Example sentences of "[vb past] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the local elections in May 1976 , the Conservatives won control of the council and on 7 June told the Secretary of State that they proposed not to implement the plans for the conversion of the five grammar schools into comprehensives and sixth-form colleges . |
| 2 | He called for constructive co-operation between all parties in the transition to a market economy , and proposed not to implement a state of emergency . |
| 3 | Under the terms of a final communiqué issued on June 26 all the factions agreed to implement an indefinite ceasefire and promised not to receive any further foreign military aid . |
| 4 | However , the judge said that even though the man promised not to do it again , he found such behaviour extremely offensive and ordered him to give £50 to each of the women . |
| 5 | Connor said later that Cripps pointed out unlawful payments recorded in the books to Bromley but promised not to mention them outside the club . |
| 6 | And would n't it be ironic if John Smith , after much agonising about Labour 's soul and purpose , bit the bullet , and , abandoning what many say was the reason for failure last time , promised not to put up taxes — and nobody believed him . |
| 7 | When she promised not to attend any more meetings without his permission , they were reconciled , but he died the same night , probably of a heart attack , with only Agnes in the house . |
| 8 | In the indenture , Gloucester undertook to be the earl 's good and faithful lord and promised not to claim any office or fee granted to the earl by the king or others and not to take into his service any men retained by the earl . |
| 9 | In the indenture , Gloucester undertook to be the earl 's good and faithful lord and promised not to claim any office or fee granted to the earl by the king or others and not to take into his service any men retained by the earl . |
| 10 | The government finally agreed to fresh negotiations and promised not to proceed with legislation on banning strikes for two years . |
| 11 | Our they 'll want to forget that the Tories programme and policies , they lied about taxes they promised not to extend V A T they lied about protecting the value of pensions well I hope the people who get the eight four P and the one twenty , the one 's that the old dears will remember that because that 's what they will be getting . |
| 12 | Clarissa kindly offered him first bath — if he promised not to go looking for pretty Mosleyites , but Charles smiled and shook his head . |
| 13 | They said goodbye to each other and promised not to ignore each other the next time they met . |
| 14 | The have-nots promised not to acquire nuclear weapons . |
| 15 | I faithfully promised not to breathe a word to ‘ my friend ’ , went back to the room and sought Brian 's opinion . |
| 16 | The government , reversing the uncompromising stand of the previous government of President Virgilio Barco [ see pp. 36844 ; 36889-90 ; 37119 ] , had already offered to reduce sentences and promised not to extradite traffickers who surrendered and confessed , in the hope that this would halt a cycle of drug-related violence and killings . |
| 17 | They promised not to speak to their wives of what the fairy had said . |
| 18 | So , right at the start , I promised not to burn my portrait , no matter what it looked like . |
| 19 | Henry Calverley , a friend of the family , asked for the arrow to use as a trophy and it was given to him on condition he solemnly promised not to reveal its origin . |
| 20 | It signed a standstill agreement under which it promised not to increase its holding for three years . |
| 21 | Although he did not specify how this was to be achieved , he promised not to increase the unpopular goods and services consumption tax ( GST ) . |
| 22 | During his campaign , he promised not to raise taxes for the middle classes ; he is now faced with the realisation that if he is to cut the deficit and fulfil his promises to improve social welfare , education and training and to overhaul health provisions , then tax increases which extend beyond the seriously wealthy are unavoidable . |
| 23 | In return , it promised not to play its one trump card — water . |
| 24 | In 1153 Frederick I , by the pact of Constance , promised not to make a truce with the two other groups that threatened the papacy — the Romans and the ruler , Roger of Sicily . |
| 25 | Apparently he promised not to attack Douglas Hurd personally , but then quotes stitched him up and hung him out to dry over the classlessness thing . |
| 26 | The group 's chairman , Sir Simon Hornby , promised not to break the agreement first , but pledged a strong response if someone else did so . |
| 27 | One of the Santas turned out to be Kim on a moonlight from Simon 's Boozebuster operation , but I promised not to tell . |
| 28 | He had n't , after all , promised not to look up the name and home number of the divisional security officer , and one small stain would n't really count and might not even show . |
| 29 | Erm was it only you that he phoned not to bring any scripts . |
| 30 | Gloria pretended not to notice him . |