Example sentences of "[not/n't] [pron] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The faculty could not think that a young man of 35 years , who had written one book which not everyone thought wonderful , could hold a candle to his predecessor .
2 Not everyone gets better at weekends either — sometimes it can take a week or more to recover from the effects of chemicals at work .
3 Not everyone does that . ’
4 Clearly , everyone present had to understand what commitments were being entered into , and not everyone knew Latin or was bilingual in Romance and Old High German .
5 Not everyone saw this as an ‘ explosion ’ as such , but those commentators who did , like the much-quoted Thomas Malthus , prophesied disaster if the growth could n't be controlled ; how was the country to survive when there were hundreds of thousands of extra mouths to feed every year ?
6 Not everyone had sufficient assets of sufficient value to cover what he still owed , or was willing to surrender them , but the new scheme certainly benefited a large number .
7 No , not everyone goes that way .
8 Not everyone recognized this second requirement .
9 But not everyone accepts these arguments .
10 Not everyone finds amplified vibration an asset to speechreading : it may be a distraction , an interference with the concentration needed to ‘ get the message ’ .
11 But , not everyone has thousands of pounds to spend on a studio set up and Freeman has addressed this point and also detailed the necessary design and items for the temporary home studio and has also included sections on portable studios .
12 Not everyone welcomed this new development .
13 Not everyone shares local tastes .
14 Not everyone resists that temptation .
15 Only not everyone wants all that helping , do they ?
16 Not everyone approves this upwardly mobile black American .
17 But not everyone sees 40 as the prelude to falling apart .
18 The rarity of short-wave cones is concordant with earlier estimates , using direct and indirect means of identifying these receptors , but we have not ourselves seen any indication that the short-wave cones occur as interruptions to the regular foveal matrix , as has sometimes been reported .
19 I represent , ha , that 's not I hope that 's cheating .
20 Well no I 'm not I mean this is it erm you do n't know er how much to do
21 The servicemen were always very helpful in hauling one aboard , but I was not in uniform and I always felt they must be wondering whether or not I had any right to travel .
22 you know there 's not nobody got half an hour to wait .
23 Where the local authority is of the opinion that summary proceedings provide an inadequate remedy , for example , where a fine will have little effect in persuading the odour emitter to abate the odour , or where summary action has failed , or is unacceptable due to the availability of the defence of best practicable means , proceedings may be taken in the High Court under s.100 of the Public Health Act 1936 , even though the local authority has not itself suffered any damage , provided the odour amounts to a statutory nuisance .
24 One might reasonably ask why the Library Association , the body responsible for all professional matters concerned with the operation of libraries , including attempts to impose acts of censorship in libraries , did not itself initiate legal action against the News International ban .
25 With no pause , almost before he had finished , Delia Sutherland was saying , while glancing openly now at her watch as though determining whether or not she had enough time to put him straight , ‘ No , no , no .
26 Whether or not she reported this condition to the divisional veterinary officer and showed him photographs , I do now know .
27 And then he used the Stenness Hotel for visitors but there 's not you got some .
28 No you 're not you got bad head again , you 're
29 No not you get different statements different erm I would n't like to repeat some of them right , but if them lads sat down and studied it erm same as I 've said now and they say , Well yes aye .
30 It talks about the heathen being astounded and being envious and jealous because they are going to see peace and harmony and happiness and this is what we are looking forward to this is why we 're not mourning , why we 're not you know all upset because we know this is going to come .
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