Example sentences of "not [be] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 However , the worst may not be over for the embattled Chancellor .
2 not , which , one which would not be over in a year and a half .
3 The change has been a major exercise , and while the civil war may not be over in the eyes of the excise collectors , the next issue of Guinness Today will carry the story of the people behind the massive change to End Product Duty .
4 We 're young , we have n't got girlfriends , we might not be around in a year 's time so , like , milk the cow while she 's full of milk , really .
5 Until he is off with the old , he can not be on with the new .
6 He parried the stories of wealth and of smuggling : all town talk , he said , and besides , people in Borrowdale just would not be up to the scheming and deception involved , not the people he knew in Borrowdale and he had been born there — as had his wife — born there — as had their parents
7 Unlike the present law , it will not be up to the defendant to prove his belief , the burden of proof will rest on the prosecution .
8 In his opening speech , the hon. Member for Birkenhead said that we should ’ bring forward ’ the arrangements which will prevail after 1993 , but it will not be down to the local adjudication officer to assess people to decide the appropriate care and to assess the reasonable rate .
9 She told us that the priest would not be back until the afternoon .
10 She told Martha that she would be going out that evening and would quite likely not be back until the following day .
11 The two girls would not be back till the following weekend .
12 To his delight , Davis 's secretary informed him in clipped tones that : ‘ Mr Davis has been called out urgently and will not be back in the office until Friday . ’
13 Thanks to the number of school boards and the complicated system of voting , the final results will not be in for a couple of weeks .
14 The observer will need to be there observing , but possibly behind a hidden camera or watching through a one-way vision screen — he or she need not be in among the action .
15 She says , ‘ Angharad should not be out on the hills alone .
16 There is not a golfer among us who would not be out on the green every day if the weather and our partners would allow .
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