Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] [prep] [noun] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | He fought not for honour or glory but to put an end to the threat of Naggaroth for all time . |
| 2 | The dangers to the Thatcher regime , it appeared , came not from revolts or putsches on the back benches . |
| 3 | Soon the hunters who travelled by rail hunted not for food or protection , but for trophies and sport . |
| 4 | His mistakes in foreign affairs sprang not from expansionism or malevolence but from non-comprehension , shortsightedness and an undue sense of his own importance . |
| 5 | I do n't sleep with Steve ; I did n't before Seville or after and I never will . |
| 6 | Wages depended not on skill or responsibility but on quantity of output , regardless of quality . |