Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [adv] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I really could not stay there any longer . |
| 2 | ‘ You did not stay there very long . ’ |
| 3 | So it has been for centuries , yet the multi-petalled bloom of modern times , epitomized by the modern Hybrid Tea rose ( or , as it is abbreviated , H.T. ) and probably most people 's mental image of all that a rose is and should be , is a product of modern hybridizing and cross-breeding that did not exist even as recently as medieval times . |
| 4 | Before we make any radical changes such as doing away with jury trials , should we not think very carefully indeed ? |
| 5 | Yes , ye yes I 'm I 'm not preaching anywhere tomorrow so |
| 6 | He did not want to frighten her , and , in my opinion , did not explain clearly enough why she should never communicate with Linton again . |
| 7 | Richard was still not allowed to speak — he was not recovering quite so fast as had been expected — and he could make little reply when Laura told him that this was exactly the kind of thing she had expected all along , and that she would see about disposing of Lord Jim immediately . |
| 8 | I shall be dealing more fully with the use of the library in the next chapter , but I can not stress too strongly how important it is for all researchers to be knowledgeable about bibliographical sources and , sadly , how few social science undergraduates are actually taught the necessary skills . |
| 9 | Ah 've not come this far just to put my tail between my legs … |
| 10 | To give Londoners the range and quality of rail services enjoyed by Parisians will cost a great deal of money , but this money will have to be spent if our public transport is not to slip once again on to the mad downhill spiral of reduced investment , reduced service , reduced passengers , reduced investment and so on . |
| 11 | This may not fall quite so easily into the category of a communications medium as you see it , but its relevance will be glaringly obvious later . |
| 12 | Minor symptoms accompanying seroconversion , such as fever , tiredness , pain accompanying swallowing , headaches , and nightsweats , were not reported significantly more often by the drug users who seroconverted compared to controls for HIV . |
| 13 | ‘ Let's not jump too far ahead , ’ she said in a voice that was not quite steady . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , child , ’ she said to Artemis who was standing by her side dropping pebbles into the still water , ‘ I must say it 's going to seem a little odd not living here any more . ’ |
| 15 | James was in every respect the kind of driver Alexander would get along with and that their enterprise did not finish so very far from winning , and failed to win not a few times only through misfortune — or the injustice of fate , speaks creditably of an underlying seriousness that they rarely allowed to show . |
| 16 | He said : ‘ There are so many tournaments to go before the Ryder Cup , and quite honestly I 'm not looking that far forward . |
| 17 | However Meyer is not looking any further ahead than this weekend . |
| 18 | We are not looking any further yet . ’ |
| 19 | However , unlike with the front kick , the fact you have leaned back means that your centre of gravity is not thrust so far forwards , and you can at least land comparatively lightly . |
| 20 | Tostig , Earl Harold 's second brother , was not made noticeably better off ; but he did , of course , possess certain lands and was married to Judith of Flanders . |
| 21 | On the other hand the Ailsa Craig case established that the contra proferentem rule is not applied quite as rigorously in interpreting clauses which merely limit the defendant 's ( usually the seller 's ) liability , as it is to clauses which claim to exclude his liability . |
| 22 | It was even acceptable to chant or recite a verse or two in public if the young mirza had ‘ beauty and a good voice ’ ; but he should not do so too often or at length for fear — heaven forbid — that he be mistaken for a professional poet or singer . |
| 23 | If you do like catfish and have not done so already then I recommend that you join the Catfish Association of Great Britain , and share this area of the hobby with others who do . |
| 24 | Successive governments have , as expected , deplored this state of affairs but have not done anywhere near enough to remedy it . |
| 25 | But we have not done quite well enough . ’ |
| 26 | He will certainly play another club season at the Quins and , although he certainly nurtures a strong desire to play against the South Africans in November , he realises that come the new season he may not feel quite as strongly . |
| 27 | She did not feel all right inside . |
| 28 | But he just could not give very very very difficult to actually deal with . |
| 29 | The noxious stench of the scorched vinegar and burning sulphur was making Jane feel ill , but in truth she had not felt really well ever since the sea crossing from England . |
| 30 | You do not look so well either . ’ |