Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Milan can be circumspect about visiting conductors , but on this occasion even the orchestra was stamping its approval for Lorin Maazel , a phenomenon I was told the Scala had not witnessed for over two decades ( you would have thought they might have managed it in the recent past for Muti , watching with no evident rancour from the box : but apparently not ) . |
| 2 | Within hours of the closure of the polls , news of Aristide 's victory led to scenes of national euphoria not witnessed since the overthrow in 1986 of the notorious Duvalier family dictatorship . |
| 3 | In curing a Gentile , Mark is stressing the fact that Jesus ' power over evil is not witnessed by Jews alone , but extends to all people . |
| 4 | The earliest steam-pumps of Thomas Newcomen and others in the eighteenth century were not erected from the kind of detailed and accurate drawings customary by the nineteenth . |
| 5 | ‘ Then you 'll not stay under my roof . ’ |
| 6 | This is because most male clerks do not stay as clerks for all their working lives . |
| 7 | Three-quarters of Scotland 's top companies believe the Government has no effective economic policy and the same proportion believe Mr Lamont should not stay as Chancellor , according to a poll by the accountancy firm Pannell Kerr Forster and BBC TV in Scotland . |
| 8 | But the government 's bounty attracted industry that would probably not have come to Berlin otherwise , and might not stay without it . |
| 9 | Thus when we see the often remarkable similarity between the principles of the Godwinians and of Bloomsbury , and the external relations implied by these — a rational and tolerant group wishing to extend reason and tolerance , where necessary by radical reform — we find also that we can not stay on this level , since the actual external relations were also determined by others . |
| 10 | The next day was hot and sunny , but I needed food and water , so I could not stay on the moor . |
| 11 | She had other questions but Stan chose not to be sidetracked from the serious business of telling Oliver he could not stay on the premises after all . |
| 12 | has said about most cases being unfounded though Mr McPhee does say that they ( the travellers ) do not stay on permanent sites whereas there has been a constant settlement of varying numbers of caravans over the past two years . |
| 13 | I knew he could not stay at my hotel . |
| 14 | I could not stay at home and write a novel because I feel too tired and run down , and need a break from mental activity . |
| 15 | I contacted my social worker and told her that I could not stay at this place and that she would have to find me a Cheshire Home . |
| 16 | By the Tuesday of the first week , Cassie knew that she could not stay at Rose Cottage any longer . |
| 17 | ‘ Why not stay to lunch ? |
| 18 | The Scarman Report commented on the turnover of staff in the mail order department in 1976 : ‘ many of the immigrant workers did not stay for very long : the threat of dismissal must have been an anxiety for many in the workforce . |
| 19 | Jordi seemed frightened , and we did not stay for long . |
| 20 | You must forgive me , Mrs O'Dell , I fear I can not stay for coffee — I have many other calls upon my time . |
| 21 | There were seventy- five paintings in the exhibition and by the time I left , which was quite early as I did not stay for dinner , most of the pictures had a little red sold label . |
| 22 | She did not stay for coffee . |
| 23 | He did not stay for coffee but left the hotel and walked down the almost deserted main street . |
| 24 | If you do not return to work , or if you do return but do not stay for at least three months , the twelve weeks at payment will be recovered . |
| 25 | ‘ You 'll not stay for the wedding ? |
| 26 | ‘ And now , knowing the truth , or as much as I 'm prepared to divulge , will you not stay for the wedding ? |
| 27 | Your talk will be the first item on the agenda you need not stay for the rest of the meeting unless you want to . |
| 28 | Downes himself could not stay for more than a few minutes . |
| 29 | I shall not stay for coffee . |
| 30 | Just it was a beautiful day , so I said why not stay for an hour , so we got out , out , in , so we , as it is , , you know we just went round a little bit , and it 's very tidy and nice , biscuits . |