Example sentences of "[not/n't] [pron] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 An angel there to prove that not everyone over the age of 12 is totally screwed up .
2 Not everyone on the island was sorry to see her go .
3 It might also show the Americans that not everyone in a contact sport wears padding .
4 But not everyone in the gang has Q's options and inclinations , and the hard one , Bishop ( Shakur ) , decides that the best way he and the guys can prove they 've got ‘ the juice ’ is by robbing the corner store .
5 I am sure that my constituents are mindful of the fact that not everyone in the country pays £440 in community charge .
6 Not everyone in the ward was in late middle age , but a fair proportion seemed to be .
7 Not everyone in the world is grasping and selfish to the exclusion of all others , ’ Tammuz said .
8 Well he , he was asking me which I 'd prefer and I said I think you ought to consider Vicki not me on the crossing .
9 That 's not me by the way in case you thought I was phoning myself it 's not me .
10 Make not his Worth the Measure of your Song ;
11 I 'm not someone with the gift of the gab , though , and I do n't have that sort of charm .
12 The property had been part of the countess ' lands , and when Risley asked the king 's advice on the matter Edward warned him off : ‘ Risley , meddle not ye with the buying of the said place , for though the title of [ it ] be good in my brother of Gloucester 's hands or in another man 's hands of like might , it will be dangerous to thee to buy it and also to keep it and defend it . ’
13 The property had been part of the countess ' lands , and when Risley asked the king 's advice on the matter Edward warned him off : ‘ Risley , meddle not ye with the buying of the said place , for though the title of [ it ] be good in my brother of Gloucester 's hands or in another man 's hands of like might , it will be dangerous to thee to buy it and also to keep it and defend it . ’
14 Cole adds that what actually happened when the Pioneers engaged in production was not what they had intended when they started their co-operative ; and goes on to offer a more detailed explanation : The Rochdale Manufacturing Society was set up in 1854 , Supposing that , as an expression of democracy , Co-operative principles are as valid for the producer working in the factory producing goods for sale in the Co-operative store as they are for the consumer buying them there , a newcomer to the story might find it surprising that the Pioneers ' belief is presented , if not itself as a matter for surprise , then certainly one for explanation .
15 No I would n't go as far as that anyway but I 'm saying they 're in the wrong it 's not you in the wrong , they 're in
16 Even so , not everything about the show appealed to everyone .
17 A packet is guaranteed to get you a taxi driver and other rare commodities — a waiter who discovers that not everything on the menu is off , a booking clerk who finds you a seat .
18 Not everything in the past works that way .
19 Its famous television aerial , visible from most hilltops in the area , seemed to say that not everything in the region was private , anonymous , apologetic and parochial .
20 Not everything in the forest was delightful .
21 It would appear then that not everything in the garden is quite as rosy as might have been suspected .
22 He had a key to the armoury , but not one to the ammunition safe .
23 I 'm not one for a lot of late nights because I have to be on form and looking good for work .
24 Subjecting proposals to scrutiny by a body distinct from management may well be desirable , but this is clearly a function for an actual supervisory board , and not one for the court .
25 The appropriateness of the comments is not one for the committee since the committee has no responsibility for the judges , their selection or their comments .
26 The order was not one for the recovery or preservation of trust property but called for information and for copies of the defendants ' documents which , so far as compliance might incriminate them , the defendants were entitled to disregard .
27 The battle , he wrote , ‘ is not one for the future but is on NOW …
28 If the terms are such as to leave the seller free , if he should wish to do so , to obtain more wine of the same description for delivery to the buyer , then the contract goods have not been identified and agreed upon at the date of the contract and the contract is not one for the sale of specific goods , Re London Wine Co .
29 The Clermont elections , if that is the right word , provide a startling insight into the appointment of bishops in a civitas , which , if it can scarcely be called an insignificant see , was certainly not one in the forefront of royal policy .
30 Was this not something of a fire hazard ?
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