Example sentences of "not [prep] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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1 | Paralysed though she was , not for anything was Dolly going to drop Sergeant Joe in the cart , not for anything would she even admit he was in the house . |
2 | Not for anything would she have informed him how much this worried her . |
3 | Not for anything would she give him the satisfaction of knowing his opinion could have such a devastating effect on her . |
4 | I I 'm not against I ca n't be against the right of a c of a member of parliament to withhold their vote from their government . |
5 | It 's not like it used to be . |
6 | Not like it used to be in our young day . ’ |
7 | We are interested not in what might be the case ( of course anything is possible ) but in what would be the case , and the theory captures that interest by focusing only on the nearest relevant worlds . |
8 | er I know someone who has a P S V licence , Doug , just got it , mind he 's does voluntary driving already for age concern at er , where , it 's not in I ca n't remember where it is |
9 | ‘ Because if it were not on you would not be able to see . ’ |
10 | But she said obviously you and Dave asked me , us not to we wo n't . |
11 | If you decide not to I 'll walk straight out of your office and you 'll never see me again . |
12 | In short , the MDC has presided over some successes , but not over what might be termed the regeneration of Liverpool 's docks . |
13 | Er he 's in London at the moment , he 's not at He should be up here , I do n't know what he 's doing in London on a Saturday morning , he 's supposed to be up here having a surgery somewhere . |
14 | If it was n't for her would you come away with me ? ’ |
15 | He probably thought that Christmas day , even if he was n't with her would be a godsend |
16 | I I mean if these petitions were n't in it 'd just be a square room . |
17 | When I went first he took one out there and he took it out clean , but this one here , in actual fact he gave me a stitch , and when the stitch was n't in you could see the tooth protruding a bit . |