Example sentences of "[vb past] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | A welcoming party of six walked down to the shore as the boating party disembarked not without difficulty ; Johnson , after his six or seven hours on the Atlantic , found the rocks ‘ irregularly broken , and a false step would have been very mischievous ’ . |
| 2 | They were concerned about the threat to English liberties posed by corruption , placemen and the growth of the executive , and championed not Stuart absolutism , but mixed monarchy , the ancient constitution and the liberties of Parliament . |
| 3 | Yet sure in all that war there perished not many by the sword , but all by the extremity of famine , which they themselves had wrought . |
| 4 | The 1970s and 1980s have seen a series of fundamental economic problems beset not only British but also international capitalism . |
| 5 | At the local elections in May 1976 , the Conservatives won control of the council and on 7 June told the Secretary of State that they proposed not to implement the plans for the conversion of the five grammar schools into comprehensives and sixth-form colleges . |
| 6 | He called for constructive co-operation between all parties in the transition to a market economy , and proposed not to implement a state of emergency . |
| 7 | It proposed not a planned economy in which the State would direct resources but a managed one where the State would influence the use of resources through its fiscal policy . |
| 8 | Those four orientations , listed not in the order provided by Dahl but in the order I believe to be most significant to an understanding to British political culture , are toward ( 1 ) problem-solving , ( 2 ) the political system , ( 3 ) cooperation and individuality , and ( 4 ) other people . |
| 9 | His travellers appeared on the whole disappointed not to be cooked by cannibals . |
| 10 | However , the judge said that even though the man promised not to do it again , he found such behaviour extremely offensive and ordered him to give £50 to each of the women . |
| 11 | The group 's chairman , Sir Simon Hornby , promised not to break the agreement first , but pledged a strong response if someone else did so . |
| 12 | In return , it promised not to play its one trump card — water . |
| 13 | It signed a standstill agreement under which it promised not to increase its holding for three years . |
| 14 | Clarissa kindly offered him first bath — if he promised not to go looking for pretty Mosleyites , but Charles smiled and shook his head . |
| 15 | So , right at the start , I promised not to burn my portrait , no matter what it looked like . |
| 16 | They said goodbye to each other and promised not to ignore each other the next time they met . |
| 17 | Connor said later that Cripps pointed out unlawful payments recorded in the books to Bromley but promised not to mention them outside the club . |
| 18 | Henry Calverley , a friend of the family , asked for the arrow to use as a trophy and it was given to him on condition he solemnly promised not to reveal its origin . |
| 19 | The have-nots promised not to acquire nuclear weapons . |
| 20 | In the indenture , Gloucester undertook to be the earl 's good and faithful lord and promised not to claim any office or fee granted to the earl by the king or others and not to take into his service any men retained by the earl . |
| 21 | I faithfully promised not to breathe a word to ‘ my friend ’ , went back to the room and sought Brian 's opinion . |
| 22 | They promised not to speak to their wives of what the fairy had said . |
| 23 | When she promised not to attend any more meetings without his permission , they were reconciled , but he died the same night , probably of a heart attack , with only Agnes in the house . |
| 24 | He had n't , after all , promised not to look up the name and home number of the divisional security officer , and one small stain would n't really count and might not even show . |
| 25 | No , ’ he confirmed gently when she just stared at him in shock , ‘ you need n't answer , not if you promised not to . |
| 26 | Although he did not specify how this was to be achieved , he promised not to increase the unpopular goods and services consumption tax ( GST ) . |
| 27 | The government , reversing the uncompromising stand of the previous government of President Virgilio Barco [ see pp. 36844 ; 36889-90 ; 37119 ] , had already offered to reduce sentences and promised not to extradite traffickers who surrendered and confessed , in the hope that this would halt a cycle of drug-related violence and killings . |
| 28 | Under the terms of a final communiqué issued on June 26 all the factions agreed to implement an indefinite ceasefire and promised not to receive any further foreign military aid . |
| 29 | The government finally agreed to fresh negotiations and promised not to proceed with legislation on banning strikes for two years . |
| 30 | In 1153 Frederick I , by the pact of Constance , promised not to make a truce with the two other groups that threatened the papacy — the Romans and the ruler , Roger of Sicily . |