Example sentences of "not [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it 's too dirty I 'm not bringing it in mind . |
| 2 | Having her daughter has not stopped her from doing more or less what she had planned , but has spurred her on to better results . |
| 3 | The Local Authority will not think it worth while spending money on science teachers or equipment , nor will properly qualified science teachers be willing to accept posts in such schools . |
| 4 | It was a disappointment for his many fans not to see him in action . |
| 5 | If they think of history , it may be hard not to see it in dressing-up terms from telly watching . |
| 6 | If you look around for some field that has yet to be used in a crime story and then insist on using it when it has not filled you with enthusiasm , your book will be leaden . |
| 7 | ‘ Lord Mandru will not eat you for breakfast ! ’ he said . |
| 8 | If it were not human you would not want it for research and if it was not human no one would deny you having it for research . ’ |
| 9 | That may be the competitive advantage that the hon. Gentleman wants for his constituents , but I do not want it for mine . |
| 10 | Being infected should not add to her credibility , while not being so should not disqualify her from comment , she says . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're not helping him by behaviour like this , ’ snapped Drew . |
| 12 | Under this stage all holders of vouchers who had not placed them with investment funds were able to use them to apply for shares in the 1,500 companies selected for privatization . |
| 13 | If the Minister does not consider it worth while , all he has to do is call it in and either have a public inquiry or decide for himself whether it is a good scheme . |
| 14 | He did not recognise it as hope . |
| 15 | That young so-and-so might easily have got his Betty into trouble , if he had not caught them in time . |
| 16 | There are some types of case which it can not sustain , and some which do not need it in order to remain at home ; but there is a group — those with relatively severe dementia , probably living alone , and unable to receive the care they need from elsewhere ( usually because they do not have able and willing involved relatives ) who appear unlikely to have remained at home had it not been for the involvement of the Home Support Project . |
| 17 | They 're not to write it on letter heading cos it means it says it 's coming from the London . |
| 18 | Although the Chicago School made passing reference to Freud 's work in discussing the biotic level , it did not explore it in detail , perhaps because it was not fully available in English during the 1920s and 1930s . |
| 19 | Suffering can make its full contribution to my awareness only if I do not pursue it in advance , even though its value may be appreciated in retrospect . |
| 20 | One was new and had come instead of his uncle who was ill , but the guards would not let him in because they did not know him by sight and they nearly threw him into the ditch before they would even let him go home . |
| 21 | They might not know him by sight , or might not be looking for him at all . |
| 22 | Liverpool University has not approached us regarding flood defence assessment . ’ |
| 23 | He did not qualify him for income support , he supported him on to the back of his ass , he took him to the inn . |
| 24 | Because the infant is unwanted by one or two people at one point in time does not qualify it for extermination . |
| 25 | We could meet up with them in public and I could n't guarantee not to strangle him on sight . |
| 26 | This , Emecheta explains , is a very strong goddess of the Ibos , so strong that Hausa soldiers dare not attack her for fear of being made impotent . |
| 27 | This sort of nasal overdrive sound , reminiscent of a blocked sinus ( and about as difficult to get rid of ) , dogs many a small combo amp and I was surprised not to find it in abundance on both VGs . |
| 28 | I think that we shall not beat him in set battle , the Bruce taught us that , surely … |
| 29 | Children will encounter the Christian Church in the outside world , and will meet with Christianity among their contemporaries as they grow up , even if they have not met it at home . |
| 30 | I was horrified to find out later that in fact he had not collected her from school but from the police station . |