Example sentences of "not come [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poppy , as we were now calling her , began to get used to me , but would still not come close . |
| 2 | Packaging and handling charges do not come cheap , so what 's the point of paying for ten plastic packets along with the extra labour when you could buy one box containing 100 hooks and save up to 33 per cent ? |
| 3 | But the slip dresses in the catwalk picture do not come cheap and to achieve this daring look you need to buy not one , but two dresses ( not for the faint-hearted , being virtually see-through ) making a total retail cost of £522 . |
| 4 | The Odd Fellows has worked out average charges and the overall bills do not come cheap . |
| 5 | Such art patronage does not come cheap . |
| 6 | More a matter of the amount of time required … excessive … good coaching does not come cheap … ’ |
| 7 | But innovation does not come cheap . |
| 8 | But all this does not come cheap . |
| 9 | Mr Llambias ' services do not come cheap — they are a combination of a retainer ‘ sufficient to make them think really seriously ’ and a success fee that is a percentage of the fee income of the smaller firm ( sometimes 5% or 7.5% ) — but he prides himself on the longevity of the mergers he arranges . |
| 10 | Interstellar spacecraft , and the computers to control them , do not come cheap . |
| 11 | But the most precious gem of all does not come cheap . |
| 12 | Car hire , petrol , food and drink do not come cheap . |
| 13 | Poole 's work is much in demand , and he does not come cheap . |
| 14 | The souvenir , a view of Brodick Castle , does not come cheap , it is on the back of our £20 notes . |
| 15 | Usually such technology does not come cheap yet FAXgrabber is being sold in the UK at under £100 . |
| 16 | Altogether it was a great evening but reliving our holiday experiences did not come cheap . |
| 17 | Nietzsche 's school , Pforta , had its impressive classical tradition , but his own decision to specialize in classics did not come early or easily . |
| 18 | In 1919 , as the old men negotiated at Versailles , hope did not come easy , yet imposed itself as an unavoidable necessity . |
| 19 | New friendship does not come easy to me , I feel compelled to play it rough at first — your idealism , for example , I had to find out whether it was capable of standing up ; testing and teasing , for me , are a kind of initiation — |
| 20 | She had never farmed before , and she told me that it did not come easy . |
| 21 | Fenna did not come wrathful now , Fenna came sweet . |
| 22 | When a healthy baby is born , it does not come complete with sundry fears , phobias and personality problems . |
| 23 | But these do not come free . |
| 24 | These systems do not and will not come free . |
| 25 | Strong culture 's benefits do not come unalloyed , nor without cost . |
| 26 | Territorially , there was little between the clubs , who were playing as though the end of the season could not come quick enough . |
| 27 | There are many other distinctions which the Aborigines make which we do not — an illustration of the fact that the world does not come pre-packed into nameable entities waiting for each language to pin its names on . |
| 28 | Perhaps even , thought Cadfael , prompted a step further , he came without even the intent to kill , since he did not come prepared . |
| 29 | Amidst this confusion , my view of ‘ At Tikhon 's ’ as a hyperlucid footnote to Crime and Punishment , as misconceived crisis and clarity , needs justifying : the very point of Stavrogin 's scattering of ‘ reasons ’ is that he and his document shall not come clear or clinch anything . |
| 30 | The hatch trap-door into the caisson would not come open and fire was coming from all sides , including the north where three ships were moored beyond the caisson on the Penhouet Basin 's south quay . |