‘ I have n't much experience of them , sir , ’ I answered . |
22 | ‘ Corporal ’ — her voice was clear and could have been that of a schoolteacher reprimanding — ‘ I have n't much opinion of my legs , but I can assure you you are not the type of man I would allow within parade ground distance of them , let alone pull them . ’ |
23 | Well , just generally , we have n't restricted recruiting of care staff , in other words , unless we know there 's a decision been made about a residential establishment which there has n't been at present . |
24 | You have n't that chapter for the rest of the year and say the teacher probably thinks well this child and |
25 | ‘ It merely means we have n't sufficient grounds for arresting him yet . |
26 | They pushed through the padded door , back towards the dining room , and Miranda confided , ‘ When I 'm really on the breadline and someone 's taking me out , I sometimes tell them I have n't any change for Madame Pipi — they give me something . |
27 | Mr Clarke told representatives : ‘ We have n't any plans for privatisation . |
28 | No , no I have n't any idea at all about that . |
29 | So you would n't just push it all out , and how do you discuss new educational reforms if you have n't any idea about the original previous |
30 | ‘ Miss Hardbroom , I was the frog in the potion laboratory , the one you found in the corridor , and the potion I took is only just wearing off , that 's why I have n't any feet at the moment . |