Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They flocked around the pole , not daring immediately to come too near , their eyes and beaks devouring my body as I watched . |
| 2 | Berti Vogts is acutely aware of how close that match was in Sweden and he knows his side has not come here to take on the equivalent of a San Marino . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Well , he would , if I insisted , ’ Mrs McMahon grinned , ‘ only I 'm not fool enough to do so . |
| 4 | Not fool enough to stand aside and watch the best thing that 's ever happened to me wither away because I 'm too scared to let it put down roots . |
| 5 | Such opportunities are obviously present in Kenya and Zambia though they do not appear always to work out in practice , one reason in Kenya being that centre personnel are continually called on to perform routine professional jobs such as practical examinations for final year college students . |
| 6 | We must make sure he has not recoiled only to spring out more strongly . |
| 7 | These pads are not needed simply to hold on to the female , who remains passive . |
| 8 | This means they can enjoy a higher standard of living even though they themselves do not work harder to produce more . |
| 9 | A person 's autonomous choices call for respect only as long as they do not seriously impinge on another 's enjoyment of his autonomy and that other has not agreed beforehand to give up certain of his choices as a condition of practising medicine in , for example , the National Health Service . |
| 10 | I did not live far from the school so it did not take long to get there . |
| 11 | I will not attempt here to develop further the complicated arguments about God as Trinity . |
| 12 | Further their Lordships have no doubt that when Lord Bridge , after quoting the guiding principle , gave certain examples he was not intending thereby to lay down an exhaustive list of tests to be applied in all cases in determining whether or not profits arose in or derived from Hong Kong . |
| 13 | ‘ I did not come here to rake up old scores . ’ |
| 14 | Mr Arnold questioned why he had not tried harder to set up a system for receiving such information more swiftly . |
| 15 | The subject known , broadly , as Science , was at first her favourite , because she liked playing with Bunsen burners : at home she was not allowed even to switch on the gas fire . |
| 16 | Those of us who feel we are too busy or not dedicated enough to set aside time for exercise periods can utilize our daily routine to provide at least some opportunities to keep fit . |
| 17 | But he did n't want just to go back to Hereford Road and drink it on his own . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't want just to tag along , Mum , and anyway , I told you , I 'm not their sort . |
| 19 | ‘ Do n't ask me , ’ said Dolly , ‘ I ai n't educated enough to work out Chinese puzzles . ’ |
| 20 | But people who knew the man say they think the council did n't do enough to find out if he was in need of help . |
| 21 | Anyway , I never thought , I just run out the kitchen and got we switched the electric off , and I just got four buckets of water and chucked it on the bed and then said to Rudy , you know what , we have n't got nowhere to sleep now ! |
| 22 | He 's got something malignant , cancer , and he has n't got long to live anyway . ’ |
| 23 | It did n't take long to track down Kimberly . |
| 24 | She looks permanently worried , and it does n't take long to find why . |
| 25 | It did n't take long to find out Nicola had told them that she was in line to take over my job . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Christ , ’ grumbled Yanto , ‘ that did n't take long to get around . |
| 27 | This as well , right did n't take long to get down the tip ? |
| 28 | It does n't take long to get there . |
| 29 | ‘ You 're talking about something I 've never been told about , and I did n't come here to find out . |