Example sentences of "not [verb] [pers pn] in [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He was cooking this food , not bringing it in pre-frozen packs . |
2 | compensation package for V A T for pensioners will not compensate them in full as was promised , and in view of the fact that we 've had extremely cold weather for the last week . |
3 | For example , a social worker felt that clients could speak more openly to him because they knew he could not recognise them in other contexts , and a counsellor reported that her clients would sometimes say that they could speak more openly knowing that she could not see them . |
4 | Mention the most important points about the questionnaire you would use , but do not show it in full . |
5 | Sir Patrick said the brochure had a dual aim : to show potential recruits that government legal work was responsible and worthwhile ; and to dispel the notion that the service was for lawyers who had not made it in other parts of the profession . |
6 | I 've not seen them in local garden centres , where can I obtain some ? |
7 | Three of the 64 Berkshire commoners are refusing to accept a deal under which they would be paid about £750 each to forfeit rights over the built-up part of the US Air Force base and agree not to exercise them in other areas . |
8 | They could not use it in real life … |
9 | But I can not denounce them in other people 's words . |
10 | She started to count how many people , who might not confess it in simple language , were relieved MacQuillan had gone . |
11 | Thus , speakers who have productive control of Dyirbal morphology tend not to use it in peer-group situations . |
12 | Mr Junejo was a conservative Muslim whose wife , following strict Islamic traditions , did not join him in public appearances . |
13 | The Triumph company can continue marketing its flagship 125 bhp model in Britain but can not sell it in other EC countries . |
14 | I know they do not hold me in high regard . |
15 | Some elite theorists believe that the masses have repressed interests even if they do not express them in observable forums . |
16 | HE MAY not say it in public , but George Graham has a clear message this morning for Ian Wright : ‘ I can always get another forward but see what trouble you 'll have leaning backwards on a broken career ’ . |
17 | She was stricken and missed him terribly , but she would n't show it in public . |
18 | Operator is slightly different , ca n't do it in other words . |
19 | ‘ Most men think Cleo is a boy just because I do n't dress her in pink frocks . ’ |
20 | Forgive me , Richard , it was my sister , I do n't know how she got your number , I have n't seen her in live years . |
21 | Have n't seen her in quiet a while . |
22 | ‘ Listen here , Miss Smart-Alec , you have n't seen him in full flight ! |
23 | Except that privately I was lauded quite a lot and told , ‘ Oh that 's good , keep going into the hospitals and doing that ’ , but people could n't acknowledge it in public because their jobs would be on the line . |
24 | I ca n't believe it in actual , yeah but there was a fight or something so they might not have it again |
25 | But Crosby wo n't see them in reserve team action tonight because he 's set to be away on scouting business . |
26 | you ca n't draw it in yellow cos it do n't er take on this so I 'm going |
27 | I do n't know why Barny chose to eat his own chicks , but I must n't judge him in human terms . |
28 | Ca n't have them in mucky dishes . |
29 | Even the madmen would n't have him in real life , I 'd put money on it . |
30 | We ca n't leave him in British hands . ’ |