Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] [adv] [vb infin] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | That means our discussion programmes , for example , should not simply consist of white able-bodied men . |
| 2 | An Irish House of Lords , in my view , should not only consist of Anglo-Irish peers , but of clan chiefs and both Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops . |
| 3 | So it 's it 's vital that you get this exercise right and it , and you must n't just think of it as part of the study of History of Language , it 's not , it 's , it 's a er a definite part of your course . |
| 4 | To this end , we urge you not only to use the Line yourself for shopping , sightseeing etc. , but also to encourage your friends , acquaintances , neighbours and relatives , who may not even know of the existence of the Line , to use it . |
| 5 | They may not even know of the bogs . ’ |
| 6 | The Company might not even hear of a replacement until he had been " appointed " — unofficially , of course , by the local authorities , who continued to complain about the inadequate salary . |
| 7 | She might not now think of this as the action of a deflated bully , but the symptoms are classic . |
| 8 | If two monads coincided in all their attributes , then they would be indistinguishable and one could not properly speak of " two " monads . |
| 9 | He had met the press at a cocktail party and had stood there answering impertinent questions with disconcerting honesty , a glass of ginger ale in one hand and a canapé in the other ; when he could not immediately think of an answer he nibbled the canapé and viewed the questioner with cold button eyes . |
| 10 | Charles Russell also found much to admire in his Manchester Scuttlers , seeing in their violent gang fights a ‘ sense of comradeship ’ which he could not altogether disapprove of : ‘ The ‘ Scuttler ’ ’ was not wholly bad ; he would rather be a blackguard than a dullard . |
| 11 | They could not even think of washing my hair until I had had this operation to put the two rods in my back . ’ |
| 12 | Thy even asked how those outside the group felt and I answered that since I could not even think of anyone in the Church who contributed nothing I could not possibly answer the question . |
| 13 | I say if she thought till she was tired , she could not possibly think of any wrong … . |
| 14 | Suddenly a new perspective began to open before the young Prince ; he could not only dream of a Bonapartist cause , he could himself become the representative of that cause . |
| 15 | What had all this got to do with the cruel terrors of Spiderglass that kept Mars-U as a garden of torture ( she could n't even think of the garden-master ; somehow he just kind of disappeared from her mind ) so it could pluck poor students into its web of inhumanity ? |
| 16 | Dana loved luxury and she seemed to manage to surround herself with things Claudia could n't even dream of buying . |
| 17 | They could n't really disapprove of him , though they longed to , because he 's studying for the ministry . ’ |
| 18 | Such lexical chains need not necessarily consist of words which mean the same , however . |
| 19 | Tempo 30 zones need not therefore consist of anything more complex than a set of signs , an arrangement which pays lip-service to safety improvement yet costs little money . |
| 20 | Traders who might have started a line in meal for the populace would not even think of it , knowing that the government was always ready to step in and depress the price . |
| 21 | Ybreska would not ever think of his little errands as subversive acts . |
| 22 | It 's just one of those things that happens at parties ; people do get drunk and they do do things they would n't normally think of . |
| 23 | I would n't even think of it for a minute if it was n't best for everybody . |
| 24 | I think if I went back to Africa I would n't even think of stealing . |
| 25 | I would n't I would n't even think of asking . |
| 26 | Oh , God , I 'm so pissed off I ca n't even think of a decent comparison . |
| 27 | How can you chat about it like this when I 'm holding you and when I want to kiss you and make love to you so badly I ca n't even think of anything else ! ’ |
| 28 | I ca n't even think of what to have . |
| 29 | Yeah , I ca n't even think of any nurses at the hospital , Louise her little one 's three but she 's more like a five year old |
| 30 | We are talking about s several miles ma'am and I can I ca n't just conceive of i of how that could could occur . |