Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | not make them an enormous feature . |
| 2 | He had said ‘ we ’ , which heartened McAllister enormously but also meant that she must try to justify his confidence , and not let him down ; he must not think her a fine lady only playing at life — she meant to do her share , and yet try not to hinder him . |
| 3 | ‘ I was afraid you might not think him the right friend for me , ’ said Mrs Ames . |
| 4 | I did not think it a good book , but I shall always be grateful to it . |
| 5 | I know and you know that Hardy did not think it a sad poem — just a comment and a summing up . |
| 6 | This birth was so quick and easy , Wilson could not think it the same process as Oreste 's . |
| 7 | Perhaps the only mistake I made all those years ago was not realising what an anti-democratic medium television would prove to be . |
| 8 | Because they put 3 passes together 4 years ago does not make them a footballing side and they are only making friends now cos they are an easy touch . |
| 9 | Feeling guilty does not make me a better person . |
| 10 | Being restricted here does not make me a special case , though . |
| 11 | And by , becoming religious and observing religious , er , practices does not make us a better person . |
| 12 | Even this thing you say you did — even that does not make you a bad man . |
| 13 | Personally , I reject the Oxford claim that English Literature begins with Anglo-Saxon , and would not make it a required subject . |
| 14 | She mentions Chodorow 's socialization theory of the transfer of concerns with care and responsibility from mothers to daughters , but she does not make it an integral part of her own account . |
| 15 | I 've been using RapidCad for a month or so and It 's not given me the slightest problem . |
| 16 | He had not provided water to wash the feet and had not given him the traditional greeting of a kiss ( Luke 7:44–45 ) . |
| 17 | The legislation reflected a judgement that local authorities could not deliver what the national interest required . |
| 18 | Parr did not consider himself a jealous man , in any way . |
| 19 | But a spokesman from Berne said : ‘ We did not consider it a serious incident . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've since had quite a number of first division chairmen clearly indicating they did not consider it a final offer and that they want this thing settled , ’ said Taylor . |
| 21 | As the following sections show , however , case load problems were not as great as predicted ; and although the development officers continued to feel some lack of back-up services they did not consider it a severe impediment to their implementation of the project . |
| 22 | BRITISH sub-aqua divers are being warned not to desecrate what the Japanese say are their biggest war graves in the South Pacific . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The problem is that without measuring the heights , and their frequency , of all adult males we will not know what a representative sample would be . |
| 25 | Perhaps the English do not know what an immense treasure they possess in having maintained the choral tradition in colleges and churches , since it provides an unsurpassable musical training , an important number of truly fine choirs , and , finally , the possibility to experience ( and for the listener , to enjoy ) repertories that the long-suffering Spanish enthusiast scarcely knows since they are not performed [ in Spain ] . |
| 26 | Accordingly , one is constrained in the way which one can refer to the preceding paragraph in the printed document — because one does not know what the preceding paragraph will be . |
| 27 | I do not know what the Labour party is so proud of , because under the previous Labour Government manufacturing output fell by 2 per cent . |
| 28 | I do not know what the right hon. Member for Manchester , Gorton ( Mr. Kaufman ) heard , but I distinctly heard the Foreign Secretary answer yes on several occasions . |
| 29 | Mr Ruddy said he did not know what the two were doing . |
| 30 | Geoffrey Robertson , QC for Mr Henderson , told the judge after the acquittals : ‘ The prosecution was brought by one hand of the Government which did not know what the other hand was doing . ’ |