Example sentences of "not [verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it had reached the Morvan and had then turned round , but did not make it back to base , then a crash on land or sea is self-evident : if on land , only the agency — the weather , engine trouble , or enemy action — is in doubt . |
| 2 | I also wonder what will happen if I have a second child — Mark might not make it back from work in time to be with me . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I am , ’ he said almost meekly , ‘ but I 'd just as soon not eat you out of home , when I 've brought nothing in . |
| 4 | Although they are somewhat late in entering the bids scenario , I believe we should not rule them out since having talked to my partner in Italy , he regards them very much as an niche buyer . |
| 5 | The Government 's present position is one of scepticism about the value of a ban on tobacco advertising , but Secretary of State William Waldegrave has said ‘ I do not rule it out for ever , certainly : but it is just not the highest priority at the moment … |
| 6 | " In the organization too there were exponents of continued cooperation ; although Younger worked to defeat coalition in 1922 he did not rule it out as a future possibility . |
| 7 | They had not expected him back before one o'clock . |
| 8 | Will the artificial and shallow-minded of the world ever recognise the beauty of natural values and not shrug it off as sky-high idealism ? |
| 9 | They would not wait it out like this for long . |
| 10 | If county shops put fanzines in , then we spectators can decide whether or not to slog them out of the ground after a couple of deliveries . |
| 11 | The end of Genesis did not bring us back to the beginning , but it surely left us heading in the right direction . |
| 12 | ‘ I would bring something back for someone else but I would not bring it back for myself . |
| 13 | that er you 're not you know , take her back on a Sunday but you 're not picking her up on a Friday , I said she 's got a train pass make her come home |
| 14 | In fact , Johnny 's not picking me up from school again tonight . |
| 15 | Oh he said , when he 's finished I do n't whether he 's not picking it up till later on . |
| 16 | I should not expect them back before late in the afternoon . |
| 17 | they 've not , yeah , they 've not phoned her up for God knows how long . |
| 18 | Do not send me back to Hanoi empty handed . ’ |
| 19 | Now that Antoinette was dead , there was no one to repeat to her to be careful , not to drop it , to try at least to walk like a lady , not to plonk it down like that . |
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| 21 | Contrary to belief , this does not lift you out of this world in which you live , but it does allow you to take your rightful place within this world in the totality of your being . |
| 22 | Their arm is not long enough , not strong enough , they can not lift you out from here … ’ |
| 23 | On the other hand , even if the politician demonstrated his ability to provide a great deal of patronage , if he did not follow it up with effective social contact , he would be laying a poor foundation for a political interest , and the gratitude of the freeholders under those circumstances could be short-lived . |
| 24 | We are not forcing them out of the NHS ; they will remain in the NHS , and the services will remain free at the point of delivery . |
| 25 | The Government is taking the money , and it is not paying it back to the people of Wiltshire . |
| 26 | Lesley-Jane could not keep her back to the door indefinitely and turned . |
| 27 | Johnny was immediately made captain , a position he held for nearly five years , and scored on his debut , but even Johnny 's seven goals from the 12 remaining games could not keep us out of the new basement division . |
| 28 | Why not tear them up like everyone else and contribute to the litter found on every bookie 's floor ? |
| 29 | Even Shelford could not work them out of that one . |
| 30 | Building a new lymphad ; hunting ; fighting — a wee private raid or two for cattle from the Camerons , nothing serious ; other girls ; even whisky by the barrel could not blot her out of his mind . |