Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] not [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If anybody wants a fire certificate and we had a recent case where a notable local solicitor asked us to issue a fire certificate and we refused , because his premises does not require one , or did not at that point require a fire certificate . |
| 2 | He drove her back to Greystones , still talking fluently of things that mattered not at all . |
| 3 | This time there was no mistake made , he was known , and killed not for another , but for himself . ’ |
| 4 | The reply of the Government representative , Viscount Gage , was very unsatisfactory , in that it had been prepared beforehand , and did not at all deal with the points raised by Lord Charnwood . |
| 5 | Co-ordination was still seen as predominantly a ‘ top-down ’ process by planners and did not at this time focus upon activities at the client level . |
| 6 | Old Herr Stern , isolated in the silent world of the deaf , munched grimly and spoke not at all , whilst the Zimmermans ' desultory attempts to engage their guests in conversation were soon abandoned . |
| 7 | It failed because the frequency and intensity of the odour , which constituted the nuisance , was over and above the ‘ general background of oily smells ’ , and had not unlike these general smells , continued for anything approaching 20 years . |
| 8 | Leith shook hands with him , but cared not at all for the way he ogled her the whole time . |
| 9 | But since to say as much might only set his back up , ‘ Yes , ’ she lied pleasantly , but felt not at all happy with the lie however pleasantly put , and went swiftly on , ‘ Er — do you — er — know Mr Gajdusek by any chance ? ’ |