Example sentences of "not [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let them govern , not sit comfortably back with the occasional ‘ tut tut ’ after the event . |
| 2 | The villagers abused him , saying , ‘ You should help these people , not sit there weeping ’ . |
| 3 | You see the problem again is that , is the same as it is for anybody , next week is just planning , as it were , you know , this is what it 's about , why did the general management not sit down and say , oh that 's peak time to have them out we can not have all them indoors in there from , that 's a full morning . |
| 4 | He will , however , not make up his mind whether to fly out Sam Torrance 's father , who he has not seen for six months , until after today 's final round in New Orleans , where he is also the defending champion . |
| 5 | It 's a bunch that rides steadily , guided by experienced domestiques who know how to keep going and not lose so much time that they will be eliminated from the Tour as a whole . |
| 6 | And why does any star which is radiating energy not lose so much mass ( thanks to E=MC 2 ) that gravity can no longer hold it together ? |
| 7 | Accordingly , it is not blackmail where the accused extorts oral sex from the victim because that is not " money or other property " . |
| 8 | Similarly , it is not blackmail where the accused extorts a position of honour or release from lawful custody . |
| 9 | It is not blackmail where the accused believes he has reasonable grounds for making the demand and believes the use of menaces is a proper means of reinforcing the demand . |
| 10 | I do n't know , perhaps not eat so much rich rich food . |
| 11 | ‘ Yer mammy said see an' not eat too much at the Exhibition . ’ |
| 12 | He was initially given a senior position at the Command Centre in the United Nations but when the head of the European operation died in a car crash … which was subsequently proved to have been an accident and not sabotage as originally thought … |
| 13 | Members are encouraged to balance these and not concentrate only on ‘ events ’ . |
| 14 | They dared not canter there . |
| 15 | ‘ But if the players are only going to produce their best in the glamour games and not pick up on the importance of matches against the likes of Wimbledon and Sheffield United , then they wo n't be playing when the big games come round again — it 's as simple as that . ’ |
| 16 | Not dawn down there yet ’ . |
| 17 | If not say now and we can go through it . |
| 18 | Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating her curds and wheys , along came a spider , along came a , no I not say along came a spider and sat down beside her , along came a spider and sat down beside her and frightened Miss Muffet away |
| 19 | What I say is , if they want to live here they should live like us , not sleep outside on that mountain like animals . |
| 20 | And , of course , not sleep together , which they must n't do if they 're living apart either . |
| 21 | Not sleep together till then . ’ |
| 22 | When you are dealing with statements , you must start off and go through it step by step and not leap ahead . |
| 23 | Erm number one asking for the completion had been worthwhile , very good there , reminded er John why , yeah that was excellent , thought you handled the objection well , you know , about if the person walked through , that was good , everything else was tick tick tick erm sound pretty enthusiastic there , that little extra note , excellent voice , quite enthusiasm again controlled but not appear too pushy , it was very controlled |
| 24 | Waste Not Want Not |
| 25 | Waste not want not ! |
| 26 | WASTE NOT WANT NOT |
| 27 | The danger with this was that the longer it went on the more likely it became that both players and fans would get their priorities wrong , so that the feeling of ‘ we may as well concentrate on what we 're good at and not bother too much about Tests ’ would become steadily more predominant . |
| 28 | After years of regular waxing , the hair follicles may give up the unequal struggle and not grow back . |
| 29 | Why then does the money supply not grow very much faster than in fact it does ? |
| 30 | ‘ And your problem , Dexter , is that you 're not snob enough . ’ |