Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , it may or not me noticeable if it 's a minor alteration in the surface geometry then it may be so slight as to make no difference in the way it performs so if , for example , it 's an enzyme it may not affect it at all . |
| 2 | But when I later tried to find my way back to the dining-room to finish my meal , which should have been a simple thing to do , I just could not locate it at all . |
| 3 | For one has to recognize that if one had their desires one would not accept principles which rode roughshod over their satisfaction , and this implies that one should not accept them at all , since one can not universalise them to that hypothetical situation in which one would be forced to reject them . |
| 4 | If you can not make it on that night , come to one of our First Friday meetings . |
| 5 | I could n't stay here and not throw you on that bed and take you , again and again and again , until you could n't hide from me any longer ! ’ |
| 6 | I could not tell her — I could not hurt her in this way . |
| 7 | Despite the contempt with which Bogdanovic views Milosevic , he does not consider him as most responsible for the situation in which Serbia finds itself . |
| 8 | At least , if the resources in question were printed ones we would not consider it at all acceptable for teachers to be compiling course bibliographies solely from their own publications . |
| 9 | WE READ of ‘ male rape ’ but the law does not recognise it as such . |
| 10 | We did not discuss it at all . |
| 11 | Alured 's son John became a colonel in Ireland but did not survive him by many years . |
| 12 | It was an art which did not excite me at all , but there was no way out . |
| 13 | I ca n't tell you that this keyboard is the best you 'll ever buy , because its feel may not suit you at all , but if you take that and the monitor aside , and specify totally different units that do suit you , then the system box wo n't let you down . |
| 14 | ‘ The fact that in saying that you clearly mean to reassure me , ’ said Lydia , ‘ shows that you do not know me at all well . |
| 15 | I did not know Salisbury well enough — Wendy did not know it at all — to grope my way to an hotel ( and , anyhow , we feared we had not enough money for a bed ) . |
| 16 | When they participated in the market economy , they were usually confined to menial positions , many of which did not bring them into much contact with men . |
| 17 | ‘ I did not bring it for that purpose , ’ said Andrus hoarsely . |
| 18 | He does not misuse freedom , and he does not expect us to either . |
| 19 | Unlike the Full Plans method , the use of the Building Notice procedure does not entitle you to any documentary proof from your council that your proposal is satisfactory , or that the work will be accepted by the Buildings Control Officer who is required to inspect the work as it proceeds . |
| 20 | But Kit Everard would not exchange him against either of the women , and indeed , showed little interest in recovering him . |
| 21 | We do not do it for any other aspect of our social existence . |
| 22 | Anything less and we might as well not do it at all . |
| 23 | My response to these people is , if you can , t do the thing properly , then , please , do not do it at all . |
| 24 | She would not do it at all . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't — yes , I could do that , ’ said Caspar , who could not do it at all , but could see that there was no other answer to be given . |
| 26 | If they can not do it in that time they never will . |
| 27 | She could not associate him with any loss of dignity , or credit , or grace , not because he felt these too nearly and jealously , but because he wore and used them with as little thought as the breath he drew , and they were as natural a part of him , and like breath , when they left him they would leave him dead . |
| 28 | Thus by prioritizing intention and relegating consequences as accidents — conveniently turning a blind eye to strict liability-corporate officials can proceed to commit corporate crimes because they do not perceive them as such in the first place . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's too cold in here , ’ she said , ‘ Maggie , darling , do you think you can get up , because even your mother can not carry you down those stairs , you 're too big . |
| 30 | YES , but with the right professional help to smooth your path it need not present you with any problems . |