Example sentences of "not be [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the worst may not be over for the embattled Chancellor . |
| 2 | The change has been a major exercise , and while the civil war may not be over in the eyes of the excise collectors , the next issue of Guinness Today will carry the story of the people behind the massive change to End Product Duty . |
| 3 | Until he is off with the old , he can not be on with the new . |
| 4 | He parried the stories of wealth and of smuggling : all town talk , he said , and besides , people in Borrowdale just would not be up to the scheming and deception involved , not the people he knew in Borrowdale and he had been born there — as had his wife — born there — as had their parents |
| 5 | Unlike the present law , it will not be up to the defendant to prove his belief , the burden of proof will rest on the prosecution . |
| 6 | In his opening speech , the hon. Member for Birkenhead said that we should ’ bring forward ’ the arrangements which will prevail after 1993 , but it will not be down to the local adjudication officer to assess people to decide the appropriate care and to assess the reasonable rate . |
| 7 | She told us that the priest would not be back until the afternoon . |
| 8 | She told Martha that she would be going out that evening and would quite likely not be back until the following day . |
| 9 | The two girls would not be back till the following weekend . |
| 10 | To his delight , Davis 's secretary informed him in clipped tones that : ‘ Mr Davis has been called out urgently and will not be back in the office until Friday . ’ |
| 11 | The observer will need to be there observing , but possibly behind a hidden camera or watching through a one-way vision screen — he or she need not be in among the action . |
| 12 | She says , ‘ Angharad should not be out on the hills alone . |
| 13 | There is not a golfer among us who would not be out on the green every day if the weather and our partners would allow . |