Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pron] at the " in BNC.
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| 31 | She gave the young MacGregor a book on Parliament but he did not read it at the time , and he can not trace his decision to go into politics back to that . |
| 32 | In considering Lanfranc 's letter of 1072 , we were faced with the question : Why did he not produce them at the papal court ? |
| 33 | More than that we can not tell you at the moment , but we will , of course , give you a full ( p ) review as soon as it is possible . |
| 34 | Does he agree that it is now essential that he withdraw the Asylum Bill now under consideration and instead institute a proper system of legal appeal that gives automatic rights of appeal to political asylum seekers and does not leave them at the mercy of his erroneous decisions ? |
| 35 | It is naturally important to them that their children and grandchildren should know what life was like when they were young , and although younger people may not realise it at the time , a knowledge of their own family history and the characters that made it can be valuable to them , too , if they are to understand themselves and their own lives . |
| 36 | Many of the delegates were later to become officers , and although Eva did not realise it at the time people in high places were again taking note of her presence . |
| 37 | Its fragrance is real , and penetrating : but it does not release itself at the first casual opening of the pages . |
| 38 | We thank Raymond and his bride Koti for not cancelling us at the last minute , and allowing BBC Good Food to share in their excitement . |
| 39 | ‘ You know , Comrade Andropov is getting ready for the Party Congress , so he can not receive you at the moment , but you can make a detailed written statement of everything , saying who it is you suspect , and so on and so forth ’ . |
| 40 | But the significance of this did not strike him at the moment . |
| 41 | The prospect of the moth scam was so exciting we even bought platform tickets so as not to blow it at the development stage . |
| 42 | not throw it at the cyclist had I ? |
| 43 | It was hard not to want everything at the vast open-air market . |
| 44 | As to whether four-dimensional events rather than perceptual objects should be regarded as ontologically basic particulars , this is a metaphysical decision which need not concern us at the moment . |
| 45 | She ca n't , she ca n't cuddle you at the minute . |
| 46 | He he did n't make one at the same time as , you know , to actually show the folds and that |
| 47 | And he added : ‘ We do n't want him at the club and if I have anything to do with it , he 's not coming back at all . ’ |
| 48 | At a separate news conference , Sugar was in equally confident mood , telling reporters : ‘ We do n't want him at the club and if I have anything to do with it , he 's not coming back at all . ’ |
| 49 | ‘ If they 're sensible they do and their daughters will know what it 's all about and wo n't throw themselves at the first lad who looks at them . |
| 50 | Do n't throw them at the windows . |
| 51 | well I 'm always calling them tweedle dum and tweedle dee , hey do n't throw it at the house , it might be something fragile |
| 52 | Bless Marvin Gaye — but we do n't need him at the moment ! |
| 53 | Onassis invited me — I did n't know him at the time but later we became great friends — and we talked . |
| 54 | ‘ They wo n't know us at the station , in London , ’ said Jonathon suddenly . |
| 55 | I did n't know it at the time , but he had come to prepare us for the move to England . |
| 56 | Though I did n't know it at the time , Lebanon was suffering only the hors d'oeuvre of the devil 's dinner . |
| 57 | ‘ Well , I did n't know it at the time , but the telegraphist on the next set to mine-Lofty , he 's called — was on my wavelength too . |
| 58 | ‘ I did n't know it at the time . |
| 59 | I did n't know it at the time but a greater blow awaited me A few days later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again . |
| 60 | Of course I did n't know it at the time , but by then my mother and father 's marriage was showing cracks . |