Example sentences of "not [verb] [noun prp] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He invented a serious accident for his wife as an excuse not to see Eleanor for a while . |
| 2 | There is some similarity between these issues , particularly when it is borne in mind that the theist does not regard God as a supra-terrestrial object for whose existence or non-existence no earthly observations could conceivably be of relevance . |
| 3 | His typical working week would be short indeed if he did not consider Saturday as a normal working day — but was it ? |
| 4 | Although the CSCE committee meeting on Sept. 16 decided not to accept Macedonia as a regular member of the CSCE , on Sept. 18 in Prague the CSCE crisis committee on Yugoslavia decided to strengthen its permanent mission in the republic . |
| 5 | But Flynn is not pushing Harper for a decision and is happy to leave things in the air for a fortnight or so . |
| 6 | It so happened that on one of these Sundays my CO strolled by at the same time , and the AOC asked him why he had not seen Mahaddie for a pilot 's course . |
| 7 | Against the advice of BR 's senior managers , he has decided not to sell BR in a single lump . |
| 8 | If Jones has never heard of Tolstoy or read any of his books , it is meaningless to assert that Jones either likes Tolstoy as a writer or does not like Tolstoy as a writer . |
| 9 | It was agreed that they would not see Minton for a while . |
| 10 | Many Christians do not see Jesus as a sacrifice in the same way . |
| 11 | She did not see Joe for a few days and then one Friday as she walked past she saw him in the teashop and went in to join him . |
| 12 | For all his admiration of the Shah and his disdain for President Carter , Marenches did not suggest France as a possible destination . |
| 13 | The possibility of Japanese defence forces taking over after the peace treaty was opposed by MacArthur : it would be a violation of existing commitments , would be contrary to SCAP policies hitherto and in any event could not transform Japan into a significant military power . |
| 14 | Those who are unhappy about calling Unionist Northern Ireland a democracy , or equally unhappy about not calling Britain as a whole a democracy , are compelled to return to questions of meaning and definition . |
| 15 | If the people of Lincolnshire were thought by their bishop not to understand Ramsey in a pulpit , this was not the opinion outside the diocese . |
| 16 | But you 'll not have Martha for a wife , not while there 's breath left in my body you wo n't , and you 'll not split my fortune , neither , not if you want to live to see your grandchildren . " |
| 17 | He did not call Amanda for a week . |
| 18 | I 'm not fingering Tod for a fruit , not exactly . |
| 19 | The train that leaves Inverness in the morning does not reach Wick till a late hour in the evening : the hotel folk know this , and are quite prepared to keep open house till after the arrival of the train . |
| 20 | Inheriting wealth has not led Laing into a flamboyant lifestyle by any means . |
| 21 | DEAN STANDING , 22 , celebrated his second England call-up with an impressive nine points but could not save Swindon from a last-heat Gold Cup defeat at King 's Lynn on Saturday . |
| 22 | The Nazis must have known that the Poles would not release Danzig without a struggle — indeed , they had asked for something they knew the Poles would not give . |
| 23 | In this case , we can not reduce C to a diagonal matrix of units , since evidently |
| 24 | Hekmatyar threatened to " mount the last act " if the Uzbeks did not vacate Kabul within a week to 10 days . |
| 25 | Caernarfonshire captain Dave Wallace said Llandudno had not engaged Barnes as a professional and did not pay him for playing . |
| 26 | Such remarks would not be so noteworthy if they had not sent Julia into a frenzy of concern and inward panic . |
| 27 | So if you 're thinking of building an extension , refitting the kitchen , improving the bathroom or starting some other permanent home improvement project , why not ask NatWest for a Home Improvement Loan to spread the cost ? |
| 28 | ‘ Why not ask Gabriel in a gentler way ? |