Example sentences of "not [verb] [adj] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not know this at the time . |
| 2 | Nor were some of the earlier beach reconnaissances the most encouraging of precedents , although Clogstoun-Willmott did not know this at the time . |
| 3 | In mentioning the directive er can I er pause very briefly er Mr Deputy Speaker to apologise to the house that this document was not made available at the draft stage er an unfortunate combination of human error and several failures of communications meant that the select committee was deprived of the opportunity to consider the directive at its draft stage , er I 've noticed the select committee 's report which has been put in the vote office in the usual way and acknowledge the government did not meet its scrutiny obligations with regard to this document in the normal means . |
| 4 | This is a likely problem after holidays or long weekends ; you do not feel tired at the new bedtime but do feel tired when it is time to get up . |
| 5 | All of these have strategic aspects to consider , and strategic developments in these areas will not occur all at the same pace or even , necessarily , in the same direction . |
| 6 | With the possible exception of Mrs Major , who has to struggle not to look cheerful at the mention of leaving 10 Downing Street , and Sir Denis Thatcher ( ’ I 'm so bloody glad we 're not doing it this time ’ ) , every good political consort must learn how to be a good loser . |
| 7 | This , of course , was nothing to be ashamed of , but I did not realize that at the time . |
| 8 | It is probable that the linguistic differentiation which separates the South Slavs from the Western Slavs ( Poles , Czechs , Slovaks ) and the Eastern Slavs ( Russians , Bielorussians , Ukrainians ) had not become apparent at the time of the migration . |
| 9 | They 're not moving much at the moment . |
| 10 | A rum evolution , Alix had often thought , though it had not seemed strange at the time : what had then seemed strange , in her girlhood , had been her parents ' quaint socialist ideals , which had caused her such embarrassment , and , partly because of that embarrassment , had inspired in her such undeviating loyalty . |
| 11 | ‘ Avast , ye swabs , ’ she shouted , astonished by the hoarseness of her voice , ‘ belay yeselves an' man the mizzen-mast. 'T IS a stormy course for Far Tortuga we 're sailin' an' the cap'n 'll not rest easy at the bottom of the sea 'til the treasure be ours ! ’ |
| 12 | The success of the tests had not gone unnoticed at the Air Ministry . |
| 13 | Even if the accident does not seem serious at the time , but you think it might have some ill-effect in the future you should apply to the DSS for a decision that it was an industrial accident . |
| 14 | James will not sit straight at the table , he sits |