Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The ambition is certainly not to go along at the existing size , growing by 5 per cent a year . |
| 2 | The judge was told that although the girl 's father was due to appear in court as a witness , he had not turned up at the hearing because the couple now planned to marry . |
| 3 | But a bowler who does not break down at the end of every other over and who can finish each season with an average around the 25 mark would be worth his weight in gold now . |
| 4 | They are not going in at the moment but that does n't worry me because he is a smashing lad doing the right things again . |
| 5 | The dog leaped at the closest man who , encumbered with carbine and sword , could not cut down at the beast , then Sharpe 's mare slammed into the Frenchman 's horse and the big sword slashed down at the Dragoon . |
| 6 | Our prices did not go up at the same rate . |
| 7 | Perhaps you have observed me , I am often around , if you are not fixed up at the moment what about me waiting for you at the bus stop tonight ? |
| 8 | On November 28 Hatta resigned from the office of Vice-president , deploring the drift towards chaos : ‘ All our rebellions and our splits , our political anarchy and adventurism , and all the steps taken in the economic field which have created chaos , are the result of the fact that our national Revolution was not dammed up at the appropriate time . ’ |
| 9 | So I 'm not queuing up at the bakers . |
| 10 | If one did not sit down at the table there would be a gap , an empty space that would spoil the symmetry of the host 's table . |
| 11 | He did not turn in at the door of number thirty-seven , however . |
| 12 | ‘ A football club does not close down at the end of a playing season . |
| 13 | I would have tried to ask Dudley Wood , secretary to the RFU , but he did n't show up at the new kit 's launch … |
| 14 | ‘ You mean if he does n't show up at the right time the opportunity wo n't occur again ? ’ |
| 15 | And I also said that Dr Kemp had n't turned up at the railway station when they 'd arranged for a taxi to pick him up and take him — ’ |
| 16 | Do n't give up at the first mistake ; ask God to forgive you and help you to start all over again . |
| 17 | erm , you do n't give up at the first little hurdle . |
| 18 | I did n't look up at the sky . |
| 19 | He did n't look back at the sudden commotion behind him and , when a shadow passed over him , merely gibbered weakly and tried to burrow into the horse 's mane . |
| 20 | ‘ It just did n't sink in at the time — I did n't quite realise what was happening . |
| 21 | If I say to you behaviourism is about di dum di dum and I did but obviously it did n't sink in at the time . |
| 22 | Do n't mess about at the plant . ’ |
| 23 | Please do n't switch off at the mention of maths , if you can use a calculator , you an do this . |
| 24 | And if you 're tiling right round a room , inaccurate levels will mean your rows do n't match up at the start and finish point . |
| 25 | Er Moderator er there is n't any reason in principle why this sh should n't happen that er this subject could n't come up at the presbytery clerks conference . |
| 26 | They do n't come round at the same time so you 're always out of phase and it always looks untidy . |
| 27 | There 's one matter that 's in the file , but which did n't come out at the inquest . |
| 28 | ‘ He and Marius did n't get on at the time . |
| 29 | Write about one main incident or object ( Chekhov said you could select anything you saw and write about it , but do n't sit down at the typewriter before the idea has gelled in your mind . |
| 30 | The first thing I 'd like you to do is try to write er will you please write down erm do n't shout out at the moment , write down what would be your definition of foreign policy . |