Example sentences of "not [verb] [pers pn] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The curse of Ham could be used as an excuse to justify the enslavement of African negroes but that did not make them members of an entirely different species ; and anyway the American Indians were not even black ! |
| 2 | Government in not allowing them passports until 1985 might have protected the children at a crucial time in their development . |
| 3 | Given the tremendous wealth in the far eastern regions of the former USSR , should we not consider them part of Europe if we are to try to expand the European Community for the benefit of all mankind ? |
| 4 | The community planner was also aware that conflict probably did exist behind the prominence of what she perceived to be middle class agitation , but did not consider it part of her brief actively to encourage alliances that were not already formed . |
| 5 | We do not send you copies of every letter we write , minutes of every meeting we attend , etc because we assumed you would realise we were getting on with the job . |
| 6 | Until we do know , we can not give them expression in tears or anger . |
| 7 | But none of them would be tempted to incorporate : capital is already available to them ; incorporation would not give them protection from litigation ; and , perhaps most importantly , they would lose their most precious asset — and their achilles heel — their privacy . |
| 8 | But why not give him credit for a simple human weakness ; the attraction of eating a good dinner which he has n't had to cook ? ’ |
| 9 | The fact that nobody noticed him , let alone the flowers , did not give him ease of conscience , but that was what he sought . |
| 10 | It wo n't do any harm , but I 'd rather not give him food for thought , because I consider him an idiot and I do n't think he 's capable of interpreting it correctly . |
| 11 | ‘ You do not give me things like other men and you can not do sex . ’ |
| 12 | In studying Epicurus , Gassendi found confirmation for the embryonic idea of the Exercises , that sense-experience might give us something worthwhile and valuable even though it can not give us knowledge of necessary causes and of the natures of things . |
| 13 | If the five senses do not give us knowledge of reality ( as opposed to appearances ) , what does ? |
| 14 | not give it room on the disk |
| 15 | ‘ If you should see me die , you will not see me die in that manner … |
| 16 | I can not remember us jabber of journos enjoying a joke more . |
| 17 | I can not remember us jabber of journos enjoying a joke more . |
| 18 | He must not copy it letter by letter ; erase or cover the original word . |
| 19 | I realise there is little chance of the sponsorship suggestion coming about , but there should be some way of assuring that playing for your country does not cost you money in an amateur game that makes a fortune . ’ |
| 20 | Could we not call it sort of discussions and to try and put our point of view , our , our difficulties that we 're in , rather than erm , er , er , the narrower thing ? |
| 21 | It 's also worth stressing that these books are for real people , with real gardens : we 're not giving them pictures of Blenheim or Buckingham Palace . |
| 22 | Cause I 'm sorry I 'm not giving you money after that . |
| 23 | Bearing in mind it 's a team focus course so I 'm not giving you loads of work which takes you apart from one another , what we do is you talk together , and spend time together . |
| 24 | Try reading it , try reading it some time because what it says to the people of is , if you do n't like the level of services being provided by your Council , if you feel your Council are not giving you value for money , then we 're gon na give you the right to complain about it and do something . |
| 25 | I 'm not having them stuff up my plans . |
| 26 | Farmers have promised more mayhem if their government does not resist US demands for cuts — and they are backed by public opinion . |
| 27 | As discussed at out initial meeting , you have asked that we do not inform you auditors of our involvement on this assignment . |
| 28 | Victoria said , ‘ And why he asked me not to call him uncle in front of you because it made him sound old ! ’ |
| 29 | If the court concludes that a plaintiff will take advantage of National Health Service facilities because no other suitable facilities will be available , it will not award him damages for the cost of notional private facilities that he will not in fact use . |
| 30 | Inadequate sums insured might reduce your premium but they will not increase you peace of mind , so please compare these figures with your Contents sum insured as shown on your renewal notice . |