Example sentences of "[n mass] [verb] not [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , if it was a dog that was lost , if it was a cat that was lost , if it was even a pigeon that had got lost they 've got some homing device , but the sheep has n't even got that , it ca n't even find it 's own way home . |
| 2 | However , in September when he first saw the chemists ' proposal the ‘ good ’ data did not yet exist , indeed , did not exist until early in the new year . |
| 3 | It would have been a great deal more difficult because military aircraft use more volatile fuel , and they tend to be armed , they tend to be carrying things that civil aircraft do n't normally carry , so yes , it would 've been much more difficult . |
| 4 | Some folk did not really connect ( until the next day ) that a late night and a rolling sea were not really ideal partners . |
| 5 | Bream do not always conform to this pattern . |
| 6 | Bream do not always roll so smoothly though . |
| 7 | The observation that large , predatory species of fish do not usually swim in schools might lead us to suggest that the advantage of schooling is in defence against predators , for large predatory fish are not themselves subject to predation . |
| 8 | But statistics do not necessarily make for good intelligence . |
| 9 | It is worth noting that there is a delay between diagnosis and reporting of cases of AIDS and that there is usually a long interval between infection with HIV and the development of AIDS , so the published statistics do not accurately reflect the spread of HIV infection . |
| 10 | True-kin do not necessarily love one another , but it is always presumed that they are friends until they are shown to be enemies . |
| 11 | Finally , the Polish General Staff has not only seen itself as an avid ‘ consumer ’ of Soviet military doctrine , but a contributor as well , which has authored its own innovations with Soviet endorsement . |
| 12 | It is vital that young people feel not only welcome in the church , but also valued and needed there , whether in bands , music groups , orchestras or choirs . |
| 13 | However , there is a further piece of evidence , which can be used to show how historical circumstances can produce a dramatic demystification of the monarchy , which would not be possible if people did not already possess the ideological tools for critical demystification . |
| 14 | People did not however see themselves as ‘ apathetic ’ . |
| 15 | But people did not persistently use the same media in the same way . |
| 16 | This had been quite difficult and the Gnomes had scratched their heads a good deal , because , although people did not openly refer to it , everyone knew that Flame 's father was Fael-Inis and it had meant a lot of worrisome discussions as to whether this fact ought to be openly acknowledged , or whether it might be discourteous to draw attention to it . |
| 17 | It was no wonder that in the late Seventies , when Americans were beginning to query whether they were carrying out too many coronary by-passes , Britain 's health correspondents were reporting that many people did not even know such life savers existed . |
| 18 | Sometimes people did not even know their neighbours . |
| 19 | People did not usually describe themselves as servants ( clients did not , nor did government employees ) . |
| 20 | People did not suddenly rush into the shops to spend more money on books because the Government said that staff had to be paid more . |
| 21 | If people did not naturally groan , grimace , or whatever , ‘ then it would be impossible to teach a child the use of the word ‘ tooth-ache ’ ’ . |
| 22 | His family was poor , and poor people did not often hear music . |
| 23 | Well for instance a lot of people did n't even bother to erm make the kitchen floor into anything reasonable , but we did , we , we got some very good , very heavy |
| 24 | The money sloshing around allowed new wave companies to agglomerate , service the raiders and beneficiaries of Big Bang and create demands which people did n't even know they had . |
| 25 | People did n't even know most other people 's names let alone their dogs ' . |
| 26 | Because a lot of people did n't even know what they were entitled to . |
| 27 | If you kept that covered up , most people did n't even know it was there . ’ |
| 28 | Most people did n't even know the nature of scientific explanation and things like that . |
| 29 | he was going both of them going , how 's your missus , some people did n't even know that you were pregnant again |
| 30 | ‘ In my day , ’ she was saying , ‘ New Year 's Eve was a family evening , young people did n't just suit themselves . |