Example sentences of "not [verb] many [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The union 's promise that no Irish team will be allowed to go to South Africa ‘ whilst the remainder of the apartheid laws exist ’ has not convinced many people , while drawing the wrath of their recent hosts down about the heads of Dawson and his fellow-travellers . |
| 2 | One of them — a little old-fashioned perhaps , for I do not see many people doing it nowadays — is to walk around it guide-book in hand , best of all with one of those old Murray 's Handbooks for Travellers , the most catholic , the most informative , the most solid guide-books ever written in this country ; still well worth buying though the last one came out nearly fifty years ago and one must hunt for them with increasing difficulty in the second-hand bookshops . |
| 3 | This will not surprise many people . |
| 4 | Little evidence exists to indicate that tests help teachers ; however this sad fact may not surprise many people . |
| 5 | After having attracted 6,000 paying guests while in Truro , some had fears that the visit to Bodmin might not attract many people . |
| 6 | I do n't think many people ever realized that his biggest hero of all time was Flynn [ with whom Howard worked in The Roots of Heaven in 1958 ] . |
| 7 | And I do n't think many people appreciate the physical demands of actually driving a Formula One car , especially through corners . |
| 8 | I do n't think many people know that . ’ |
| 9 | I do n't think many people knew about it . |
| 10 | I do n't think many people are , |
| 11 | Now I do n't think many people realized that asking for the maintenance of standards , rather than perhaps the changing of standards , was asking for something that was almost diametrically opposed to asking for an educational system that was more geared towards preparing children for adult life and productive work . |
| 12 | I get the impression that you do n't trust many people . |
| 13 | ‘ I did n't know many people and this seemed like a good opportunity . |
| 14 | Well you see I ai n't seen many people today . |
| 15 | But I mean is gon na struggle cos he ai n't had many people for very long , has he ? |
| 16 | You do n't see many people smiling during a Major . |
| 17 | I could n't see many people ; most of the lights had been turned off , and we happened to be sitting in the patch of light thrown by one small lamp . |
| 18 | I do n't see many people up here . ’ |
| 19 | But we do n't hear many people , on a road like that . |
| 20 | The nets , strangely , did n't produce many fish ( I reckon they were all round our boat ) and they were mostly leatherjackets . |
| 21 | She realized as he started to load the projector that he probably did n't have many people to talk to . |
| 22 | I just do n't have many people I can say these things to . ’ |
| 23 | It does n't leave many people to like . |
| 24 | She does n't get many people in the off-season . ’ |
| 25 | I bet you would n't get many people wanting it though . |
| 26 | people do n't stay out long , so you do n't get many people getting up to two or three years experience , the one 's that stay on that long stay |
| 27 | Yet when you do n't love many people I think you should tell those whom you do . ’ |