By the end of that chaotic week, I did not know whether one is coming or going.

After moving, they tagged the extra furniture as a need-not and arranged for its pickup.

If it were not for her encouragement, he would never have started his own business.

Were it not for her quick thinking, the accident would have been much worse.

If it had not been for Maya's quick thinking, the small fire in the kitchen would have spread to the whole house.

She insisted, not a word of a lie, that she had never seen him before.

When giving feedback, I always call a spade a spade, not a big spoon, because honesty helps people improve.

I wouldn't hire that caterer again; their food was not much chop.

During the review, the editor marked several not yets in the manuscript and asked the author to address them.

My grandmother always quoted the proverb 'revolutions are not made with rosewater' to remind us that transformative change requires sacrifice.