Example sentences of "not [verb] it [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The conventional way would be to see this movie as the rise and fall of a rock star ; I have chosen not to see it that way . |
| 2 | Indeed she had not given it another thought since last seeing it in Matthew 's sitting-room . |
| 3 | Did we not brief it last month ? |
| 4 | She was saying four years four years and I said I 've not had it four years |
| 5 | If we started with a clean sheet of paper we would not plan it that way . |
| 6 | I chose not to buy it that day , so I was interested to see whether a longer look at it would change those initial impressions . |
| 7 | In Red Rhino 's terms , it was a fantastically expensive record to make but Korda Marshall at RCA did not see it that way . |
| 8 | ‘ I do not see it that way , but it 's all been built up now . |
| 9 | A further disincentive — although Mr Lawrence did not see it that way — was that the Prudential had never previously had a finance director , let alone strict internal financial controls . |
| 10 | Henry James did not see it that way . |
| 11 | In some senses the VSO system had failed me — but I did not see it that way at the time . |
| 12 | John does not see it that way . |
| 13 | Unhappily , he will not celebrate it this year . |
| 14 | Although they receive notification from education of the intention to assess a child , they are uncertain of their role , and so , with other pressing priorities , they tend not to give it high priority . |
| 15 | ‘ It suited me not to deny it last night , ’ Ruth blurted and stared beyond him to a young palm swaying gently in the breeze . |
| 16 | But one can not have it both ways : for UK wastes ( the import of wastes for landfill is now outlawed ) the options are landfill or incineration , and people local to either hate the one near them . |
| 17 | He really can not have it both ways . |
| 18 | Rooney can not have it both ways . |
| 19 | They can not have it both ways and , at the moment , by making such demands they are unwittingly pushing the game towards professionalism . |
| 20 | Apparently one can not have it both ways . |
| 21 | But countries can not have it both ways : the cost of a cleaner environment may sometimes be fewer jobs in dirty industries , which will migrate to less environmentally sensitive lands . |
| 22 | Sociologists can not have it both ways : either Freud has to be examined alongside the founders of sociology , or they all have to be dismissed as unscientific thinkers . |
| 23 | Critics of regulation from the standpoint of economic theory can not have it both ways . |
| 24 | The Minister can not have it both ways . |
| 25 | He can not have it both ways . |
| 26 | They claim that they have a mandate for doing that , too , but they can not have it both ways . |
| 27 | The Labour party can not have it both ways : it attacks the system either because it expects people to claim or because it requires a register . |
| 28 | The Secretary of State can not have it both ways . |
| 29 | He can not have it both ways . |
| 30 | The Opposition can not have it both ways . |