Example sentences of "not [conj] [pron] [verb] they [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have to care for them , which means starting from where they are in life , not where you want them to be , and taking their lives and lack of belief seriously . |
| 2 | ‘ Not if we challenge them in their own sphere . ’ |
| 3 | Especially not if she puts them by the bed . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Not if I beat them to a pulp it wo n't . |
| 5 | ‘ Not unless you want them to , ’ said Sister . |
| 6 | This is not because I take them for granted — On the contrary I marvel every year at the miracle of that never-empty basket in The Undercroft and the crowds round the stalls . |
| 7 | THIS IS NOT because I climbed them as a child . |
| 8 | Yet , no matter how far one travels I doubt if one ever really gets to know people , or places , not as one imagines them in one 's mind . |
| 9 | Elstir is described by the narrator as an artist who painted objects , and I quote , ‘ not as he knew them to be , but according to the optical illusions of which our first sight of them is composed . ’ |