Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [verb] [conj] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | She sucked again from the tea-bulb , feeling its plastic smoothness dent as it emptied , knowing it came from a floating colony like she did but not knowing why it should be used on a steady-gravity planet like Mars . |
2 | Whether they succeed or not depends on the circumstances . |
3 | Whether they do or not depends on their duration and the personal circumstances of the individual . |
4 | Sue Harvey urges parents to think before they buy and not to play into the hands of the clubs : |
5 | He said , ‘ Sister , that boy has got to run his course to crisis , and whether he survives or not depends not on myself or on any other member of the medical staff of this hospital . |
6 | du n no whether he has or not do you ? |
7 | It ran to five editions in his life-time , with a sixth completed just before he died but not published until many years later . |
8 | She would take things as they came and not worry about motives , she decided . |