Example sentences of "[prep] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I had anticipated , he gave his kind permission after not too great a delay , and furthermore , Mr Farraday was good enough to remember and reiterate his generous offer to ‘ foot the bill for the gas ’ . |
| 2 | When we arrive home from France into the large village , Debenham where I live , it was really strange and felt really odd after not being home for so long . |
| 3 | Suppose we were old friends who were meeting again after not seeing each other for many years . |
| 4 | We must look after not all of the sport , the high flyers , the starters , the beginners and those who just go out for enjoyment and potter . |
| 5 | Jon Gittens could be recalled after not being available for the cup-tie . |
| 6 | one of the nicest things that happened to me since I 've been widowed is having Neil to look after not only is he an exception |
| 7 | Action : Keyword CREATED-BY , MOD-BY , CHECKED-BY or APPROVED-BY not found or wrongly spelt . |
| 8 | I advised Jeanne to ignore the old nonsense about not letting young Great Danes off-lead to run around , and to seek the advice of their vet about correct feeding of a rapidly-growing dog . |
| 9 | Television was so quick to join the Yuppie Backlash that there is now a real danger of a Yuppie Backlash Drama Backlash , in which the viewer starts muttering about not being able to switch on the bloody set without seeing a broker being broken . |
| 10 | But Mrs Thatcher was adamant about not reflating and this resolution , in spite of the sharply increased unemployment , was important in sustaining the government 's credibility . |
| 11 | She was more miserable about not being miserable . |
| 12 | He had spoken earnestly , some years before , about finding the right girl to marry , about not letting his head be ruled by his heart ; but come the day , he had married because he had fallen in love . |
| 13 | Ricky Ross from Deacon Blue talks about not wanting to seduce the audience : ‘ I do n't like the idea of people throwing themselves over to our music … abandonment is a great idea but it worries me because it 's all so power-orientated . ’ |
| 14 | I rang Tony and said , ‘ You really ca n't be serious about not wanting to record this song . ’ |
| 15 | It was a vigorous performance that went down well with a public that is feeling a mite embarrassed about not putting its money where America 's mouth was once so loud . |
| 16 | He remembered what she 'd said about not being able to eat eggs . |
| 17 | She regularly boasted about not having a sense of humour . |
| 18 | If only they had n't become so friendly , he was sure he would have enjoyed having a relationship with her ; but he had a rule about not mixing sex with friendship . |
| 19 | After a moment 's pause he said : ‘ I did n't mean to be crabby — about not wanting to come . ’ |
| 20 | I stammered something about not understanding cricket , totally incredulous that anyone should suppose I did understand it , or that I should regard the English side as ‘ we ’ . |
| 21 | I supposed he was right about not concentrating : a touch of the morning afters . |
| 22 | Why did the Commission 's own publications catalogue the effects that NOx , SO&sub2 ; and ozone could have on trees , until ‘ one could scarcely but come to the conclusion that there is a strong connection between atmospheric pollution and damage , ’ yet ‘ we are still talking about not being satisfied . ’ |
| 23 | The removal of the ‘ problem ’ of what to do about aggravations is wonderful and gives complete freedom to use the range of remedies whatever reputation they may have for over-reacting or whatever rules may have evolved about not repeating . |
| 24 | There was also one piece of the jigsaw that now slotted into place : before June died , he took LSD in controlled circumstances with a therapist : ‘ I became conscious of very early emotions about not being wanted — feeling that I was a problem to my family as an infant . ’ |
| 25 | Dern said Jack was ‘ very pissed off ’ about not being allowed to play the role . |
| 26 | I hope all these very pretty sentiments about not being strong enough to stand watching other people doing things in the war are just part of a passing phase ; or maybe it 's these ‘ books of a higher nature ’ … but I never credited you with being able to talk such utter balls . |
| 27 | So if you are feeling depressed about not owning your own horse the answer is do n't ! |
| 28 | I think their nonchalance about not caring or not giving a damn about record sales is just not true . |
| 29 | A conscientious manager who cares for his or her staff will rightly be concerned about not overloading subordinates . |
| 30 | Patients need to be cautioned about not missing meals and using alcohol with discretion when receiving sulphonylureas because of the risk of precipitating hypoglycaemia . |