Example sentences of "not [adv] [vb infin] in [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decline in numbers did not really set in until after the Second World War , when elephants were , incidentally , used to carry ammunition during the Burma campaign . |
| 2 | Few people have it , but as there are comparatively few copywriter positions in London , you ca n't just waltz in and expect to make a mark . |
| 3 | You ca n't just go in and pick up everything you need , you 've got to stop and you 've got to think . |
| 4 | I — I could n't just go in and — and I had nowhere to go so … ’ |
| 5 | We do n't just go in and teach them . |
| 6 | Well you have to go through all this rigmarole of paperwork , you ca n't just go in and hand over your book and say please can I have five pounds now then I want to go and buy a book or something . |
| 7 | She will say : ’ Having been through music school , I 've seen so many people who really play their instruments — I mean , they did n't just plug in and press a button . |
| 8 | But do n't just jump in because you feel you 've got to . |
| 9 | Well I think it gives them a link with the church , erm and they do n't just come in and say oh yes , turn up on Saturday and you 'll get married , there 's some meeting before that |
| 10 | You sure it does n't just push in and does it come ? |
| 11 | Josie said that she did n't usually get in until around six , but that there were a few extra jobs that she wanted to finish off ; Lucy had the feeling , but did n't say so , that the main point of the exercise was probably to get her out of the way before the slender red-haired woman arrived home . |
| 12 | And I would n't even go in because I do n't think my dad 's making me go in except she kept me , and all behind because we did n't do our homework and she said right see me tomorrow , |
| 13 | But there was somebody in in the street where I lived , who was a spiv , and he was considered to be the black sheep of the family , did n't quite fit in when everybody else did . |