Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv] at " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It is simply that for tax reasons we can not stay overnight at Manton , ’ Mrs Sangster explained .
2 It reflects some current concerns , and also questions which do not arise specifically at the moment , but which we ought to realise may arise in the future .
3 But it is all too evident that there does not exist anywhere at the present time an active political movement which would be capable of initiating such a development , and if such a movement came into existence it would encounter immense difficulties .
4 He could not think clearly at all of any women he knew or had known .
5 ‘ I should not think so at all .
6 He worked out where The Bar was on his maps , and then checked this perspective against the actual view — from where he saw the city it looked like The Bar was right in the middle of it , not hidden away at all like it was on the map .
7 Sadly he rejected this dual instruction and was lost on a low-level marking attack that , had Cochrane been aware that Gibson was not checked out at Warboys , his AOC would have forbidden him to fly that night .
8 ‘ The ambition is certainly not to go along at the existing size , growing by 5 per cent a year .
9 I used not to go out at all if there were any around .
10 In other words , without it one can not explain why at the present time there is a maldistribution of world wealth and income such that the countries of the Northern hemisphere contain only 25 per cent of the world 's population but obtain 80 per cent of the world 's income , while the countries of the South contain 75 per cent of the world 's population but obtain only 20 per cent of the world 's income .
11 Much of the social life evolves around the patio at Cosmos , where decisions are taken about which taverna to visit for supper , and whether or not to meet later at a bar or disco .
12 My hic hyacinths have all come out except no , they 've all come out , one goron l looks like it 's gone and lot congealed little bad and another hyacinth has two have come up and other ones not come up at all .
13 He had seen his earliest pupils , as had my father , either not come back at all , or come back broken men .
14 Tommaso had not come back at Ascension , though some others who 'd been called to military service at the same time walked into town one afternoon .
15 I have made it a point of honour to spare you moral blackmail of the ‘ Do you honestly suppose for a single moment that I would be capable of stooping to such beastliness ? ’ variety , and I shall not waver even at this supreme moment .
16 Since then blacks have got richer at almost the same rate as whites , but they have not caught up at all .
17 This is clearly er erm a situation where erm we must not knowingly take business which we have not enjoyed before at a price below
18 Then the walls will stand firm , tile stones will cling together , and the buildings will not fall down at night . "
19 ‘ Would it surprise you to know that in the five years since I first set eyes on you , I have not looked seriously at another woman ?
20 He therefore travelled through the greater part of England , observing everything , but was equally careful to inspect all ornamental and kitchen gardens , and to make himself at home and acquainted with all horticulturalists , for he was of the opinion that he could learn something useful which he did not know before at least from some of them .
21 However , as the need for this particular type of system was not believed to be acute , it was not pursued further at the time .
22 As he took his hostess 's arm and led her into the dining-room , he did not glance again at Madeleine .
23 where you 're just watching , helping , washing a few cups with somebody and , and then going on a course one or two days a week , and then you 're consider whether being took on and even if you 're not took on at that place at least you 've got something to say you 've done when you 're
24 ‘ We 're not living apart at the moment , ’ he reminded her .
25 Radulfus maintained his judicial calm , and the earl 's broad brow was suave and benign , though there was no guessing what went on in the highly intelligent mind behind it ; but Prior Robert and Sub-Prior Herluin sat very erect , stiff in the spine and with long , refined faces sharpened into steel , studiously not looking straight at each other , but maintaining each a bright gaze on distance , and the appearance of considering with magisterial detachment the situation that confronted them .
26 Hornby on the occasion rebuked Brixton for not looking properly at the CNAA 's regulations — and the College was subsequently to have its proposals approved .
27 A stocky , even heavy woman , with straight blonde hair that was parted in the middle and otherwise unregulated , she padded about with firm , deliberate steps , not looking much at anyone , not smiling easily as Caroline did , only nodding indifferently when Alice caught a glimpse of her through a door or coming efficiently through the hall .
28 But he was not looking down at her , his gaze was remote ; he seemed to be looking through the window into the darkness of the garden .
29 They are not looking back at what happened in the past .
30 Then he said , not looking directly at Simon , but staring out onto the waters that lapped the roots of the trees : ‘ Is the Lion in the forest ? ’
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