Example sentences of "have not [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the amendment is seconded by another person who has not spoken on the original motion , the Chairman must accept it as a new motion , subject to the provisos that the amendment is not a simple negative of the motion ; is relevant ; does not cover ground that has been dealt with under a previous amendment ; and is not frivolous nor illegal . |
| 2 | When the number of members on the committee is small , it may be difficult to abide by the proviso that the amendment must be seconded by someone who has not spoken on the original motion , and in that case common sense prevails . |
| 3 | It says it has n't passed on the cost of those decreasing hardware margins to customers via higher software and services cost , rather it is simply targeting those areas where customers are going to spend more of their money . |
| 4 | ‘ As long as someone has n't parked on the patch of paint and taken it all away on their tyres . ’ |
| 5 | Although this seemed a wise decision at the time , it was anything but wise in the long run , as we had not reckoned on the dramatic rise in house prices . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said hesitantly , wishing that now she had not commented on the book , for one did not talk about poetry with chance acquaintances . |
| 7 | Hill said : ‘ I should n't have been in that position in the first place if I had not spun on the opening lap . |
| 8 | Hill said : ‘ I should n't have been in that position in the first place if I had not spun on the opening lap . |
| 9 | Our advice , from solicitors and counsel , remained steadfast : that , in their view , the banks had clearly lost money through their own negligence and had not relied on the company accounts at all . |
| 10 | The defendants had not relied on the clause but had reached a negotiated settlement in similar prior cases . |
| 11 | One or two delegations pleaded that since the UK proposal that ‘ the State whose nationals comprised more than fifty per cent of the passengers should be entitled to appoint an accredited representative to participate in the accident investigation ’ had not appeared on the agenda published by ICAO , they had not been briefed how to respond . |
| 12 | The insurers also sought to distinguish Lawrence by contending that in that case the student 's money had not passed to the taxi driver and that the student had not conferred on the taxi driver the rights of an owner . |
| 13 | Does the Under-Secretary understand that if the Government had not embarked on the wholly cynical and two-faced policy of enticing schools with surplus places to opt out , the children at Stratford school would not now face chaos ? |
| 14 | If the parties had not agreed on the naming of the appointing authority , or if the authority which |
| 15 | Robert Dakers , 44 , had not counted on the Home Office cancelling his parole licence for previous offences when he returned to face three charges of handling stolen goods . |
| 16 | Faye began to struggle to sit up , but Belinda forestalled her , relieved that the other woman had n't commented on the tired bags beneath her eyes that even make-up could n't fully conceal . |
| 17 | What would have happened if Septimus Taylor had n't appeared on the scene when he did ? |
| 18 | The curtains were drawn over the windows looking towards Regent 's Park and he had n't turned on the light . |
| 19 | I had n't gone on the Pill because I did n't want to admit that I was doing something wrong , because mum had always brought me up that it was wrong before marriage . |
| 20 | He had n't reckoned on the Care Bears . |
| 21 | What if the fox had n't stepped on the rake ? |
| 22 | Well , flight had n't worked on the other two occasions , but , for the sake of her own sanity , this had to be third time lucky . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll stick to mineral water , ’ Alyssia said , sourly noticing that Mr Charm was back on the scene when he continued his conversation with Simone as though she had n't arrived on the scene at all . |
| 24 | He had n't counted on the opposition of Hugh de Tracy 's priestly brother , who should have been safely at home in his monastery , where he could n't cause any trouble . |
| 25 | I have not touched on the difficult question of localization here : it is a lively issue where the brain is concerned , but not for the digital computer because , depending on how you interpret its operations , information can be thought of as being anywhere at all in the machine ( i.e. not localized in the sense of being associated with a particular place in it ) , or ( and in some sense conversely ) all operations of the machine can be thought of as going on in one very small and specific place . |
| 26 | I have not woken them at dawn with my racket , I have not drawn on the wall in felt-tip , I have not hugged Wally the cat round the neck , I have not spat out my liver and spinach , put worms in the watering can , cacked my pants , made brown finger paintings on the wall … |
| 27 | Chancellor Norman Lamont wants to know why high street banks have not passed on the recent three per cent base rate cut and will demand action . |
| 28 | In describing the framework , we have not focused on the types of individuals who might be most productive and , probably at the same time , most comfortable in each quadrant , although there has been much speculation about this in our discussions with managers and researchers . |
| 29 | I have n't suffered on the normal service so far . |
| 30 | The girl , you could n't call it we have n't agreed on the girl yet . |