Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [pron] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Come back , come back ! ’ she shouted , but he pretended that he had not heard her at all . |
| 2 | Now from my observations of these debates I 've not heard anybody on this council saying council debates that there is no role for this local authority or any other local authority there is no role for them in the provision of residential care or any extension of residential care because some of our residential care is getting very , very close to providing a degree of nursing care . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've not heard anything about this . ’ |
| 4 | I had not heard anything about these guys . |
| 5 | If so , why is that we have not heard anything from all those other civilizations out there ? |
| 6 | Because the characters and the dialogue of this offstage life were created by the original cast , we have not included it in this script . |
| 7 | It 's important that we identify what desires and needs we could have in common with one another when using this approach ; if we do n't know the people concerned very well , or have not considered them in this way , we need to use the participative approach described above . |
| 8 | Harriet walked home wondering why she had not organised something of this sort before and marvelling at Mrs Rafferty 's complete acceptance of her own role in the community , one in which she obviously took it for granted that she herself had no need or right to ‘ a bit of a break ’ . |
| 9 | For all her self-confidence , her upbringing had not prepared her for that . ’ |
| 10 | His education had not prepared him for this in any way . |
| 11 | Sir Charles , whose practice as a family solicitor in Hertfordshire had not prepared him for this sort of thing , was losing control . |
| 12 | ‘ West Brom will be less apprehensive about the replay , but playing away from home has not presented us with any major phobia . |
| 13 | Why have the Government not done something about that ? |
| 14 | And there 's no use getting in the exam on Thursday and say ah well I 'm afraid I 've not done it on that arm so erm lost |
| 15 | I mean I 've not done it before this is |
| 16 | The Bill was brought forward in response to the outcry from consumers and the industry about the way that , over the years , they have been ripped off by the privatised utilities and the fact that , while the regulators have made a contribution — no one would deny that — they have not done anything like enough and do not have the necessary power or resources to advance consumer interests and issues . |
| 17 | I will certainly visit Loughborough to see 4771 , as Ii have not seen her since that day in August 1962 . |
| 18 | I have not seen her from that day to this . |
| 19 | Nora had not seen her like that since the day she and Sam had arrived at Coutances . |
| 20 | Though Old Red had looked at me so keenly , I would be prepared to swear on oath that he had not seen me at all . |
| 21 | In this matter , I seem to miss those issues to which you contribute articles : I have not seen one for many months now . |
| 22 | She always forgot , when she had not seen him for some time , how he affected her . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've not seen him for some time . ’ |
| 24 | Police broke in after neighbours had not seen him for several days . |
| 25 | Since then , he had returned only when his father was down at the harbour overseeing the refitting of the Russell , staying out all night and sleeping rough , and for the last three days she had not seen him at all . |
| 26 | Eden wrote : ‘ After three months without a comment from the Prime Minister ’ ( he had not seen him during this period , which included the ‘ internationalization ’ of the Spanish Civil War ) , ‘ I found this an astonishing doctrine , ’ |
| 27 | Ramsay had not seen him since that day at Musselburgh when the good Regent Moray died and Seton had been sent off to Fife to try to hamper Balliol 's landing at Kinghorn , a gallant but unsuccessful endeavour in which Seton had been wounded . |
| 28 | I have not seen him since this morning . ’ |
| 29 | I usually bump into him every so often on the stairs , in one of the upstairs rooms or in the garden , but I have not seen him in some time . |
| 30 | I had not seen them for some time . |