Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [prep] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would like to have a family one day but I can not think about next week , let alone something as important as that , ’ she added with already familiar coyness . |
| 2 | Although data does not appear at first sight to be a resource of the organisation , it certainly is a resource , as data is essential for the organisation to operate effectively . |
| 3 | The plants lumped together under the umbrella name of herbs do not appear at first glance to be essential to maintain life , but it is now becoming apparent that this concept could be wrong , and that herbs are as necessary as oxygen , though the ingredients they contribute , such as minerals and vitamins , may only be found in minute quantities . |
| 4 | Usually , the hard currency exchanged by foreign investors to pay wages , salaries and utility and other costs , has a significance in Second and Third World countries that it does not have in First World countries . |
| 5 | If it is late in the year ( September onwards ) , they will probably not hatch until next spring ( April ) . |
| 6 | And remember , the least on this property does not expire until 31st December 10,759 ! |
| 7 | How about this No Smoking Please stickers have been sent out to London cabbies but unfortunately they will not arrive before next week . |
| 8 | Normally he did not indulge in second helpings , but — no , he would resist . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , we did not anticipate the importance of observer bias , and we did not arrange for third party blinded observation . |
| 10 | A dispute with Telecom engineers is holding up the company 's first link in London , and Mercury 's first inter-city line — which should have been operating by now — will not open until next year . |
| 11 | That was a great holiday — and I ca n't wait for next year to come |
| 12 | If you ca n't wait for next month then you could get hold of a copy of my book ‘ QBasic:The Language of MS-DOS ’ . |
| 13 | They ca n't wait until next year 's race to see if they can do even better . |
| 14 | I bet you ca n't wait till next week can you ? |
| 15 | I do n't know about next week yet , she 'll let me know |
| 16 | It wo n't dry till next week . |
| 17 | Well it did n't , really did n't matter for last night cos I was at school . |
| 18 | His contract does n't finish until next July |
| 19 | We 're three-quarters of the way through our new LP , but it probably wo n't surface until next February . ’ |
| 20 | The crash investigators wo n't report until next year on why their low level training flight went so wrong . |
| 21 | Friday … and Mr Godschalk from the Insurance wo n't call till next Tuesday — so Saturday week it is ! ’ |
| 22 | And they 'll say , well no I did n't manage to last week in or something . |
| 23 | Wo n't change till next year anyway ! |
| 24 | somewhere I think I managed to remember to bring erm , their erm , their minutes from the meeting I did n't go to last week , but you did |
| 25 | Compared to this little middle-aged lot , we did n't get to first base ! |
| 26 | Maybe it does n't start till next year though . |
| 27 | it does n't start till next year does it ? |