Example sentences of "not [verb] [pron] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | Okay , we do n't , but we do get them all tangled up by other people taking them away , and not bringing them back , and then we do n't know what we 've got , you know . |
2 | ‘ Perhaps they ’ re not bringing it up . |
3 | The order was , in effect , an authorisation to plan a seizure , not to carry it out . |
4 | He could not make it out , nor could he trust his own memory . |
5 | It stares at the windowlight and can not make it out . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . ’ |
8 | No , you may rest assured — this house is yours , Madam Lundy does not want it back . " |
9 | Wainfleet did not want it back , the only reason he was carrying it around was that he had jotted a telephone number on the back . |
10 | Not that I have to make the same choices as someone I acknowledge to be more discriminating , since my differently constituted palate may react differently , but my own choice will be better informed if I heed nuances which I would have missed if he had not pointed them out . |
11 | DO NOT THROW ANYTHING OUT OF THE WINDOWS — I know a true story about this . |
12 | ‘ Not got you up , have I ? |
13 | The rebel officers had probably been given US blessing on the understanding that it would not bail them out if things went wrong . |
14 | ‘ I am , ’ he said almost meekly , ‘ but I 'd just as soon not eat you out of home , when I 've brought nothing in . |
15 | I can hate , just as other designers can do , but there is also the question of education ; to be mean to people who can not answer you back . |
16 | ‘ You could 've told me that inside the room , not drag me out here , ’ Duncan replied , irritated by the policeman 's need for secrecy . |
17 | This view eventually fell away because , as Tom Smail puts it , the theologians ‘ could not cash it out ’ as a fully-blown doctrine of atonement . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | But he thinks a score of 8,300 would be enough to win , compared to his world record of 8,847 , so he will not rule it out . |
20 | Yesterday they said : ‘ We can not rule it out . ’ |
21 | 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 … |
22 | " 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 . |
23 | Det Insp John Tough , of Cleveland Police drug squad , said : ‘ Our intelligence has not yet revealed unauthorised use , but we can not rule it out . ’ |
24 | ‘ I would not rule anything out , not even sleeping policemen to keep traffic speeds down . |
25 | If Roberts had not given himself up , the offence would have remained undetected . |
26 | ‘ I 've not given anything up . |
27 | Why why is he not eating it up ? |
28 | I did break the rules and go over and cuddle her in her cot , but not pick her up out of it . |
29 | You can start on a card , put it down and not pick it up again for weeks , then continue where you left off . |
30 | If necessary , use a padsaw to free the disc , but be careful not to lose it down the stack . |