Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [pers pn] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Admittedly the referee was a foolish fellow who kept re-penalising Swansea for failing to retreat 10 yards when he did not give them the remotest chance to do so . |
| 2 | You came here once before asking questions and perhaps I did not give you the best answers . ’ |
| 3 | Thus he says of Ali , a member of Fatah , ‘ He knew I loved him , but it did n't make him the slightest bit arrogant . |
| 4 | The new machine will set you back a cool £1,700 which does n't make it the cheapest machine in the world . |
| 5 | A question I would ask is that given the product which you had in June and the fact that presumably you have to take what goes , presumably the fact that they do n't send you the strongest stuff erm are you surprised that the figures were down in view of the quality of what you had , or are you surprised it might not have been worse ? |
| 6 | And then , looking back at the pictures — sharp , full of insight , yet somehow slightly flashy — he wondered whether , indirectly , they did n't give him the best notion he yet had got of Walter Machin himself . |
| 7 | You would n't call it the best buildup you ever seen and after a little bit of scrappy play which Pisa failed to get the ball away , it fell inviting on the edge of the area , and he struck it with all the confidence and aplomb a a player who 's been planting 'em in the back of the net all season . |
| 8 | ‘ Corps would n't tell me the latest position on the phone , sir , ’ Woodruffe said . |
| 9 | Yes , well I did n't tell you the best part ! that was the best part ! |