Example sentences of "[vb -s] [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The arrival of another SeaCat vessel in May certainly has not hit us the way some people expected . |
| 2 | If your lecturer has not given you a book list , get one of your larger colleagues to persuade him to do so . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't you know God has not given you the spirit of fear but of love and a sound mind ? ’ |
| 4 | This need for careful definition is ignored completely when one simply asks a panel of experts to name people with political power — one has not told them the criteria that they should use for judging whether an individual has power , and neither does one know whether the individuals have used even similar criteria for ascribing power to the individuals whose names they submit . |
| 5 | The hon. Member for Sedgefield ( Mr. Blair ) has huffed and puffed , but he has not told us the Labour party 's position on a single proposal contained in the Green Paper . |
| 6 | This afternoon , he has treated the House to an extraordinary collection of half-truths and inaccuracies , but he has not told us the Labour party 's attitude to the proposals that I identified in the statement . |
| 7 | I also know that your informant there has not told you the truth . |
| 8 | ‘ My son has n't called me an asshole yet , ’ said Jim . |
| 9 | then Sandy has n't given me a time but I think I 'd suggested to him between six and seven I think people like that they do n't have to go home and |
| 10 | ‘ And it has n't done me a whole lot of good , let me tell you ! |
| 11 | And then I , I was at Doctor 's but he er he has n't sent me a letter . |
| 12 | He has some obsession she has n't told him the whole truth . ’ |
| 13 | Jim has made some enquiries through Italian legal colleagues and by all accounts the man does come from a very good family — very good indeed — so at least he has n't told her a tissue of lies about his background . ’ |
| 14 | So what I 'd like to do is erm , balance out the influence in him , prior to going out and making these negotiations erm , so that he comes back with a a suitable timescale for us to deal with it , and has n't promised them the earth in the way of commission or er , print changes or whatever . |
| 15 | And he has n't bought me a Renault er , I , I think , I , I 'd like to make the , the comment that in general the money which can be controlled at site level is that related to labour and plant . |
| 16 | McGoldrick signed on for four years after talks with Highbury boss George Graham and said : ‘ The boss has outlined his plans , but he has n't guaranteed me a first-team place . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ George Graham has outlined his plans , but he has n't guaranteed me a first-team place , ’ said McGoldrick . |
| 18 | The Crystal Palace star signed on for four years after talks with Highbury boss George Graham and admitted : ‘ The manager has outlined his plans , but he has n't guaranteed me a first-team place . ’ |
| 19 | Another of the smaller outfits is Blue Peter Sailing , which runs a 29-footer with seven berths and promises not to give you the ‘ sail-it-on-its-ear-and-hard-luck-if-you're-seasick ’ routine . |
| 20 | The ‘ Thatcher governments ’ of 1979 onwards argued that ‘ the world does not owe us a living ’ . |
| 21 | It is often said that unfettered insider dealing does not hurt shareholders ; that insiders ' profits are not outsiders ' losses , but rather evidence of a more efficient allocation of resources ; Just because an investor does not make as much money on the sale of his shares as he would otherwise have done , does not make him a victim in the true sense , as nothing has been stolen from him . |
| 22 | Because they put 3 passes together 4 years ago does not make them a footballing side and they are only making friends now cos they are an easy touch . |
| 23 | Feeling guilty does not make me a better person . |
| 24 | Being restricted here does not make me a special case , though . |
| 25 | ( I may believe Jesus ' teaching to have been exemplary , or that he was a man singularly in tune with God ; but this , as I would argue , does not make me a Christian . ) |
| 26 | But again this does not make me a Christian . |
| 27 | But that support , which the Nobel committee acknowledges , does not make her a guerrilla . |
| 28 | You may enjoy talking but this does not make you a wizard at verbal presentations . |
| 29 | Even this thing you say you did — even that does not make you a bad man . |
| 30 | And by , becoming religious and observing religious , er , practices does not make us a better person . |