Example sentences of "not [prep] the habit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do whatever you like , I 'm not saying go out and buy War and Peace , because you know , if you do n't , if you 're not into the habit of reading , you pick up War and Peace , and by the time you get through the first page , you say who are all these people ? |
| 2 | Poor buyers need to be coaxed and coddled , they say , and they are not in the habit of visiting estate agents . |
| 3 | Mungo supposed that it had been given by , or taken from , Mr Zamoyski , since Vic was clearly not in the habit of buying smart footwear . |
| 4 | Hubert Gaily was not in the habit of thieving , still less of being caught thieving . |
| 5 | We are not in the habit of issuing personal threats but that was such a vicious slur that we 'll kick the shit out of him . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not in the habit of letting strangers into my flat — especially at this hour . |
| 7 | Gabrels is not in the habit of twiddling his thumbs in the gaps between Tin Machine projects . |
| 8 | And I 'm not in the habit of losing . |
| 9 | She and James were not in the habit of phoning each other regularly . |
| 10 | Ginny put the kettle on and went back to the car for her bag , which Ralph had left on the back seat — not so much from laziness but because he was not in the habit of thinking of others . |
| 11 | He was not in the habit of examining patients ' heads for vermin unless asked to do so by the superintendent-nurse , in which case he had always directed that they be disinfested . |
| 12 | Unlike the great families of the Norman and Poitevin marches , the nobles of Aquitaine were not in the habit of appealing to the king of France 's court , as the Lusignans had done in 1202 , against the actions and decisions of their Plantagenet overlord . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not in the habit of picking up men I 've just met , ’ she told him . |
| 14 | I was rather surprised , as we were not in the habit of writing to each other , and I had had dinner with him the night before . |
| 15 | And I 'm not in the habit of taking advantage of girls who do n't know any better . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not in the habit of seducing drunken teenagers ; I prefer my women a little older and a damn sight more sober . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm not in the habit of welshing on deals . |
| 18 | The central authorities were not in the habit of seeking advice on legislation , and did so in 1858 only because of the importance of the issue . |
| 19 | I do n't know quite which way to go ; I 'm not in the habit of taking strolls in the middle of the day . |
| 20 | ‘ I am not in the habit of holding discussions with half-naked men , ’ she said coldly . |
| 21 | She was not in the habit of ogling men , and although , over the past few months , she had accepted a few invitations to dinner or the theatre , none of her dates had even remotely magnetised . |
| 22 | He was obviously not in the habit of apologising , and his rather florid complexion grew even more flushed . |