Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am the first to admit that it is not easy , although I do wonder why we in tennis still use that argument as an excuse for not seeing what the Americans call ‘ minority ’ players more prominent in the British game . |
| 2 | The Shah used to dress that syllable , ANtellectuel " , when referring to anyone with education who was thought not to embrace everything the Pahlavis embodied . |
| 3 | I can not think what the Riding , but not only the Riding , will be without him . |
| 4 | ‘ I was afraid you might not think him the right friend for me , ’ said Mrs Ames . |
| 5 | This birth was so quick and easy , Wilson could not think it the same process as Oreste 's . |
| 6 | WHATEVER the home unions committee may care to think , the team who performed with great distinction in Paris are Lions to a man — and if the powers-that-be will not grant them the honour with a large ‘ L ’ they can hardly begrudge it with a small one . |
| 7 | Catalogues and mail order services share the disadvantages of offering a limited selection , and , more importantly , not allowing you the chance to examine the item until it arrives at the door . |
| 8 | The local ombudsman found Lancashire SSD had not given her the support and counselling she needed . |
| 9 | I 've been using RapidCad for a month or so and It 's not given me the slightest problem . |
| 10 | No Alan 's not given me the go ahead really to , to do . |
| 11 | He had not provided water to wash the feet and had not given him the traditional greeting of a kiss ( Luke 7:44–45 ) . |
| 12 | We must also recognise that we have not given them the support and management guidance on practical recruitment that they , as volunteers , need . |
| 13 | If the police had not given us the benefit of the doubt , I should have been more than a little proud to go to jail in his company , together with the Cup . |
| 14 | It was clear that Holmes ' cleverness with the telegram had not given us the proof we needed . |
| 15 | ‘ Do n't you know God has not given you the spirit of fear but of love and a sound mind ? ’ |
| 16 | The legislation reflected a judgement that local authorities could not deliver what the national interest required . |
| 17 | Many seemed not to know what the knives and forks were for and took the napkins for handkerchiefs . |
| 18 | BRITISH sub-aqua divers are being warned not to desecrate what the Japanese say are their biggest war graves in the South Pacific . |
| 19 | You can not guarantee what the resulting shade will be , though — you build up depth with subsequent layers — and you can get tell-tale streaking if you are not very careful with application . |
| 20 | I do not know what the sensuality of a man is . |
| 21 | I have a car badge belonging to the 159 Motor Club but do not know what the club is , or was , and have been unable to find out . |
| 22 | The captain did not know what the craft was carrying , though that was not unusual , and the line was under contract partly for its discretion . |
| 23 | JOHN SMITH is preparing to launch the biggest tax assault ever on middle income families while claiming that he does not know what the effect of his tax hike will be on incentives , confidence or on the economy . |
| 24 | So instead they hedge their comments and the end result is the person being appraised still does not know what the organization thinks of them . |
| 25 | Perhaps the right hand , in the shape of Kenneth Baker , does not know what the left-hand , in the shape of the present health minister , Norman Fowler is up to ? |
| 26 | Even the most experienced police interrogator can not entirely avoid leading questions , simply because he can not know what the witness actually knows or what really happened . |
| 27 | It 's no excuse that the salesman did not know what the customer planned to do with the recorder , even if it is labelled with a warning about not taping copyright records or films . |
| 28 | I do not know what the Anglo-Saxons called a rabbit , a candidate for description , I should have thought . |
| 29 | She did not know what the message was : Lee in this state was no longer a lovelorn friend but a trauma . |
| 30 | If you do not know what the true variable costs are , how can you make correct decisions ? |