Example sentences of "and [adv] [not/n't] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are beginning to think that the proceedings are expressly designed not to produce a verdict , and especially not a guilty one . |
| 2 | He felt it was his duty to protect the girl if her claims against her father were right and just not a 1 5-year-old girl 's fantasies ’ . |
| 3 | One hundred and twenty five years on , we know a lot more about animals and plants than Darwin did , and still not a single case is known to me of a complex organ that could not have been formed by numerous successive slight modifications . |
| 4 | And probably not a figurative mountain either . |
| 5 | There will be no one to speak with except Miss Blagden for a month or two when she comes to inspect the Casa Guidi before leaving Florence herself and otherwise not a solitary congenial soul . |
| 6 | ‘ I fear , Miss Lea , you 'll find there 's no such thing as a ‘ personal life ’ in the theatre , and certainly not a private one . |
| 7 | Alcoholism was then barely acknowledged and certainly not a widespread and alarming medical issue . |
| 8 | While this is theoretically conceivable , every writer who has recently examined the problem has considered that in nature it must be a very rare event and certainly not a common factor in the evolution of animal traits . |
| 9 | And certainly not a Greek code-cracker . |
| 10 | This council is n't in the habit of banning anything and certainly not a photographic exhibition . ’ |