Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [prep] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But those circumstances did not arise until four years later , when I was not with my immediate family all the time , but away at boarding-school , the Malory Towers of my dreams . |
| 2 | The State did not exist until 120 years ago . |
| 3 | There , I did not eat for two weeks , and Bothwell 's children — there were two babies — were born dead . |
| 4 | It is characteristic of faith that it can not remain in two minds ; it can not leave things in the air . |
| 5 | He would not need above four days ' leave from them and since Oreste is now or will be by then nearly three which is the age Pen first travelled at I can not see any reason why he need inconvenience the party . |
| 6 | It is a very complicated family tree , sir , which we could not pursue beyond two generations . ’ |
| 7 | They had been told they did not qualify for 13 weeks ' money under benefit regulations . |
| 8 | WARS in the Middle East do not finish after six days any more . |
| 9 | The unions said the minister promised them in a private April 19 meeting that the operator 's status would not budge for two years . |
| 10 | The reason no one had developed a product before was Windows 3 toolkits did not appear until six months ago , Dawe claims . |
| 11 | If one straight arrow follows another , work as given because you will be transferring stitches in two directions before knitting again and the lace carriage can not transfer in two directions on the same movement . |
| 12 | In Mexico the moon covered the Sun for 6 minutes and 54 seconds ; the next comparable solar eclipse would not occur for 140 years . |
| 13 | In the British mind the distinction between constituency MdBs and list MdBs will seem sharp : must they not divide into two classes , first and second ? |
| 14 | We can not work above 7½ hours in winter and about 12 in summer . " |
| 15 | For the first time the pupils did not work in six groups but just sat at the tables as they chose . |
| 16 | A MERSEYRAIL train may not run for three months because of vandals . |
| 17 | It is now clear that direct through trains from the North-East to the continent will not run until two years after the Channel Tunnel opens in 1993 . |
| 18 | He could not sleep for two days before Billy 's first night , on 1 May 1974 , and he was unable to eat during the day of the opening show , which was attended by Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother . |
| 19 | And we did not stop for four days , discussing every detail , going over every bit of ground . |
| 20 | Crawford stormed out and did not return for two weeks , and then only to pick up his mail . |
| 21 | But the 200 miles separating them meant they did not meet until six months into the romance when Chris , 25 , came to see Heather , 32 , of Aberdeen Road , Darlington . |
| 22 | However , because they can not compete in two competitions , the winner or runner-up in tomorrow 's final will secure a spot in next season 's European Cup Winners ' Cup . |
| 23 | Maldon were met with stiffer resistance in the second half and did not score for 20 minutes , until scrum-half Willcocks dived over in the corner . |
| 24 | Jan Age Fjortoft — attacker with trouble at Swindon — did not score in 13 matches — Swindon bought Scott from some lower div. club — Scott has put in some goals — and Fjortoft is left out both from Swindon and the national team . |
| 25 | But subsection ( 3 ) then provides that such duty shall not apply in three sets of circumstances . |
| 26 | The taxes will come into effect on 1 January 1994 , although the packaging levy on plastic bottles will not apply until six months later , following protests from chemical industry workers . |
| 27 | When he told Perkins his landlord of his case , and that it would be a pity to leave Solomon unfinished , Perkins blanched when he heard it would take another two years , gave him his fat hand and told him if the painting did not sell after two years , and Haydon still could not pay , ‘ … why , sir , we 'll consider what is to be done , so do n't fret , but work . ’ |
| 28 | If the parents do not know what has happened they should either not interfere in the upset or equally attribute blame knowing that a row can not happen without two parties being involved . |
| 29 | A refractory ulcer was defined as an ulcer that did not heal within three months on conventional treatment with full dose H 2 blockers or 20 mg omeprazole . |
| 30 | ( vii ) Persons guilty of a corrupt practice are disqualified from standing in any constituency for five years ; persons guilty of an illegal practice may not stand for five years in the constituency in which the offence was committed ( see above , pp.75–6 ) . |