Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [noun prp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This mis-demeanour did not debar Wright from election as ale-taster at the same court , and constable the following year . |
| 2 | It is noteworthy that Schuman did not contact Britain in advance of his announcement . |
| 3 | A very striking example was told me not long since by someone who attended a dinner party in Moscow soon after Gagarin 's space trip — the Gagarin who had reported that he did not see God in space ( see p. 57 ) . |
| 4 | Millwall did not sign Goddard in time to put him straight into their side . |
| 5 | That was one of Beatrice 's most tender passages , and it seems impossible that she did not have Modigliani in mind . |
| 6 | But it might not provoke Balliol into action . |
| 7 | An encounter with a French frigate delayed their final sailing so that they could not reach Sumatra in time . |
| 8 | The prospect of the invited crowd of guests arriving at his house in the next half hour does not fill Merton with joy , but , as you quickly establish , this is pretty much par for the course . |
| 9 | On the other hand , disappointment did not drive Nithard to defection : Charles had nicely calculated , just as Lothar had done — and this surely was a prime requirement of successful kingship — whom he could , and could not , afford to disappoint . |
| 10 | In this sense , Labour 's respect for the constitution and its willingness to collaborate with an increasingly strong State against ‘ extremism ’ of the Left as well as the Right did not save Britain from fascism : it merely helped capital at the expense of the working class . |
| 11 | Well Taylor might pray that he does not lose Gascoigne through injury again , and to the manager 's credit he is prepared to walk the tightrope with him . |
| 12 | Do not confuse Diphda with Fomalhaut in the Southern Fish . |
| 13 | No matter what the situation , she would not ask Nicolo for mercy . |
| 14 | This aspect was being over-insisted upon , Greg thought , and he said : ‘ I do n't associate Hilda with panic . ’ |
| 15 | This is reflected in such comments as that of the Russian astronaut Gagarin who said , " I did n't see God in space " , or of the scientist who says , " You ca n't prove God exists " , or of the literalist church-goer who says , " If you do n't go to church you are not worshipping God " , or of the religious fanatic who says , " God tells me what to do " . |