Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ During my last pregnancy my husband and I went through a really tough time — in fact it has not ended yet and we are undecided as to whether we are going to separate or not . |
| 2 | Such arguments may seem trivial when bodies as thoughtful as the Church of England have taken it upon themselves to ponder the issue of the use of nuclear weapons ; but the bomb has not gone off and when it has receded into the background we will be left with the demand for electricity . |
| 3 | As a student of these matters , surely the hon. Gentleman recognises that in , for example , the past five years , the peak age for offending for a young male has not gone down but gone up . |
| 4 | Resentment has not built up and feelings are typically at a low level of distress . |
| 5 | The world has not seen more than once or twice in all the course of history a literature which has exercised such prodigious influence over the minds of men , over every cast and shade of intellect , as that which emanated from Rousseau between 1749 and 1762 . |
| 6 | He has not done so and , therefore , it would be out of order for the Hon. Gentleman to pursue his present line of argument under this new clause |
| 7 | Craig Chalmers , who was a casualty in Melrose 's game against Boroughmuir on Saturday , has not decided yet whether his leg injury will permit him to play this weekend against Stirling County . |
| 8 | The mother has made a phone call to the hospital asking after her daughter 's safety but she has not called back as promised . |
| 9 | Check every 20 minutes or so that the water has not boiled away and , if so , replenish with boiling water . |
| 10 | some some extra layers on this , I mean I think that 's very valid and the extra layers include er one , the fact that since then there have been a number of royals who have divorced and so it is not unique for royals to be divorced and the Church of England has not jumped up and down about the fact that there are royals who are divorced particularly given that the , you know the Church of England are opposed to divorce . |
| 11 | At its most general , this view implies that the present perilous state of the world has not come about because its leaders ( or shadowy figures supposedly manipulating them ) are particularly warlike . |
| 12 | This colony probably started as an offshoot of Glynleigh , being only about a mile away , and has not had more than eight nests . |
| 13 | Work has not started yet because our tree feller has been heavily involved in clearance work after the recent storms . |
| 14 | Having won the Lady Keystone Open in the United States , Davies , seemingly lacking inspiration , has not finished better than fourth in her seven European outings . |
| 15 | They are negotiating with Canada to allow them to do it there , but it has not happened yet and the weapons are due here in six months time . |
| 16 | The practical joker , of course , is not guilty of theft because he has not acted dishonestly and does not intend to deprive the owner permanently of the article . |
| 17 | However , if the accused obtains property on credit but he can not pay when the instalments fall due , he has not acted deceitfully if he intended to pay at the time of obtaining the item . |
| 18 | You may prefer not to do so because of the risk of breach of confidence or discrimination . |
| 19 | That 's why a blood donor if they 've given a pint of blood they 're told not to smoke afterwards if they 're a smoker . |
| 20 | However , there is also your prose side , which urges time not to slow down but hurry up . |
| 21 | She threatened not to turn up and only agreed after demanding that her mother Susan Barrantes and sister Jane Makim should be allowed to join her . |
| 22 | Remember not to lean forwards as you do the exercise . |
| 23 | It was considered by Nether Wyresdale Parish Council at their recent meeting but they decided not to go ahead and place an order because the prices were far too expensive . |
| 24 | Some time during the afternoon they decided not to go back but to stay overnight . |
| 25 | As soon as I decided not to go farther than Cambridge , I wanted to stop dead in the middle of the road . |
| 26 | But jobs were hard to find and he decided not to resign then but to wait a few weeks until he found another job . |
| 27 | Right , now if we look on , erm we come to Regional Action Networks , another reason why Amnesty seems not to allocate more than one prisoner and all now is that they have expanded the ways in which we deal with prisoners and the world is more or less been divided up into areas , erm , of smaller regions and groups are asked to choose one or two regions to deal with particularly and we , we have for quite a long time now erm been concerned with Southern Africa and Central America and we get information through on prisoners and what 's happening in those two regions , so John do you have anything else on Africa at all ? |
| 28 | And one , two and and , you 've got it , yeah , yeah , do it once again , and try , the other thing , is try not to hold down that D , as you play the C , it 's not important , but , it 's better if you do n't . |
| 29 | Try not to break down as I read the roll of honour : the golden vision Alex Young , the Huyton Hercules Peter Reid , the Blackpool buzzbomb Alan Ball , the Tyneside tornado Howard Kendall , the Birmingham blockbuster Bob Latchford and the Llandudno leopard Neville Southall . |
| 30 | As a result , the Rector , Dr Colin Adamson , was advised by senior ILEA councillors to resign ‘ in the best interests of the polytechnic ’ ; however , the corporate status of the polytechnic meant that only the governing body can remove him from office and it chose not to do so and he refused to resign . |