Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb pp] [pron] [noun sg] to " in BNC.

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1 She had been so worried that she had not given one thought to the fact that she was here in her nightdress with Felipe standing looking down at her .
2 Some of these recordings are now being used by the YCCC as evidence in the legal actions which they are taking out against the city and tannery , and some of the recordings have been played back to other community groups in similar situations but who have not developed their thinking to the extent of the YCCC .
3 The SEC , however , have not limited their zeal to specific individual targets .
4 They had not confined their work to the schemes the judges selected , but looked at the remainder of the exhibition , and added eight of their own choice .
5 We can certainly agree that political sociologists have not confined their attention to the narrower governmental sphere or believed that this constitutes a part ( albeit an important part ) of the world of politics .
6 If he had not drawn her attention to it she would never have noticed the little glass cubicle , tucked away high up under the roof in one corner of the arcade .
7 He got off too lightly at the time and history has not brought his memory to full justice .
8 Had he not plodded his way to the fairs and markets , to the countless isolated communities in villages and hamlets , the English race would have been immeasurably poorer in its literature , its recreations and its memories of the past .
9 It is almost as if someone has allowed subsidiarity in through the back door of the Town Hall , but not announced its arrival to anyone .
10 While the US Congress remained hostile , the US administration had not voiced its opposition to the proposed agreement in spite of its previous strong objections to any forced repatriation , preferring instead to maintain a " neutral reaction " to deportations .
11 It has been changed by the influence of sociology and anthropology but it has not surrendered its distinctiveness to them .
12 Robert Spence 's Swordfish C-GEVS ( see the August issue ) had not gained its Permit to Fly on August 31 so was restricted to taxi-ing at Muirkirk , Ontario , during the Labour Day fly-in .
13 He felt guilty but relieved that he had not put his name to it .
14 William Wallace of Elderslie , son of a Renfrewshire landowner , was one of the lesser gentry who had not put his name to the document of submissions , known as the Ragman 's Roll because of the ribbons dangling from its seals .
15 In a reference to the ANC 's suspension of the armed struggle in August , Mandela said that this was done to further the peace process but that the movement had nevertheless not forfeited its right to self-defence .
16 The short answer to that is I think that she had not forfeited her right to be maintained by her husband by being in desertion : she had only suspended her right and not destroyed it .
17 Great Britain was almost the only remaining State which had not extended its protection to this important art .
18 Chelsea have not confirmed their approach to him and the Swindon board say they 've been told nothing .
19 Priscilla White was going to own a ‘ lor ra , lor ra ’ hairdressing salons if she had not changed her name to Cilla Black and become a singer .
20 This episode has not changed my attitude to the job of managing Celtic and I will be going before the board at a later date to give them my plans for the immediate future . ’
21 ‘ This episode has not changed my attitude to managing Celtic and I will be going before the board to give them my plans for the future ’ Liam Brady
22 I have not changed my decision to disburden myself of the task .
23 He 'd torn it free , pocketed it , had not mentioned its existence to Buchanan .
24 She says , ‘ How am I going to get round all these people phoning me up saying , ‘ Why am I not getting calls , it 's all your fault ’ , you know , all the rest of it ’ , when they have n't diverted their telephone to the right extension number .
25 ‘ Are you telling me you have n't posted my letter to Richard ?
26 There 's little Bill Ward has n't turned his hand to in the first sixty years … from Tragic opera … to Singing puppets
27 As she passed , she said , a policeman had struck her in the face with a baton , ‘ and I had n't opened my mouth to him ’ .
28 If you have n't got your ticket to the 1991 Federation Cup by NEC , presented by Midland Bank , then call now .
29 Well , is it , you mean technology has n't affected your job to such an extent that you feel that you know you could get laid off at any minute if they bring in something new ?
30 I 've just blocked it out and it has n't changed my attitude to cars , except that they 're not safe enough .
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