Example sentences of "not [verb] [prep] [pron] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So when his interest in the affair peters out and he 'd rather not bump into you at the photocopier on a daily basis , it 's you who 'll be left with a P45 and a broken heart . |
| 2 | If your grandmother 's not waiting for us at a hotel , then where — ? ’ |
| 3 | Even though it must have been obvious that he would not hold to it at the last , the threat was enough to make Stormy Petrel veer again to her original course , and though she was trying to increase speed , and was perhaps a little more powerful than Sea Otter , we , on our straight line , could hold her comfortably . |
| 4 | This is usually because it is felt that they can not cope with anything at a higher level or with more demanding work — they ‘ can not concentrate ’ , ‘ can not transfer knowledge from one situation to another ’ , ‘ can not remember from one day to the next ’ , ‘ can not cope with sequential tasks ’ , ‘ get confused by experiencing more than one way of doing something ’ , and most definitely ‘ can not do fractions ’ . |
| 5 | Can not you see him as well as myself ; Is he not sitting behind me at the bed 's head , to seize upon me for his victim , as soon as I have breathed my last ? ’ |
| 6 | I know I have been but I ca n't think of one at the moment |
| 7 | No I ca n't think of anybody at the moment . |
| 8 | Then she added in a confiding tone : ‘ Of course , she was not much with her husband really — and I think that helps — she is n't reminded of him at every turn , like an ordinary widow would be . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Jackie ca n't speak to anyone at the moment . |
| 10 | I had n't thought about it at the time |
| 11 | No you ca n't look at them at the moment . |
| 12 | I ca n't think why it did n't occur to me at the time . |
| 13 | Actually that was n't sung by anyone at the game on Saturday . |
| 14 | And if you did n't pay for it at the weekend you got no groceries next week . |
| 15 | I ca n't confide in anyone at the plant . |
| 16 | And we especially do n't talk about it at the workplace . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Stay with her as much as they 'll let you — do n't worry about anything at the office — I 'm sure Rourke will take care of whatever crops up . ’ |
| 18 | And nobody Even the church I mean I know the church ca n't agree on anything at the moment , we 're sitting here just down the road of course , the general synod of the church of whatsit and the archbishop of thingummybob is sitting there over their muesli and cornflakes I should imagine at the moment , or a late brunch , erm n not saying anything . |