Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [pers pn] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One was new and had come instead of his uncle who was ill , but the guards would not let him in because they did not know him by sight and they nearly threw him into the ditch before they would even let him go home . |
| 2 | They might not know him by sight , or might not be looking for him at all . |
| 3 | The Matrimonial Homes Act 1967 ( as amended by the Matrimonial Homes and Property Act 1981 ) gives a spouse who is in occupation of the matrimonial home , but does not occupy it by virtue of an estate , interest , contract , or statute , protection against eviction from the dwelling without the necessity of obtaining leave of the court . |
| 4 | ‘ You can not see it , you can not measure it by instrumentation , but there are incredibly powerful air currents up in the stratosphere which can move at anything up to 300 mph . |
| 5 | If we do not oppose him by force then we must be willing to see all that we love and value go under for at least a generation . |
| 6 | Disseminators of " indecent " material which lacks the potency to corrupt are generally within the law so long as they do not despatch it by post , or seek to import it from overseas , or flaunt it openly in public places . |
| 7 | So then it 's just a matter of waiting to get a good take , and if you do n't do it by take three , you do n't have any business doing it . |
| 8 | I then try to get him to do it , if I do n't discover it by accident . |
| 9 | I suggest that you leave here before it grows dark so that the sepoys do n't shoot you by mistake . " |