Example sentences of "not [be] [vb pp] [adv] with a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This time , Mr Kaifu was convinced , the Americans would not be shut up with a promise here , a concession there . |
| 2 | There are things which can not be done even with a 4shillings ; 5d education rate when that only produces £22,000 , and when , even with the Government grant , there is only £75,000 to spend . |
| 3 | These particles are called virtual because , unlike ‘ real ’ particles , they can not be observed directly with a particle detector . |
| 4 | These particles are virtual particles like the particles that carry the gravitational force of the sun : unlike real particles , they can not be observed directly with a particle detector . |
| 5 | The crisis had been brewing for so long , however , that the tsar could not be bought off with a decision on the Holy Places . |
| 6 | Lloyd George discovered in 1919 , as Law had done in 1914 , that a Unionist party that had given its total commitment to a cause would not be fobbed off with a compromise . |
| 7 | Our advice is that , where hedgerows are to be replaced , they should not be substituted just with a row of quickthorn between two strands of barbed wire , but with a mixed , proper , traditional hedge — which would be much better for the environment and habitat . |
| 8 | He wo n't be put off with a surface answer , but he wants to know the far end of everything ’ |