Example sentences of "[adv] [noun prp] [noun] [verb] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps Auntie Flo had not been chosen at random . |
| 2 | So Dr Schwitters decided not to pick L* . |
| 3 | He was a schoolteacher and a very nice man , I understand , but there was n't much opportunity for Mother to go out and have a little enjoyment and apparently Aunt Bessie did not encourage such things . |
| 4 | That is surely what most people want , and if only Mr Major had not taken Britain into the ERM and so impoverished them unnecessarily , they would be backing him in a clear majority now . |
| 5 | Obviously Mr Morton does not read the Sunday Times . |
| 6 | What they did not know — and perhaps Mr Desai did not know either — was that urine contains large amounts of melatonin — a chemical secreted by the pineal gland which is involved ( no one knows how ) in setting the body 's natural rhythms . |
| 7 | If only Clive Rice had not been dropped by South Africa , maybe I could have persuaded the England selectors to give me a chance … |
| 8 | Thus Spencer Stuart has not been unduly dependent on the multinational business it originally brought with it , and has many loyal British corporate clients on its books . |
| 9 | Over 60 years later Walworth Road has not been widened , the freehold is now vested in the appellant second to fourth defendants , who purchased the property from the first defendant , the London Residuary Body after it had issued a notice to quit , the defendants have no road making powers and it does not appear that the road will ever be widened . |
| 10 | Clearly Mrs Brocklebank had not been to clean today . |
| 11 | So far Mr Jackson has not endorsed Mr Brown , but he has left the impression he would accept an invitation to be on the ticket if the former governor of California beats exceedingly long odds to become the Democrats ' White House nominee . |
| 12 | But here Mr Lawson does not seem to be quite so indifferent to the behaviour of consenting adults : he has been endeavouring to control their behaviour by altering the price at which they can borrow . |
| 13 | Since even Mr Kinnock does not know the secret of what he really thinks , what chance is there of anyone else finding it out ? |
| 14 | Even Barbara Castle did not outlaw the arrangement whereby consultants are able to conduct their private practices . |
| 15 | And even Terry Rourke had not shamed and handled her so . |
| 16 | If it is not then Crossman Block do not have the authority to act on behalf of the Republic : see the similar question of the authority of a solicitor in Carl Zeiss Stiftung v. Rayner & Keeler Ltd . |
| 17 | Robyn recklessly recites the next line from Antony and Cleopatra , but fortunately Philip Swallow appears not to have heard . |
| 18 | Or only very rarely , and then Alice Maynard had not been remotely involved . |
| 19 | Yet General Noriega has not fallen , and evidently has sufficient funds to maintain the loyalty of the larger part of the armed forces : thanks in part , it is suspected , to the support of the drug barons of Colombia . |
| 20 | Sadly Holroyd Smith did not reap the full reward his ideas should have brought . |
| 21 | As yet Mr. Bowden does not know how much money he has raised , but expects the final total to be well over £250 . |
| 22 | Certainly Mr Lamont did not perform well at the hustings ; arguably his Budget last month did not in retrospect maximise the opportunities , limited though they were . |
| 23 | Certainly Alain Lemarchand had not been in touch , unless you counted thought-waves . |
| 24 | She is an articulate , brave and exceptionally sweet-natured and compassionate woman , a nurse by training , who has stolen the hearts of the people of Soweto , where she lives , in a manner that the more queenly Winnie Mandela has not . |
| 25 | Certainly Joanne Menzies appeared not to recognize him , although he 'd rather regretted choosing the character of Detective-Sergeant McWhirter of Scotland Yard when she revealed that she 'd been brought up near the Kyles of Bute . |
| 26 | Certainly Mrs Thatcher has not won , though the damage could have been much worse . |