Example sentences of "not [verb] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The voice , so accustomed to obedience , continued in courtesy , but its ring of conviction was sharpening , and Miranda sensed that Anthony Everard had reached the point when , if he could not phrase a command as a request , he would assert his authority undisguised . |
| 2 | Perhaps it was also relief at not seeing a flood of overpriced Japanese owned art back on the market , or the sense that the cloud of economic recession might be lifting . |
| 3 | I faithfully promised not to breathe a word to ‘ my friend ’ , went back to the room and sought Brian 's opinion . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's not stopped a lot of men . ’ |
| 5 | He must get this right , not make a fool of himself by stumbling over the words , not using the correct terminology or not knowing which fish he wanted . |
| 6 | Now , though , the group is seeking to , if not make a return to its fame of the 70s , then at least heighten public awareness of its work . |
| 7 | I was instructed not to be too early — to wait quietly outside the entrance and not make a nuisance of myself . |
| 8 | No , I 'm sorry three times I 've said it , it is not make a face at the end of the chorus , it 's there it , and there is just one way , the chorus says if you want to be happy and have a happy face and spread a little joy around then there is just one way , then you make the face |
| 9 | You wa , if you think of those soaps , I bet , I 'm convinced you could miss six weeks of the soaps and still not lose a minute of the plot . |
| 10 | A survey by The Booksellers Association last year showed a take-up of only 32% — a significant lag behind other industries — with 24% not using a computer at all . |
| 11 | For instance , it is difficult not to see a connection between the prejudiced views of heads and teachers involved in ESN-M referral processes and the overrepresentation of Afro-Caribbean children in special schools ( Tomlinson , 1981 ) . |
| 12 | Mungo looked up and was relieved not to see a face at the window . |
| 13 | In fact it does n't go it does not cover a part of the earth . |
| 14 | The Video Recordings Act 1984 was intended to outlaw the ‘ video nasties ’ which were causing such a panic at the time , by making it illegal to distribute films on video which have not received a certificate from the British Board of Film Classification . |
| 15 | The United States argued that Nicaragua had not made a valid declaration under Article 36 ( 2 ) , since the Registry of the Permanent Court had not received a notification of deposit of its ratification of the Protocol of Signature of the Statute . |
| 16 | And it has still not received a word from the Treasury . |
| 17 | The shop certainly had not received a coat of paint in a long time and , though looking decrepit , in earlier years the well proportioned double-fronted premises must have been quite smart . |
| 18 | The British ambassador to Vienna complained in the 1780s that he had not received a line in reply to fifty despatches he had sent home ; and when he returned to London he " was under the utmost Astonishment at having been twice to the Secretary of State 's Office without finding a single Soul there " . |
| 19 | Yet the Third World countries that these genes came from have not received a cent for them . |
| 20 | Under Reg 20 , an employer was to deduct tax at source at the basic rate where he had made a payment to an employee in respect of whom he had not received a code of authorisation , subject to certain conditions . |
| 21 | She had been working every day for over a month , and had not received a penny for her labour . |
| 22 | Despite their requests , the family had not received a copy of his autopsy report by the end of December 1991 . |
| 23 | Health and safety cour training courses according to these reports these are poorly attended with a majority below forty percent but more worrying than that is that nearly half of G M B safety reps said they 'd not received a copy of the safety rep 's kits . |
| 24 | If any teacher has not received a card of thanks to take to her class , please let me know . |
| 25 | Digital techniques had initially been invented to cram more telephone conversations into a single cable , because ‘ crosstalk ’ does not affect a string of numbers . |
| 26 | The Principle of Partial Inverses shows that FRF ′ R ’ does not affect a piece like FL because F does not carry it into the overlap region , hence it is unaffected by R , then restored by F ’ and again left unaffected by R ′ . |
| 27 | In the event that it could not locate a world in reasonable proximity which possessed both a breathable atmosphere and acceptable conditions of gravity and temperature , a pod was capable of maintaining its passenger in a state of suspended animation for an almost indefinite period . |
| 28 | She had not uttered a word during the relation of the news , nor shown any emotion . |
| 29 | ‘ But Ruth love , ’ Sarah said gently — and she had not uttered a word of reproach — ‘ you need a home ! |
| 30 | Davide had not uttered a word of consolation . |