Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's understanding the so speak slowly not not not laboured but just a little slower than you would do . |
| 2 | One of the oddities of the situation since her ‘ descent ’ was that most of her clothes had remained in the cupboards upstairs , she had felt unable to go and fetch them , and evidently the other two had felt too embarrassed to carry them down , or perhaps had simply not noticed the problem . |
| 3 | Thus glass perhaps not too far from old realism . |
| 4 | You have up here you 've got neither win lose but it 's like it 's a respectable thing you know you respect each other you do n't trust them completely and you do n't co-operate completely but they just respect just not you 're just not willing to go that further little bit and it becomes more of a more of a rather than a win lose or a win win it 's more of a people half and half okay I 'll give this much if you give that much . |
| 5 | We just sat there not looking at each other , all day , until she burst out with all that anger , ‘ You fucking bitch you 've finished the goddam bloody cigarettes . ’ |
| 6 | He said he 's like to try just not er old en Robert Hardy 's our special patron really here , he 's very interested in coming to the banquet , he was up the other week was n't he , last Friday whenever it was . |
| 7 | It communicates the moods , sentiments and behaviour of young people meeting to enjoy each other 's company as young people always do though not usually to Chopin 's romantic music . |
| 8 | I was still trying hard not to rock the boat , not to upset either the FO or WTN , and was desperate to find a way of making uncontroversial remarks sound interesting . |
| 9 | I went there and found that people who had been waiting for four hours or more had still not received satisfaction . |
| 10 | Not only will the vendor covenant not to compete with the business , but it will also covenant separately not to solicit customers or solicit employees . |
| 11 | This may also involve physically not going to places ( e.g. the staffroom ) or meeting people ( your head of department ) who might set off the alarm by mistake . |
| 12 | He is probably widely remembered today not for his important contributions to number theory , but as the teacher of Albert Einstein and the man who showed how the theory of relativity could be interpreted as the geometry of four-dimensional spacetime . |
| 13 | Glassford had declared his intention of supporting Lord Dundas 's interest in the election , but when he was visited by Alexander Bruce of Kennet , who was managing the election for Lord Dundas , ‘ we really found all not so right ’ . |
| 14 | He was probably far gone enough not to realise yet that he had jumped from one box into a smaller one . |
| 15 | Elaine explained : ‘ I 've really tried hard not to let Deborah and Jon criticise each other , I think that 's important , some brothers can make their sisters feel awful ! |
| 16 | Did anyone see Lee Chapman doing his summary of the game … he appeared to be really trying hard not to laugh ! ! ! |
| 17 | He also stressed that organisms often survive best not by competing with each other , but through c ( –operation . |
| 18 | They often sat together not saying a word , which is maybe the best way to get on with anybody . |
| 19 | Microphotography brought new methods of book and periodical production , and data storage , that even now have surely not exhausted their usefulness in the mere saving of shelf-space . |
| 20 | and we 'd got a little old fellow with us , you know , well built very not very big but broad as what he was long . |
| 21 | I did well getting away not handing them in , ’ said Mr Lavery . |
| 22 | It is fair to state that Christianity as we know it today derives ultimately not from Jesus 's time , but from the Council of Nicaea . |
| 23 | And in a way this interferes with acting in advance of the disaster , or indeed acting perhaps not immediately , but spending a little time considering what might be the priority needs and then going in with it . |
| 24 | Today 's Himalayan climbers must have immense strength and vitality , must acclimatise very carefully , should be fully skilled and experienced , must be alert to danger yet hardened enough not to be critically frightened ( and mountains are very frightening places ) by any unexpected trauma ; be patient during storms , determined in attack and wise in retreat ; be a skilful diplomat and a team player ; be compassionate but sometimes have a touch of selfishness . |
| 25 | And in terms of vehicle operating costs savings , if I just go back to the top of that page , the inner routes again perform well not not so not so well or better ? |