Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hunter was on about Deane not getting away from his marker enough , from corners and stuff he just sits and gets marked instead of moving out to the far post . |
| 2 | They 've dearly gone on for years not knowing , let alone tonsillectomies , what |
| 3 | What is worrying is that Yoarth said he may not play Speed ( but Goss ) so with Kelly not playing Macca could be the only Leeds representative playing tonight ( I think ) … just shows the state of British football managers : - ( |
| 4 | While welcoming in principle the SIB 's recent proposals for simplification of the rules , Mr Bell said : ‘ Any changes , no matter how desirable , must however be implemented sensibly in order not to increase unnecessarily the already considerable costs of the regime , which in our case can only be borne by the policy holders . ’ |
| 5 | He said nothing of miraculous creation and instead proposed that the ‘ new ’ populations simply migrated in from areas not affected by the catastrophe . |
| 6 | The shelter that Jenny had found for me was in Camden Town , not too far away , so in order not to arrive there before it got going for the evening , I dawdled a little , window-shopping . |
| 7 | I would have put my mortgage down on Stephen not making it . ’ |
| 8 | Mr Nick Elliot , Darlington 's cycling and footpaths officer , said : ‘ The problem is down to loops not working properly and modern cycles have a high alloy level which is not being detected as easily . ’ |
| 9 | There are some strange flights of fancy and there are also some extremely down to earth not to say earthy observations . |
| 10 | It has been decided to try this method out for the January meeting , posting out only to teachers not attending . |
| 11 | ‘ TVB hereby grants to [ the taxpayer ] , which accepts , the sole and exclusive right outside Hong Kong and the non-exclusive right in Hong Kong throughout the life of this agreement and upon the terms and conditions of parts 2 and 3 hereof : ( a ) to copy , adapt , and cause to be seen and heard in public ( otherwise than by means of wireless or cable TV transmissions in Hong Kong ) all TVB films , ( b ) to exploit all derivative rights in TVB films ( excluding the hotchpot programmes ) and ( c ) to grant sub-licences to others to do the acts set out in paragraphs ( a ) and ( b ) above for periods not exceeding five years unless TVB 's prior written consent . … |
| 12 | Not with Brenda not liking it and all . |
| 13 | Reform of the exchange rate mechanism following September 's currency crisis , as originally called for by UK Prime Minister John Major , was left off the agenda and finance ministers stayed away in order not to upset the markets . |
| 14 | Heaving over to one elbow just in time not to drown in her own effluent , Jezrael was so involved with her physical self that it was only after a moment that she noticed the base of one wall oozing forward to cover her vomit . |
| 15 | The brewers are moving over to leases not to improve the running of their pubs or to offer better service to customers but simply to avoid new government legislation aimed at giving tenants greater protection . |
| 16 | There were notices all over , but that was like the Army to bring her all the way over to Sweetmary not knowing Hatch & Hodges had shut down its stage service . |
| 17 | As more JARs become part of harmonisation regulation we hope that this work and associated costs will diminish in the next year or so , and the cost of work on JARs must be set off against work not needed on BCARs . |
| 18 | 5 Corps was still under orders not to provoke or resist them by force , for the reasons Macmillan had explained on his visit on 13 May , and on the evening of 14 May Gen McCreery confirmed this in a message to Gen Keightley [ KP 106 ] : agreement confirmed that Maj Dubajic would remain at Kappel with Lt Lochhead of 6 SF ( SOE ) to make arrangements for the hand-over of further 10,000 Croats by 23 May making a total of 13,000 Croats to be repatriated . |
| 19 | It votes to set up a force , but keeps it too small and sends it off with orders not to shoot . |
| 20 | Various methods are used , depending on market circumstances — the ‘ tap ’ method , where stock is issued gradually in order not to flood the market and depress the price ; the ‘ tender ’ method , where institutions are invited to tender for a given issue ; and the ‘ auction ’ method , where stock is sold to the highest bidders among the twenty or so gilt-edged market makers ( GEMMs ) . |
| 21 | But for those departments and individuals who received them , they have been vital and they have paid off in ways not expected at the time of the award . |
| 22 | But he returned home to Edinburgh not knowing if he will back to defend his title next season . |
| 23 | english linesmen/refs for some reason tend to blow offside on players not interfering with play — you see this most often when there is the long ball from defence/keeper towards the other penalty area with attackers running against the midfield clearly with no possibility of reaching the ball or trying to do so . |
| 24 | Everything about her flowed , particularly her long luxurious auburn hair — that is , when she was not obliged to roll it up in order not to fall foul of the army authorities . |
| 25 | We want to act carefully in order not to disturb that balance . |
| 26 | In the United Kingdom , Derry/Londonderry was the first and their game was called The Maiden City , presumably in order not to alienate that half of the community which did not approve of either the name Derry or Londonderry . |
| 27 | ‘ You two travelling together ? ’ he asked in a thick northern accent , too nonchalantly for Adam not to notice . |
| 28 | And she said that yous are really out of order not going she said because she wanted to sit in that close with |
| 29 | ‘ You mean , you 've just come down ? ’ said Bob , trying out of politeness not to sound incredulous . |
| 30 | In the first set he simply was n't in the same class as his 21-year-old opponent in the huge Olympic Hall , at times pleading theatrically with Ferreira not to hit so hard , and giving his racket to a ball-boy as if to say , ‘ you have a go , you ca n't be worse than me . ’ |