Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pron] this [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Had Joss Barnet not joined her this morning she might have felt quite differently about the plan . |
2 | She did not answer him this time , but stared back at him almost insolently , only a slight moistening of her lips betraying her nervousness . |
3 | But he is betting that the Department of Health will not prosecute him this time . |
4 | Peter did not know what this dream meant . |
5 | If , however , you do not know who this person is , or might be , it would be more helpful if we were to give some indication of why we have introduced her into the conversation . |
6 | I should n't have brought that actually , so I 'll just not do anything this go . |
7 | I got him every time , until the end and I said I am not serving him this time ! |
8 | If you do not give us this information , or you give false information , you may be subject to a penalty of £50 for the first offence and £200 for any subsequent offence . |
9 | To Dinah 's relief Paul did not touch her this time , but turned over and was soon asleep ; he had to be early at work in the morning . |
10 | Unhappily , he will not celebrate it this year . |
11 | ‘ Iris says to tell Monsieur Gauthier not to expect you this evening . ’ |
12 | Obviously the proposer and seconder of this motion do not remember what this scheme meant to people in the forties when it was demeaning and degrading and a great intrusion into their private lives and I do feel Mr Mayor that as it was a a it was demeaning and degrading in the forties it will be no less demeaning and degrading in the nineties . |
13 | ‘ I 'm so bloody glad we 're not doing it this time , ’ he said . |
14 | With the possible exception of Mrs Major , who has to struggle not to look cheerful at the mention of leaving 10 Downing Street , and Sir Denis Thatcher ( ’ I 'm so bloody glad we 're not doing it this time ’ ) , every good political consort must learn how to be a good loser . |
15 | If we had not provided you this delay , and this opportunity , what would you have done ? ’ |
16 | It is not known what this source was . |
17 | And they 're not charging us this time you will notice . |
18 | And try not to drop it this time , please . |
19 | The point , though Hurd did not put it this way , is that Labour 's amendment 27 , seeking to scupper Major 's triumph in excluding Britain from the social chapter , was a complete red herring . |
20 | I shou 'd like a cloth one best if you please — I beg of your Sir to be so good as not to fail me this Cardinal by Wednesday , without fail , but let it be full yard long I beg , or else it will not do fail not on Wednesday , and in so doing you will very much oblige me . |
21 | However , I do not play it this way but allow each person ‘ goosed ’ to be the next catcher . |
22 | In other words all the things you have to do without if you can not afford them this year . |
23 | You 're not telling me this Council driver ca n't go any quicker cos he 'll try to get back to before , before twelve o'clock |
24 | Right I 'll try and not to deafen you this time . |
25 | I 'll try not to burn them this week ! |
26 | The Princess did not help us this year . |
27 | you can nae fancy it this year , you know |
28 | I could n't fancy it this year , you know , but er |
29 | So I say , Richard I 'm sorry I ca n't make it this Tuesday , I 'm tied up , but I have got next Tuesday , if Tuesday 's the best night for you . |
30 | ‘ Ca n't make it this evening , ’ she told her friends in a phone call , ‘ I 'm clearing my desk Paperwork , dahlinks , it comes to us all . ’ |