Example sentences of "not [adv] [vb pp] [prep] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Metaphor lay coiled in the name sunflower , which not only turned towards but resembled the sun , the source of light . |
| 2 | The effect is even more telling than the BMW , because while anyone with the necessary can buy one of those , these kiddies are not just paid for but born and bred as well . |
| 3 | Checking or correcting is another procedure not usually engaged in unless directed to , but discussion of methods often produced a correction to the original wrong answer . |
| 4 | Concomitant symptoms are symptoms not directly related to but arising at the same time as , the main complaint such as a headache with diarrhoea or cold sores with a fever — things which are repeatedly associated , so that the patient might say ‘ Whenever I get this problem I always get a stomach upset ’ or whatever it may be . |
| 5 | A pain conceived of as being in another body is not yet conceived of as hurting another person . |