Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [verb] not [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's like a kind of flowing thing where no note has more value than any other , and where I do n't even know what 's going to happen at any given point . |
| 2 | Observers were said to be surprised at the decision to hold elections during the Christmas holiday period , when most Kenyans with jobs in cities would have returned to their rural homes in areas where they had not necessarily registered to vote . |
| 3 | Prokofiev used several leitmotifs in the same way in his score fur Romeo and Juliet where they heighten not only the emotional involvement of the hero and heroine but also the conflict between the warring Montagues and Capulets ( see page 26 ) . |
| 4 | It would be part of the Foundation 's role in partnership at all levels to encourage development of networks where they do not already exist , and to reinforce them where they do — for greater consolidated strength and continuous intercommunication . |
| 5 | Methods of measuring cost will be developed where they do not already exist , and will be applied to scheme data . |
| 6 | ‘ Because my mother works in a hotel shop where they do n't really go a bundle on employing married women in the first place , so I do n't want to get her all into a fluster for nothing . |
| 7 | In spite of sanitary reform and what little planning there was , urban overcrowding probably increased during this period and neither health nor mortality improved , where they did not actually deteriorate . |
| 8 | ‘ We allow worm digging where it does n't seriously conflict with the nature conservation objectives near the causeway . |
| 9 | The first tends to refer mainly to the military context which , while obviously important , is not what this book is about ; and the second is clearly state-centrist , and does not fully convey the scnse of hegemony where it does not directly involve the state , which I take to be crucial . |
| 10 | There are plenty of ‘ success stories ’ where governments have not intervened , or where it has not even been acknowledged that farmers and pastoralists have quietly got on with the business of conservation for themselves , and frequently provided sustainable surpluses for the market as well . |
| 11 | It has even been suggested that it is possible to use inimical remedies with impunity although I have n't actively set out to prove or disprove this . |
| 12 | I do sometimes get asked how many machines I 've had and although I have n't actually counted them up , you will see that it is quite a few ! ! |
| 13 | By the way , I have received copies of the Dyfed consultation drafts on golf courses and windfarms , although I have not yet had time to read them . |
| 14 | Although I have not yet announced my presence , this does n't stop me giving Rainbow a little treat . |
| 15 | You see , I have been searching the moors with my telescope , and although I have not actually seen the prisoner , I have seen the person who is taking him food . ’ |
| 16 | Although I do not wholeheartedly agree with the view the author takes of the mechanical world of the train being somehow better than that of nature , I can still find it interesting and thought inducing from a philosophical angle . |
| 17 | Every time I have to strike my heart is in my mouth , and although I do not consciously hold back when I strike , I wonder if I am doing so without being aware of it . |
| 18 | I believe that the House should insist er that the not only should th should be a majority o of local of of of local authority members , but these so-called independent members are really quite superfluous to requirements they are p they are creating another kind of semi-quango , they are concentrating more power into the hands of the Home Secretary and for that reason , although I do not wholly agree with the amendments that have been put down , I shall certainly vote for them all . |
| 19 | HIS great courage and imperturbable COOLNESS in the face of what must at times have seemed to him to be insuperable odds WAS , I must confess — although I do not really like him — quite UNBELIEVABLE . |
| 20 | of which she sort of goes into every door , every door in Strathclyde , what a horrible thought , but in fact you know I thought maybe try and do something there , although I do n't always get on greatly well with , with the press and publicity people and the women in press and publicity are , are sort of start phrasing |
| 21 | Well that 's excellent of your compliments , although I do n't really know at the time , so |
| 22 | ‘ Because although I do n't entirely share with you your view of the essential rottenness of all humanity as it exists today , I can see there are sections of it that are dangerous — ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Perhaps you are , although I did not even imply it . ’ |
| 24 | The journey was long but pleasant , although I did not really enjoy the last leg from Kuala Lumpur to Perth . |
| 25 | It seemed a strange request , and although I did not really feel like accepting , he politely insisted . |
| 26 | Although I did not entirely enjoy my time as a ‘ check knitter ’ , I learned one valuable lesson . |
| 27 | I found her insight and her interpretations of dreams interesting , although I did n't always agree with them . |
| 28 | But I did n't like working at Johnny Walkers so I think it was quite a good thing at the time , although I did n't really like it I 'm glad now that it happened cos I 'd probably still be working in there . |
| 29 | I have completed one year 's retirement although I did n't really retire ! |
| 30 | ‘ So I have n't even succeeded in keeping that from you ! |