Example sentences of "not done [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drawings were not done to a standard scale ; the metric system was just being introduced in France and its conquered territories , where it replaced a range of different miles , fathoms , feet and inches ; and there were no standard interchangeable parts , even nuts and bolts and screws being individual . |
| 2 | Although they discovered they had hardly a single taste in common , he was nonetheless a witty and amusing host and she found herself laughing in a way she had not done for a considerable time . |
| 3 | ‘ Functional ’ is to be preferred to ‘ instrumental ’ because the task of dissolving conflict and dispute is not done by a legal method when it is purely conciliation and compromise of a political sort . |
| 4 | And even though ‘ Trout ’ has a message , it 's not done in a tedious , obvious way — it does n't hammer you over the head . ’ |
| 5 | Have your detective say it is very important to tell whether something is or is not done in a certain way ; then show that thing being done in either of the ways mentioned ; but immediately before that happens put in , quite boldly , what it is you want to slip past your reader . |
| 6 | Ah , now this is the one I have n't done for a long time , now this is the one |
| 7 | Oh well if you have n't had chi or have n't done for a long time you enjoy them . |
| 8 | Have n't done for a long time . |