Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | That of France , the greatest European State , did not again reach the level achieved in the War of the Spanish Succession , when in 1710 Louis XIV had some 360,000 soldiers at his disposal ; but most others grew . |
| 32 | One of the teachers there was her aunt Nuala O'Connor who did not immediately realise the quiet , intense girl was a relative . |
| 33 | However it is also fair to say that the professional leaders sometimes expected too much from the change ; it is no slur on an honourable movement within the American profession that its initial success did not immediately bring the golden age . |
| 34 | Dick did not immediately hand the small cap back to Martin but , taking a clean handkerchief out of the top pocket of his short , thick coat , he wiped the rim of it , then handed it back , saying again , ‘ Thank you , sir . ’ |
| 35 | But if this large population of unwilling immigrants did not immediately worry the Lebanese , the emergence of Gamal Abdul Nasser 's Arab nationalism could not be ignored . |
| 36 | Lothar 's biographer in the Gesta makes the point that following Celestine 's death he did not immediately join the cardinals assembled in the Septizonium , but attended first the exequies , or funeral rites , for the dead pope , which were taking place in the Lateran basilica . |
| 37 | They were both so angry that they did not immediately see the movement that came from the old female 's shelter in the cage between them . |
| 38 | It is curious , therefore , that he did not immediately exploit the worthwhile gains that had been made on the right . |
| 39 | Even then , Central Office did not immediately establish the link between those two developments and PR . |
| 40 | Nonetheless , the Americans did not immediately appreciate the urgency of the matter . |
| 41 | Mortimer 's estates were taken into the king 's hands , but , in contrast to his father in 1322 and Mortimer himself in 1327 , Edward did not immediately use the confiscated lands to underpin the power of another group of favourites . |
| 42 | In other words , democracy did not immediately deprive the upper classes , and the Liberal and Conservative Parties , of political leadership . |
| 43 | So , with her thoughts intent upon her programme for the day , she did not immediately connect the two names . |
| 44 | Portography showed that the two stents inserted did not completely cover the parenchymal tract between the portal and hepatic veins and occlusion had occurred . |
| 45 | Surprisingly , the widespread mortality of the plague of 1349 did not completely upset the balance of power between lord and peasant . |
| 46 | Although he did not completely discard the astrological concept of destiny , Plutarch argued that there was a place in it for contingency . |
| 47 | The Counter-Reformation crushed the spirit of Protestantism in Slovenia , but it did not completely suppress the influence of Trubar and his contemporary Slovene writers . |
| 48 | Three of these were cleared on 16 March but , believing them to be floating mines , the Allies did not completely sweep the area . |
| 49 | The Christian Democrats did not normally take the threats seriously , though with Strauss they were never sure . |
| 50 | On this point , however , he did not follow her , for he clearly took her to be complaining of the endemic tediousness of all lectures , rather than of the inadequacy of this particular lot : he equally clearly did not wholly concede the point , for he said , faintly , falsely , without enthusiasm , " Oh yes , I suppose they were . |
| 51 | If Churchill , even at the end of 1951 , did not wholly discount the possibility of a pre-emptive attack by the USSR , he was beginning to see American impulsiveness as a more likely cause of conflict . |
| 52 | We were a little discomfited by the request , but agreed to accede to it this once ; but when we realised that it was to be a regular arrangement , we knew that we should have to move again , for over and above the inconvenience of being put out of our room , we were sure that our landlady did not even change the sheets . |
| 53 | Senior officers did not even visit the ground before approving the ground control plan , and the club was criticised for lack of rescue and medical equipment , and inadequate signposting to steer any latecomers away from full terraces . |
| 54 | On her return , Ashraf reported directly to her brother and did not even send the foreign minister a copy of her conclusions . |
| 55 | Indeed , the Federal Government did not even consult the bank before making its announcement on GMU . |
| 56 | She did not even mention the military involvement in the rebellion or the officer widely believed to have led it , the cashiered Colonel Gregorio Honasan . |
| 57 | Lord Bridge of Harwich , Lord Brandon of Oakbrook and Lord Templeman did not even mention the section . |
| 58 | I was disappointed that in his opening speech the Foreign Secretary did not even mention the horrific growth in racial attacks and neo-Nazi bands that are now rampaging around the eastern part of what is now the unified Germany . |
| 59 | He did not make any effort to adapt any aspect of the liturgy and did not even mention the occasion . |
| 60 | They did not even leave the building . |