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 .
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