Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] place [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ( Luke : The account of the trial in Luke does not take place at night but in the morning .
2 Casual , individual violence was almost certainly more common than today but ‘ hooliganism ’ in the collective and contemporary sense did not take place at football matches .
3 The movement may have been divided in this period , but these attacks did not take place without resistance and the value of collective action was learned .
4 But while the choice is individual , it does not take place in isolation , but within a framework of given options .
5 Scientific research does not take place in isolation ; the communities within which new discoveries take place , and among whose members these discoveries are communicated , are recognisable social groups .
6 Only if that background is established can we be assured that abuse will not take place in future either in Leicestershire or in other counties .
7 Much care and restraint necessary from both partners to ensure intercourse does not take place around ovulation .
8 But most government business does n't take place on television most government business takes place behind closed doors .
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