Example sentences of "not come [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He does not come closer . |
| 2 | The theme of instrumentality does not come through so strongly in relation to personal care as it does in other types of support . |
| 3 | But his mother did not come through so well . |
| 4 | There are some aspects of our personalities which may not come over in the brief span of an interview , but which those close to us know only too well . |
| 5 | The answer is that , despite his biographer 's sterling efforts to dig up neat psychoanalytic excuses for even his most venal sins , a Dickens often given to kindness , empathy and geniality but more predominantly disposed to be cruel , self-centred , self-pitying and sententious does not come over as an especially lovable specimen . |
| 6 | Surprisingly sometimes this does not come over in the investment overview or information memorandum . |
| 7 | But the lanky one will not come over . |
| 8 | Other people 's prejudices are not difficult to discern , even though they may not come right out with it . |
| 9 | He replied that he could not come right away , to which the foreign minister , Ibrahim Yazdi , replied , ; Mr Farhad Sepabhodi , I can not listen to our statements.If you do not come back immediately , very serious action will be taken against you . " |
| 10 | They wanted to make it into a special dress but it would not come right . |
| 11 | Marriage would come or it would not and if it did not come sooner it would come later or she would be unmarried and what stigma was there in that ? |
| 12 | Instead , he had hardly begun before he was embraced by a Brahmin woman and was asked , ‘ Why did you not come sooner ? ’ |
| 13 | As Sir Francis Drake reminded us , when the nation is in crisis , a ball game does not come amiss . |
| 14 | DURING the furore of the next three weeks of General Election campaigning , for Christians perhaps a few reflections about the institution which is the House of Commons — and especially about the men and women who are sent there — would not come amiss . |
| 15 | Thinking about cardigans reminded me how many knitters ask me about buttonholes , so I thought a few words about bands and buttonholes might not come amiss . |
| 16 | A year off will not come amiss . |
| 17 | Plants too will not come amiss if these are well rooted between stones so they can not be dug up . |
| 18 | So , in recognition of loyal service and commitment an award would not come amiss . |
| 19 | Leith took the towel he had rolled into a ball from him and decided that a cup of strong black coffee might not come amiss . |
| 20 | Even so a few hints about the frailty of Rose 's nature might not come amiss . |
| 21 | ‘ Did you not come away thinking that the urban development challenge of the century adds to little more than opportunistic chaos — an architectural circus — with a sprinkling of postmodern gimmicks , the ghastly mega-lumps of Canary Wharf and a fairground train to get you there ? ’ |
| 22 | Most of those who saw the General in the weeks after his resignation did not come away with the impression that he was on the edge of his seat waiting to be asked back . |
| 23 | And it is very stupid for anyone in any position of power to think that what goes around does not come around . ’ |
| 24 | Some fish are , in any case , unusually sensitive and may not come round , even after the recommended amount is used for the correct period . |
| 25 | I myself would I am sure hereafter regret not visiting this part of V. D. L. , and under all circumstances I have agreed with Lady Franklin to wait one week longer after which to return if the wind should not come round to the eastward or northeast , either of these winds would take us to the desired place in a few hours . |
| 26 | Scott tried to arrange a counter address to Palmerston and obtained eighteen or nineteen names , but ‘ the Gothic architects did not come forward in sufficient force to make it worth while ’ . |
| 27 | Ignored was the consideration that interrogators of prisoners do not come forward as witnesses against themselves before police boards or civil courts . |
| 28 | He did not come forward on their behalf . |
| 29 | If there were disruptive factors at work , one management-employee buy-out team might not come forward . |
| 30 | But if they do not come forward , there is no penalty . |