Example sentences of "not [verb] [noun prp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even this warning did not prepare Robyn for the shock of the foundry . |
| 2 | Germany 's captain Nikki Pilic , who had barely put the debacle surrounding Germany 's Olympic nominations behind him , came in for criticism for not resting Becker from the second day 's doubles , especially after he had been forced to play himself into the ground to beat Luis Mattar over five sets in exhausting heat on the first day . |
| 3 | Further agreements in December 1887 and May 1888 extended the guarantee of the status quo to the integrity of the Ottoman Empire and Turkish rights over Bulgaria , while Spain agreed not to support France against the Triple Alliance . |
| 4 | Hilton interprets ‘ new mind ’ or ‘ new feeling ’ as the creation of contemplation , which now demanded far more than the old Benedictine ideal where the monk did not experience God in the achievement of higher states of consciousness but in the mundane details of daily life . |
| 5 | Whatever about the apparent failure of Desmond and his executives , is it not absolutely extraordinary that John V. O'Dwyer , of Arthur Cox , solicitor to and main board member of the Smurfit organisation , apparently did not brief Michael on the Independent 's retraction and the specific references to UPH and Desmond ? |
| 6 | The accent was good enough to fool Canadian-born Bernard Braden , who had appeared in The War Lover but had not met Crawford during the filming , into thinking he really was American . |
| 7 | The Ethiopian Parliament was so exasperated that it passed a unanimous resolution in 1968 begging Emperor Hailé Sellassié not to visit Italy until the monument 's return . |
| 8 | I had not seen Leeds at the time ’ ? |
| 9 | She had not seen Angela since the weekend before the one on which she had disappeared , but had spoken to her twice on the telephone . |
| 10 | Innocent did not associate Philip with the murder , but relentlessly sought the true murderers who were finally brought to justice in Rome in April 1203 and sent to the Holy Land . |
| 11 | Might we not accuse Sartre of the same ? |
| 12 | The headquarters ' 38-set ( see Appendix 5 ) could not contact Ryder on the MGB and Newman did not at first realise how few men were ashore . |
| 13 | Mother Francis had not told Eve about the letter . |
| 14 | We can see this idea expressed in international relations between states : the USA could not defeat Vietnam despite the fact that in terms of military equipment the USA had the most powerful weapons . |
| 15 | it 's not got Vich on the end of it , it 's Sloberdan Vich |
| 16 | Her friends on the bridge saw the boat , but they did not see Anne under the tree . |
| 17 | It must not be exaggerated ; the growth of the United States was enormous , but even that giant 's stride did not deprive Europe of the economic leadership of the world by 1914 . |
| 18 | ‘ Very well , Madame , provided you will give me your solemn undertaking not to leave Roziac in the meantime . ’ |
| 19 | Britain was granted a specially lenient deal because Environment Minister Lord Caithness argued that it could not fit FGD in the required timescale , and that it had domestic high sulphur coal which it ‘ had to use ’ whereas other countries relied mainly on imported low sulphur coal . |
| 20 | I was determined not to let Alec off the hook . |
| 21 | The fact that his wife had not accompanied him did not surprise Liza in the least . |
| 22 | But the more immediate comment is this : that whether the victory was at least temporary or only temporary , Thompson does not name Owen among the victors , as he does O'Brien ; and where he reduces Owen 's millenarian prospectus to absurdity , he is kinder to O'Brien . |
| 23 | How an argument began , then a fight , how Leonard would have been killed had she not hit Otto over the head . |
| 24 | However , considering the tightly controlled aloofness and the fact that Joyce ( whose contributions in a musical capacity are not in doubt ) has led a deliberately low profile , one can not blame Kent for the omission . |
| 25 | She did not blame Sarah in the least . |
| 26 | No I suppose she felt pretty awful about not inviting Amy to the party . |
| 27 | One afternoon did not blind Brady to the demands of the future , however . |
| 28 | But these signals did not reach AFHQ until the morning of the next day , 15 May , long after Robertson had sent his response to McCreery 's AC/189 which had only asked for " immediate steps " to be taken over the approach of Army Group E , and which had made no specific reference to Croats . |
| 29 | I myself can not leave London at the present time . |
| 30 | In 1952 Archbishop Fisher had not wanted Ramsey for the see of Durham . |