Example sentences of "not [verb] [prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then you 'll not stay under my roof . ’ |
| 2 | I knew he could not stay at my hotel . |
| 3 | ‘ They say that the English can not stay with their child or friend or family in the hospital . |
| 4 | One line of his broadcast — ‘ Now it is very cold and we can not stay in our house ’ — hints at a crisis that nearly closed Dovercourt and did result in the evacuation of Pakefield , the overspill camp near Lowestoft . |
| 5 | As already stated , the defendant 's real defence was one of accident , but that did not dispense with the need for the judge to leave the issue of provocation to the jury if there was any evidence to justify that course ; and the defendant contended that the judge was wrong to have directed the jury that provocation did not arise for their consideration . |
| 6 | Moreover , since all unproductive consumption is considered to be capitalist personal consumption , the question of the unproductive consumption of the state does not arise in his discussion at that point . |
| 7 | The difficulties indicated by Paul McKeigue and David Leon do not arise in our paper . |
| 8 | The Governor Support Unit , Lord Mayor , did not exist under their structure . |
| 9 | The Teleuts began to become dependent on Russian metalware but the Russians were unable to use this as a bargaining tool , since the Teleuts knew that the troops could not exist without their trade goods . |
| 10 | Gregory 's Pastoral Care said nothing about this aspect of a bishop 's work for the good reason that jurisdictions such as that claimed by Canterbury did not exist in his day . |
| 11 | If they ‘ do not exist in my mind or that of any other created spirit , they must either have no existence at all , or else subsist in the mind of some eternal spirit . ’ |
| 12 | I said , that if it was not troublesome and presuming too much , I would request him to tell me all the little circumstances of his life ; what schools he attended , when he came to Oxford , when he came to London , &c. , &c. , He did not disapprove of my curiosity as to these particulars ; but said , ‘ They 'll come out by degrees as we talk together . ’ ’ |
| 13 | He was sure that a bishop was not stopped by his bishoping from going on with some scholarly work . |
| 14 | Yasmin is expecting another child in the autumn and , although she will have to make some difficult decisions about whether or not to continue with her career after the baby is born , she is still determined to carry on working for as long as she can . |
| 15 | He could not think of their fate . |
| 16 | but I could not think of its name . |
| 17 | I can not think of your offer without equal concern and gratitude ; however , I will rely wholly upon your goodness in assisting my escape . |
| 18 | Tonight , she would rest and not think about her future until the morning . |
| 19 | At first , I did not think about my father . |
| 20 | Do not think about your heart , that can look after itself . ’ |
| 21 | It was hard not to see in his wife Elizabeth 's face a marked sense of relief . |
| 22 | When asked a question do not rush at your answer but give yourself a second or two to compose your thoughts . |
| 23 | ‘ Either by reason of excessive zeal to do well in your post or to assist yourself , colleagues or others , you used your employers ’ money in a manner which gained an advantage not received by your employer , ’ said the judge . |
| 24 | Around 600,000 members of the former building society have still not registered for their entitlement of free shares . |
| 25 | The Foreign Ministry claimed that the ship , which was flying the Greek-Cypriot flag and had sailed from the Bulgarian port of Varna , was found to be carrying arms including grenade launchers and mortars , which were not registered in its documentation and were probably destined for " terrorist groups " . |
| 26 | The car is not registered in my name , so I suppose that is why I did not receive a reminder . |
| 27 | One explanation , at least , can be dismissed : Gloucester was not reacting against his position in the previous reign . |
| 28 | One explanation , at least , can be dismissed : Gloucester was not reacting against his position in the previous reign . |
| 29 | The offshore industry has trained a handful of apprentices , but these do not compare with its labour requirements . |
| 30 | There is a passage in the Mithraic communion which is particularly interesting : ‘ He who shall not eat of my body nor drink of my blood so that he may be one with me and I with him , shall not be saved . ’ |