Example sentences of "[noun] not [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If he 's finished you 'd think he 'd have the manners not to leave the table in such a mess , ’ the girls would grumble ; but they or Rose would always put his books away . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , ’ she agreed without elaborating , because although it was true it was n't entirely the truth , and she hoped he would have the good manners not to probe further . |
| 3 | It 's thought bad manners not to offer a visitor a night of passion after tramping round the icy far north . |
| 4 | A long-running legal wrangle ensued with Gasco assets ultimately being frozen and a court undertaking secured from St Piran not to reduce its UK assets below £7m , sufficient to cover the SIB claim . |
| 5 | Back in those hours I had remained a long time outside the door of North One , being filled by a sorrow so complete it overflowed , and I covered my ears not to hear any more . |
| 6 | There is strong lobbying pressure for the governments that control portions of the polar ice caps not to build settlements there . |
| 7 | Ireland prepared to face Cuba today ( 11.00 BST ) with the unenviable record of being the only side not to have scored a goal in the 12-team tournament . |
| 8 | It was a disappointment for his many fans not to see him in action . |
| 9 | Both goals were examples of calm finishing by the winger who is pleading with White Hart Lane fans not to label him ‘ Dazza ’ . |
| 10 | Telling Dora not to leave Roziac . |
| 11 | You bring a request from Dora not to deprive her of — what is the English expression — her meal ticket ? ’ |
| 12 | Although God specifically warned Job 's comforters not to postulate his sins as the cause of his sufferings , the Middle Ages preferred , like most ages , to ignore what God said . |
| 13 | Coventry manager Gould was advised by West Brom chairman Trevor Summers not to go because police feared a fans ' backlash after Gould 's sacking by the club last season . |
| 14 | ‘ We are the biggest club in football not to have had any recent success , but right now the city is rocking . |
| 15 | And I always feel it 's a reverse situation , you know , about Stanley Morrison saying he would prefer to pay Monotype not to put an ad in , erm to pay The Times not to put an ad for Monotype . |
| 16 | Joshua Dogonyaro , reported that Monrovia free port was now open for the delivery of urgently needed relief supplies , but he warned relief organizations not to use Buchanan port , 75 km to the south-east . |
| 17 | Moreover , I could never understand why , on the very day horsemen were seen outside the priory , you permitted the Lady Eleanor not to attend Compline . |
| 18 | In giving consent to another 's actions , however , our primary purpose is to authorise those actions and in so doing create for or accord to another a special right to act : the obligation generated on the consentor not to interfere with the exercise of this right takes , in this case , the secondary role . |
| 19 | The prospect of their victory has prompted the federal judge overseeing the school-desegregation plan publicly to warn the candidates not to make promises he will not allow them to keep . |
| 20 | He had overheard his uncle warning the two maid-servants not to go up there because it was too dangerous . |
| 21 | INSTONIANS — The return of David Wilson from France and the availability of Tim Taylor , Johnny McBride and Mark Irwin strengthens the squad and prompts coach Denis Guiler not to feature as a stop-gap this season ! |
| 22 | Ron Dennis , McLaren 's managing director , said : ‘ It was a disappointment not to finish . |
| 23 | It is adaptive for animals not to mate with members of other species . |
| 24 | I do n't think they 've had a lot of trouble really speaking with Walsall supporters over the years because they seem to be er go to support the club not to fight and er |
| 25 | Throughout the cavern , men looked about at the commotion , and those in the vicinity scattered for cover , while the two scientists cast terrified glances at the huge expanse of drums and called in vain for the guards not to shoot . |
| 26 | The new Army Commander , Gen. Vimol Wongwanich , promised to unify the Army and on Aug. 7 ordered commanders of all army units not to intervene in politics or do anything to help or hinder any political party . |
| 27 | It is Philistine not to see that a fact and a theory , simple components of tenuous knowledge , are a way not necessarily of controlling nature , but of coming to terms with it , of playing homage ; science is less arrogant in many ways than the arts of landscape or of poetising , mainly because it is content to describe the world as it is . |
| 28 | Brooklands is an impossible car not to enjoy — a unique motoring experience |
| 29 | I , and the rest of the family , laid back , thought of England and enjoyed it , because it is an impossible car not to enjoy |
| 30 | He drew her close again and they fell silent , Rachel reflecting on how hard it must have been for David not to have told her what had really happened between himself and her sister , then another thought struck her . |