Example sentences of "[not/n't] even [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Twinky ’ , however , without question the fairest and most sporting player ever to don an Athletico shirt , was full of remorse and insisted that the referee , who had not even blown for a foul , send him off . |
| 2 | ‘ What , have I to strip myself before you 'll cry enough ? ’ said the deliberate , amused voice , not even blown after all this tussling . |
| 3 | At the hearing there is a right of audience for counsel or for the agent — usually exercised only by counsel , and indeed sometimes the parliamentary agent is not even involved at the inquiry stage . |
| 4 | This is compounded when it ‘ not only exists for private consumption , but is publicly displayed … [ or ] forced on the attentions of those who have not even volunteered to be voyeurs ’ ( para 7.7 ) . |
| 5 | The recent survey Trends in public library selection policies shows that about 20 % of public libraries do not even allocate to categories such as adult fiction , or children 's books , and very few record stock revision separately . |
| 6 | He could not even mention to Dinah that he felt uncertain , unsteady , blind with pain ; he could imagine her brisk reply ‘ Take it to a doctor . ’ |
| 7 | Islington can not even benefit from the ‘ dowry ’ system ( money paid by a health authority to a local authority for each patient returning to the community from hospital ) because their people never went to hospital . |
| 8 | He could not even stand on it . |
| 9 | ‘ She could not even stand by herself yet she has has been the victim of a most brutal assault in her own bed . |
| 10 | Built around a supremely non-standard hardware configuration , costly to acquire and complex to use , it was not even supported by a steady subsequent flow of new , compatible software so the investment in the hardware could be amortised across a range of classroom applications . |
| 11 | This extreme view was not even sustained by Smith himself , although it has been repeated at intervals by people who should have known better . |
| 12 | Yet it needs to make good the outdated complex , which is not even geared to withstanding bad weather . |
| 13 | Not only does the site not have planning permission for office development but it is not even zoned for this use and would thus require a material contravention order or a Section 4 motion by the City fathers to allow any big office development here . |
| 14 | At first glimpse it may not even appear to be armoured , but if the animal is taken into a predator 's mouth its fur is sufficiently spiky to cause acute discomfort and it is quickly dropped . |
| 15 | It is interesting to note that no section of the book was devoted to cancer and the word cancer did not even appear in the index . |
| 16 | Dennis was knocking the stuff back like lager , not even bothering with his usual patter . |
| 17 | THEY take the lead with a fine goal , concede two sloppy ones , and then the captain gets sent off for throwing a punch not even redeemed by the infliction of injury . |
| 18 | In June his mother enquired about progress only to be told ‘ Why , he is not even thinking of it … so far we know nothing either about the cast or about the libretto ’ . |
| 19 | I had to remind myself sternly that Thornfield was not my permanent home , and that the person I was so looking forward to seeing was perhaps not even thinking of me . |
| 20 | They beat us in a pre-season friendly at Ibrox but we are not even thinking about that game . |
| 21 | It 's evil and forbidden and I 'm not even thinking about it ! |
| 22 | " There 's no excuse for not even thinking about your shot when you 're waiting to hit to a green . " |
| 23 | Madonna had not even appeared in court with him . |
| 24 | STA SODON The worst feelings which do not even lead to suicide |
| 25 | The proposal was not even expressed in Bill form in the White Paper , and the proper interpretation of the legislation once enacted is a matter for the courts . |
| 26 | He did not even pretend to a crushing burden of work , only enough to complain comfortably about . |
| 27 | We would not even pass for distant cousins let alone members of the same nuclear family unit . |
| 28 | It will not even pass through their minds that I spent so much trouble and thought on choosing the right disease or the most just punishment for my fictional character . |
| 29 | It was our opinion and that of , badly photocopied and written sheets of paper which did not even fit into the folders was not a good advertisement for our Institute . |
| 30 | It was strange that he was prepared to pay out £150million ‘ and yet he continues to deny the Government 's responsibility for mistakes and does not even apologise for his department 's role ’ . |