Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [vb pp] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does piss you off admittedly when scum are on so much , and I 've a sneaking feeling that Leeds have still not been forgiven in some parts of the press for being close enough to sneak the title when scum fucked up ( due to Fuckerson 's crap team selection ) . |
| 2 | Although it has not been seen for some time , the manuscript may contain a specimen of Mary Leapor 's handwriting . |
| 3 | And he had not been seen for some days . |
| 4 | The Court of Appeal decided to undertake a review of the basic principles of the law in this area and as this has not been done for some time we now set out in detail what they held . |
| 5 | However , the " sombre professionalism " or intellectual self-sufficiency of inter-war English studies had not been achieved without some breakdown of mutual comprehension within the discipline itself . |
| 6 | It was owned by the Baron de Rochefort and his family , and visitors had not been encouraged for some time , as the Baron did not enjoy the best of health . |
| 7 | Do n't be discouraged by this , as it is a good sign that you have stretched muscles that have not been used for some time . |
| 8 | But their image has not been helped by some leaving damaged and defaced properties . |
| 9 | The UN knows that much of the Cambodian army has not been paid for some time , so , until a new government takes over , it is considering paying the troops itself . |
| 10 | Cereals for human consumption have not been ground for some years . |
| 11 | A novelist I know has devoted the last 20 years to writing stuff that is completely impossible to film , with the result that he has not been published for some time . |
| 12 | Other areas , such as worker 's rights or indirect taxation , remain politically controversial and legally complex and legislation may not be adopted for some time . |
| 13 | The occurrence of /aI/ in one dialect and /eI/ in the other is a result of the agreement within each community on a consensus norm of usage within that community , and the difference can not be explained without some reference to this fact . |
| 14 | Crop rotations and equipment could not be exploited in some areas until enclosure removed the remaining open fields and increased farm size . |
| 15 | While not wishing to deny that there are differences in the ways executives , bureaucracies and assemblies operate compared with law courts , we suggest that the politics of any system can not be understood without some awareness of the crucial part played by law in its operations . |
| 16 | Collins warned that while the company has initiated trials with rodents and primates , clinical trials will not be conducted for some time . |
| 17 | But then it is precisely because all significant ideologies are indeed this deep and elaborated that the concept can not be abstracted as some kind of ‘ informing spirit ’ , at the roots of all cultural production . |
| 18 | Suddenly a mechanism was provided by which the brain ( which may or may not be considered in some way related to the mind ) could intrude on the elementary processes of message reception and transmission . |
| 19 | After a while the station returned to normal , Charlotte had n't been seen for some time , and Albert had been killed in World War I so all three participants in the awful tragedy had gone for ever , or had they ? |
| 20 | This has n't been used for some time so it 's a bit so I 'm just going to wipe it out so there are no particles or foreign bodies in there . |
| 21 | The future of the museum and art gallery wo n't be decided for some time , but if it does win through , its battle for survival will become part of the history of the town itself . |