Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The definition of the support 's ordinal rank involves situating the support ( = the person spoken about ) with respect to the speaking relationship : the verb can be predicated of the speaker ( person spoken of = speaker ) , of the person to whom he is speaking ( person spoken of = the one spoken to ) , of someone or something not participating in the act of speech ( person spoken of = neither speaker nor person spoken to ) , etc . |
| 2 | Right , we , we , we did actually draw , or we not draw , we , we adopted a constitution during the year and the officers that are erm elected are the Chair , the Secretary and the Treasurer , erm and other , together with other such officers , yeah to determine by general meeting , erm , so it 's really only those three , er and we have sometimes had Advice Chair if there 's only been one Chairman have n't we , one Chair person erm so I think people need to say if they do n't wish to carry on the jobs they 're doing and if anybody wishes to nominate anyone in a particular post then slip at the bottom of the minutes could be filled in and either brought to meeting or sent back to the Secretary . |
| 3 | Graham felt oddly satisfied at seeing life go on around him like this ; he felt almost smug at walking past people and them not giving him a second glance , at least not now he 'd got rid of Slater . |
| 4 | That you should have been there all the while and me not know it all this time ! |
| 5 | All based on a perfect understanding between the wickets — and him not telling me what to do and me not telling him . |
| 6 | putting up with that and me not going out then I 'm afraid we 'll just have to put up with it ! |
| 7 | Obviously I ca n't do anything dramatic overnight , due to circumstances , what with my little girl being a ward of court , and me not having a home . |
| 8 | Pretty much on what the lady 's saying , surely if you get up in the morning and you look in the mirror and you do n't like what you see and you apply some make up and you feel better , or you hate your nose so you have it , you know altered , surely if it makes you feel good then why not ? , if you 've got the money and its not harming any one then go for it . |
| 9 | But in terms of its being easier and cheaper to disband and its not carrying the same legal authority , it is not the same as marriage . |
| 10 | but the second way in which section fourteen arises is this slightly more oblique way , erm , it 's , it 's not really the question of competition law it 's more a question of administrative law or constitutional law , erm whether it arises on the question er , your Lordship will have to decide , but , if , if it does then we believe that our case is extremely strong , because what one is saying here is , is section fourteen a block to an article eighty five action , erm does it make it either virtually impossible or something lesser excessively difficult , er and we say er that that 's one aspect and two can we show it 's discriminatory , well we say first of all it is discriminatory because even on analysis of the bad faith argument they are putting in a claimant with an article eighty five case to an extraordinary length in order to make good his case , he first of all has to super declaration presumably that he is entitled to damages , but he ca n't get damages all he 's entitled to is the declaration if then do n't satisfy that claim by paying up and their not going to be ordered by the court to pay up because that 's a claim for damages and you ca n't have that then you have to sue them again on the basis of breach of bad faith , er no other provision in English law would go to that effect and that of course even , even that assumes whether rightly or wrongly and we say possibly wrongly that er , er the failure to comply with the judgment of the declaration would be bad faith within the meaning of the act , but even assuming it 's right it puts a plaintiff suing for breach of article eighty five in the worst position possible |
| 11 | And theirs not to ask how , or why . |
| 12 | ‘ And there 's me rambling on and you not knowing who the devil I am , nor me you … ’ |
| 13 | And you not had no revision for that ? |
| 14 | Is she paying and you not putting it in ? |
| 15 | But we drive fourteen kilometres now and you not say — ’ |
| 16 | I hate it you stand there and you not doing nothing |
| 17 | Kathy those documents have been there all week and you not taken the trouble to look at them but you will quip about the poll tax and its iniquities but you ca n't even read your own poll tax notice . |
| 18 | Some of the girls were bitchy , some of them were National Front , some of them were skinheads , but you knew who to mix with and who not to mix with . |
| 19 | She knew who to trust and who not to trust . |
| 20 | He could well have returned late at night and she not heard him , though she had stayed awake for a long time , listening for the sound of the horses , the carriage wheels on the drive . |
| 21 | But he agreed not to complain about her market-minded vision of the Community and she not to bully him about France 's half-in , half-out position in NATO . |
| 22 | On Sept. 12 Iraq described the decision to transfer the Arab League 's headquarters as " highly dangerous " and one not taken for administrative , technical or professional reasons , but " by virtue of Egypt 's position towards Israel and the US invasion of Najd and Hejaz " ( Iraq 's current title for Saudi Arabia ) . |
| 23 | All based on a perfect understanding between the wickets — and him not telling me what to do and me not telling him . |
| 24 | And that , Erika thought , was a curious remark for Karl to make , bearing in mind that he had lived a lie for many years but , glancing at her parents , and they not batting an eyelash , she kept quiet . |
| 25 | Quite simply , not only do we and they not share common objectives , but we do not even make similar appraisals of world events , as the President of France demonstrated at the time of the coup in Moscow , when he seemed willing to negotiate with the coup 's leaders . |
| 26 | Er a lot of time wh when when you get a fax er and they not deliver to us , half a day late or |
| 27 | ‘ — How could I rob Bella and her not know it was me , eh ? |
| 28 | Twenty years in the House still had n't dampened his extraordinary enthusiasm for the job and his not unappealing surprise that he should actually be there . |
| 29 | ‘ Entry forms are available now , closing date is June 7 , and anyone not entered by then will have to pay substantially more than the £4.50 for the half marathon and £3.50 for the fun run fees now in force . ’ |
| 30 | Young people are fed up with being told by grown-ups WHAT TO DO and WHAT NOT TO DO . |