Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun prp] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the motorbike was tucked cunningly under the very rampart of the fortress , much closer than the blue Corvette , Wilkie was able both to reverse the firm family progress of the Grimauds , and to make it impossible for Alexander not to catch up . |
| 2 | It would have been impossible for Liza not to realise her growing power over the opposite sex , nor fail to notice the kind of dumb adoration in which Corporal Carrow held her . |
| 3 | It would be good for the Hong Kong citizens , and it would be inconsistent for Thatcher not to do this , since she has said , for the Falklands , that a people should be able to choose their own government , and we should n't give in to dictatorships . |
| 4 | Expecting it to be someone high up in one of the many companies she had dealings with — though it was unusual for Jimmy not to supply her with a name — she announced efficiently , ‘ Leith Everett . ’ |
| 5 | The trouble was that it seemed almost unfair to Donald not to have another go . |
| 6 | Oh , he could see why it was important for Meg not to know ; she responded to things in a different way from him . |
| 7 | Will you tell Paul he 's got ta finish his homework tonight , if he ca n't do any tomorrow he ca n't do any on Sunday Not cutting off their hair ? |
| 8 | I thought that was ever so nice of Edna not to mind me coming . |