Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He became concerned when he could not locate him on the premises , because Mr Jowett was due to take over the lambing . |
| 2 | French superstar Zafonic was pulled out of the St James 's Palace Stakes when owner Prince Khalid Abdulla decided not to risk him on the rain-softened surface . |
| 3 | ‘ The truth is I knew throughout the summer that my game was not as sharp and I was not enjoying myself on the course as I did in 1991 . |
| 4 | But you must not build them on the graveyard . |
| 5 | That is partly because the editors have not included anything on the ‘ mainstream ’ alternatives to the tokamak — stellarators and tandem mirrors for example As the title says , the book is devoted to unconventional approaches — some would use the word ‘ eccentric ’ — to fusion . |
| 6 | I also advised him that if he were not to accept it on the spot he should defer any decision on it until after he had concluded his coincidental visit to the Province today . |
| 7 | Once again it is up to the pilot to insist that this wing is held and not to accept someone on the upwind wing-tip . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd rather not discuss it on the phone . |
| 9 | I 'm not keeping him on the hop , but I am making a joke of things . |
| 10 | I 'm not patting myself on the back — it 's a highly competitive business and one needs selfish , single-minded dedication to succeed , but because female comics were rare in my day , competition was negligible , and I was able to be generous . |
| 11 | You must be careful not to overdo it on the beach however , because the nightlife in Malia is simply explosive . |
| 12 | You 'd be well advised not to overdo it on the old liquid refreshment , however , as the return leg beside the river involves crossing an awful lot of stiles . |
| 13 | The driver had not seen anyone on the platform and neither had the booking office clerk . |
| 14 | Watch out for a driver or cyclist who has not seen you on the crossing — Rules 10 , 11 , 12 and 13 . |
| 15 | Classic ritual of the disappointing album : buy it at the Megastore ; go for coffee as a way of prolonging the moment of consumption , rip off the cellophane , remove the card inlay ( taking care not to tear it on the little perspex teeth ) and scan the lyrics ( Giddy-up giddy-up giddy-up whoa/My pony boy ’ — shit ! ) ; tube home ( further lyric-skimming ) ; feed it to the CD player , skip to the second track while still halfway through the first , sample that , move on , hop and jump to the end and start wondering about forthcoming birthdays — then back to the beginning in the hope that maybe it is , as we used to say , a grower . |
| 16 | Because if he treated her as her father had treated Odette , she knew she would not bear it so patiently , would not bless him on the day he finally left her , as Odette had done , but would go after him with a knife to hunt him down . |
| 17 | At what I called the Winter Marsh inlet , though it was not called anything on the map , there was a wooden quay in what struck me as remarkably good condition for a structure that presumably had not been used for several years . |
| 18 | and I 've we 've taken the the old settee down to Carrie 's and moved the two seater and the armchair down this end and they flew in tonight straight up on the sofa , I said to it 's gon na be tough for a week or so but they 've got ta get used to staying on the floor , I 'm not having them on the furniture all the time cos they just absolutely ruin it ! |
| 19 | What galls the most is not having him on the subs bench . |
| 20 | But at £2 each , they are expensive and last year the Department of Health ordered GPs not to prescribe them on the NHS . |
| 21 | As for Dr Hate , poor soul , he can be sorely tried , as when immigrants demand their own schools , parliament , laws and the right to hunt and slay their critics , but he does not hate anyone on the grounds of faith or race . |
| 22 | And for goodness sake , let's try not to spill anything on the seat . |
| 23 | I , who can not reach anything on the top shelf at the supermarket ? |
| 24 | A true dye or stain does not leave anything on the surface that will obscure the grain , unlike a paint which is made by grinding pigments into a binding medium and , because they are opaque , will leave the wood a uniform colour . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , the newspaper reporter did not press him on the point . |
| 26 | Acheson would not commit himself on the sums of money involved and indicated that estimates had to be finalised . |
| 27 | But we need our own voice and vote at the top table to take us to the heat of Europe , not leave us on the periphery . ’ |
| 28 | Others are those who did not adventure themselves on the Crusade , but stayed to maintain the rights of their absent lords in their proper manors and castles , but as the years passed and their lords did not return they have been turned out from their posts of trust . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Why they are not playing it on the Saturday , I do n't know . |
| 30 | You better not get it on the furniture as well , keep it away from the furniture , now put it on the paper or else do n't use it |