Example sentences of "not [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An angel there to prove that not everyone over the age of 12 is totally screwed up . |
| 2 | Not everyone on the island was sorry to see her go . |
| 3 | ‘ Not everyone in the world is grasping and selfish to the exclusion of all others , ’ Tammuz said . |
| 4 | Not everyone in the ward was in late middle age , but a fair proportion seemed to be . |
| 5 | Not everyone in the pro-life movement is behind him , as ANDREA SMITH discovered . |
| 6 | But not everyone in the gang has Q's options and inclinations , and the hard one , Bishop ( Shakur ) , decides that the best way he and the guys can prove they 've got ‘ the juice ’ is by robbing the corner store . |
| 7 | I am sure that my constituents are mindful of the fact that not everyone in the country pays £440 in community charge . |
| 8 | Not everyone in the Old City was an admirer of Sheikh Osman and there were quite a few Moslems as well as Copts who rejoiced in his discomfiture . |
| 9 | Well he , he was asking me which I 'd prefer and I said I think you ought to consider Vicki not me on the crossing . |
| 10 | That 's not me by the way in case you thought I was phoning myself it 's not me . |
| 11 | Make not his Worth the Measure of your Song ; |
| 12 | I 'm not someone with the gift of the gab , though , and I do n't have that sort of charm . |
| 13 | The property had been part of the countess ' lands , and when Risley asked the king 's advice on the matter Edward warned him off : ‘ Risley , meddle not ye with the buying of the said place , for though the title of [ it ] be good in my brother of Gloucester 's hands or in another man 's hands of like might , it will be dangerous to thee to buy it and also to keep it and defend it . ’ |
| 14 | The property had been part of the countess ' lands , and when Risley asked the king 's advice on the matter Edward warned him off : ‘ Risley , meddle not ye with the buying of the said place , for though the title of [ it ] be good in my brother of Gloucester 's hands or in another man 's hands of like might , it will be dangerous to thee to buy it and also to keep it and defend it . ’ |
| 15 | No I would n't go as far as that anyway but I 'm saying they 're in the wrong it 's not you in the wrong , they 're in |
| 16 | Even so , not everything about the show appealed to everyone . |
| 17 | A packet is guaranteed to get you a taxi driver and other rare commodities — a waiter who discovers that not everything on the menu is off , a booking clerk who finds you a seat . |
| 18 | Not everything in the past works that way . |
| 19 | It would appear then that not everything in the garden is quite as rosy as might have been suspected . |
| 20 | Not everything in the forest was delightful . |
| 21 | Its famous television aerial , visible from most hilltops in the area , seemed to say that not everything in the region was private , anonymous , apologetic and parochial . |
| 22 | Not everything in the CNAA 's and the colleges ' procedure was conducive to innovation , but the ripple effect from groups of staff having ‘ to think out their own courses ’ was probably one of the most immediate invitations to innovation in the early years of the CNAA . |
| 23 | It is fair to assume that not everything in the emerging resistance ideology pleased de Gaulle . |
| 24 | Pushkin eating cherries before a duel ; Lenin working day in day out on Iskra ; one sentence or a newspaper ( the point is of course , not one without the other ) ; Benjamin on the requirement to denature your work ‘ like ethyl alcohol ’ lest it be of use to the other side . |
| 25 | He had a key to the armoury , but not one to the ammunition safe . |
| 26 | The opposition leaders he met agreed that the question of reunification of Germany was not one for the German people alone , but was the rightful concern of their European neighbours . |
| 27 | He gained a reputation as the Buster Keaton of the cricket world , a man who rarely seemed to have any expression on his face and who was not one for the excited cavortings that greet the fall of a wicket ; yet behind the mask a good deal of thought was given to his bowling , and he was liked and respected by his fellow players . |
| 28 | I am not one for the bright lights . |
| 29 | He was not one for the romantic niceties , was Reg . |
| 30 | The order was not one for the recovery or preservation of trust property but called for information and for copies of the defendants ' documents which , so far as compliance might incriminate them , the defendants were entitled to disregard . |