Example sentences of "not [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | she 's not on for a while |
| 2 | He 's not down as a as a driver for the minibus now . |
| 3 | ‘ Build up to standard , not down to a price ’ was the motto of the Strand Theater Company , who had now so dramatically brought about the movie 's coming of age in Chicago . |
| 4 | But the war was not over in a matter of weeks , and the Italian conscripts had neither the training nor the equipment to fight a winter campaign in Russia . |
| 5 | It 's not up to a writer to say whether a book works or not , but the point is that you can have good ideas and write bad novels from them ! |
| 6 | want this , and it 's not up to a man to decide what happens . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're not back on a man-prowl , are you ? ’ |
| 8 | He made films like Sanders of the River ( 1935 ) and The Four Feathers ( 1939 ) , featuring courageous British aristocrats going off to fight for the British empire , not out of a sentimental admiration for those times , but because the Empire provided good stories , as Hollywood also found at the time . |
| 9 | The function of the leave requirement is not spelled out in Order 53 , but it is designed to weed out cases which have no real chance of success or which might be called ‘ frivolous ’ or ‘ vexatious ’ in the sense of being brought not out of a genuine interest in the outcome but for some ulterior motive such as to make things difficult for a government agency . |
| 10 | It is obvious that you can not out of a joint get the sauceboat full which usually appears on the table . |
| 11 | His apprehension arose not out of a fear that she would ruin him by extravagant expenditure but from a neurotic anxiety that if she knew how much money he had put away , she might feel free to leave him . |
| 12 | Not out of a bottle as some undoubtedly imagined . |
| 13 | Four out of 10 shoppers believe that supermarkets selling " environment-friendly " products do so to exploit the market and not out of a genuine concern to protect the earth , according to Mintel. 10 per cent of respondents in the Mintel survey believed that companies were hiding behind a green " front " , and those who went out of their way to buy green products did so " in spite of corporate public relations efforts " . |
| 14 | Jamaica 's Jimmy Adams made a notable debut at Bridgetown , adding a crucial innings of 79 not out to a wicket with his fourth ball in Test cricket |
| 15 | Fairbrother became the first batsman in this country to be given not out by a third umpire after TV replays of a close run-out incident had been studied . |
| 16 | They lost Tony Cottey but Richards stood firm to finish on 44 not out in a total of 93 for four . |
| 17 | ‘ But I do n't think any of my companies are going to collapse simply because I 'm not around for a short time . |
| 18 | Well he 's not around for a while is he ? |