Example sentences of "[vb -s] not [vb pp] [pers pn] the " 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 | ‘ Do n't you know God has not given you the spirit of fear but of love and a sound mind ? ’ |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | I also know that your informant there has not told you the truth . |
7 | He has some obsession she has n't told him the whole truth . ’ |
8 | 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 . |