Example sentences of "not [be] [vb pp] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | He did one thing in Hollywood for which he has not been given anything like sufficient credit . |
2 | But the families say they have still not been told anything by the health authority . |
3 | If people want to better themselves , they are entitled to enjoy this sort of instruction : it should not be denied them in a civilised society . |
4 | Putting this point on a more theoretical level , the musical field and the class structure at any given moment , though clearly not unconnected , comprise different ‘ maps ’ of social/cultural space , and they can not be reduced one to the other ( see Williams 1981 ) . |
5 | There was an analogy here with Darwinian biology , where the species at a given time were real interbreeding units though they were all supposed to be descendants of one primitive form ; similarly the chemical elements were supposed by many to be all ‘ descendants ’ or polymers of hydrogen or helium , and therefore not truly simple bodies , although in ordinary chemical processes they could not be transformed one into another . |
6 | Obviously , tenants will be unwilling to invest what may be considerable sums in refurbishing premises if at the end of the lease they will not be paid anything in recognition of the improvements to the premises which they have made . |
7 | ‘ But we have n't been taught anything about relationships . |
8 | The other thing I was slightly concerned about it , if it 's a slight digression is the fact that the people at the Lyceum at the Assembly Hall last Saturday did n't know , had n't been told anything about the equipment |
9 | ‘ Force-fed your so-called heroes/Do n't be told who to like/It 's your choice … ’ |
10 | You know and if it did n't be paid you at the quarter it meant you di you would n't get anything the following quarter . |