Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | We must make sure he has not recoiled only to spring out more strongly . |
| 3 | These pads are not needed simply to hold on to the female , who remains passive . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | There are many people who are just not geared up to live independently . ’ |
| 6 | Mr Arnold questioned why he had not tried harder to set up a system for receiving such information more swiftly . |
| 7 | He has not learned how to love properly , how to relate with a woman in a caring sense but , above all , he has not learned how to differentiate between an adolescent who is feeling the first stirring of her hormones and a fully-grown woman who is properly able to make her own emotional and sexual choices . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Unschooled Wolof children know when to make certain things explicit in their own culture ; it would appear that they are not triggered off to do so by Greenfield 's questions . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't ask me , ’ said Dolly , ‘ I ai n't educated enough to work out Chinese puzzles . ’ |
| 12 | You have n't come back to work too soon , have you ? ’ |
| 13 | 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 ! |
| 14 | He 's got something malignant , cancer , and he has n't got long to live anyway . ’ |
| 15 | She was n't brought up to do all this . ’ |
| 16 | They had n't known how to get through to her , and were happy to give support . |