Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1917 he could refer Garvin to a speech made in 1905 where he stated his ideal for the British Empire : ‘ we think of a group of states , all independent in their own local concerns , but all united for the defence of their common interests and the defence of a common civilisation , united not in an alliance — for alliances can be made and unmade — but in a permanent organic union' . |
| 2 | Deane is n't a bad player , at sheffield however he did score in bursts rather than every other game he also played not as a goalscorer but someone to play flicks etc . |
| 3 | ‘ He came not as a senator , ’ said Mr Donlan , on BBC Radio 4 's Today programme . |
| 4 | Stewart 's Nature critique focused not on an analysis of Ungar 's behavioural claims , but on the chemical purity and composition of the presumed scotophobin . |
| 5 | That he thought this possible is suggested by his comments on Frazer whom he saw not as an investigator of a remote and hence irrelevant past , but as someone whose researches are like Freud 's , of apparently universal application , applying not to a particular historical period but to ‘ the soul ’ . |
| 6 | Appropriately enough Di Leonardo 's first gesture , a hand raised to still the clamour , looked not unlike a blessing . |
| 7 | Critical analysis , one student journal proclaimed , ‘ generally produces results more significant than the best creative work now being written , ’ a judgement offered not as a complaint but as a boast : |
| 8 | When a proton and deuterium fuse they also give helium-3 , accompanied not by a neutron this time but by radiant energy , a gamma ray . |
| 9 | If the animal had been stolen from another district , and its owner did not as a result claim it , thieves could buy the fully-documented animal for a nominal sum . |
| 10 | He did not for a while want to look at his own face . |
| 11 | It was here that the performance abandoned all semblance of script , but was nonetheless skilfully held together by the actors , who guided without being intrusive and did not for a moment step out of their roles . |
| 12 | In their dinner jackets , glasses of brandy in their hands , they appeared not unlike an uncle and his nephew in their London club — not much to say to each other , but quite content . |
| 13 | And as the salon in Susan 's home town of Bristol was part of a reputable chain , she did n't for a moment expect any problems . |
| 14 | Did n't for a moment think you 'd want them out of your sight . |
| 15 | As I had grown some six inches since he had last seen me , I did n't for a moment believe that his recognition was unprompted . |
| 16 | ‘ No , I did n't as a matter of fact . |
| 17 | He did n't as a rule greet all his guests , but this was different . |
| 18 | Less and less did Nonconformists like to have it said of them as was said of the Primitive Methodist evangelist and erstwhile coal-miner , James Flanagan , ‘ He waited not for an abundance of knowledge but used what he possessed ’ . |
| 19 | There were , of course , the inevitable forms to fill in and letters of condolence to answer , but I realized that I had not for a moment , since before the previous Christmas , given a thought to the prospect of life for one . |
| 20 | Though before she could get in with a quick plea for an interview , Vendelin Gajdusek revealed that he had not for a moment forgotten the way in which the Dobermann had attached himself to her ankle , by decreeing , ‘ You 'd better come into the house and have some antiseptic put on that wound . ’ |
| 21 | Certainly there would have been no satisfaction in such behaviour if the would-be escaper had not for a time at any rate believed in himself |
| 22 | She was different , after all , he decided , in her hat , and with the grained leather gloves neatly folded , and Gaily had n't for a moment the wit to see this , prepared self as the false one and her accidental self , in an older coat and head-scarf , of Saturday night , the true one . |
| 23 | Jesus liberated not through a programme of political activism , but simply through his spoken word . |