Example sentences of "me not [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told me not to open my mouth to either of you and Una until such time when he would tell all three of you himself . |
| 2 | If you knew about the letter , you could just have phoned me and told me not to open it . |
| 3 | He grabbed at my hands and held them to his chest and begged me not to say such a thing . |
| 4 | He was shaken , but unhurt , and merely ordered me not to say a word . |
| 5 | It would be churlish of me not to say how much I welcome that statement , and how much I rejoice in the fact that to add to the four climbdowns that I announced at 4 o'clock , there is a fifth — the abandonment of the proposal announced by the Home Secretary in column 167 of Hansard on 2 July . |
| 6 | He said — he said he should n't know himself really , but one of the people there , the tour leader , told him and told him not to say anything , and Cedric ’ — she breathed deeply again — ‘ told me , and told me not to say anything . ’ |
| 7 | He told me not to say anything so I did n't ? |
| 8 | ‘ It suited me not to deny it last night , ’ Ruth blurted and stared beyond him to a young palm swaying gently in the breeze . |
| 9 | Just so long as you are not intending to ask me not to leave London . |
| 10 | Nelly begged me not to leave her , and plucking up courage I stayed . |
| 11 | Something about the look on his face told me not to waste time asking questions . |
| 12 | Hugo Brassard keeps telling me not to give up hope . ’ |
| 13 | we had a meeting earlier this week were I got huge support , indeed some were urging me not to give way at all on the Paignton amendment . |
| 14 | On the few occasions I have met him it has been very difficult for me not to let slip something about you . |
| 15 | On the day I moved in my Mother had warned me not to let him rule my life like he 'd ruled my Father 's , but it never occurred to me to disobey him and seemed natural to follow the ‘ week planner ’ he 'd written out and pinned to the notice-board in the kitchen : Monday — Washing Tuesday — Ironing Wednesday — Youth Club etc . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , my Mum told me not to let boys fondle me or kiss me now I 've started me periods , otherwise , if I did , I 'd soon be having a baby . ’ |
| 17 | She handed me Little Ben , advised me not to let Home Sister catch me leaving it so late , and took herself off . |
| 18 | She was trusting me not to do that , putting that power in my hands . |
| 19 | He advised me not to do so , as , he said , the Captain was a difficult man , and he had no intention of telling him himself . |
| 20 | Saying this to me was like holding a red rag to a bull : the more anyone told me not to do a thing , the more I tried to do it . |
| 21 | Last time I practically took my thumb off and apparently she does n't trust me not to do it again . |
| 22 | ‘ It never occurred to me not to do that in the first place , ’ she said . |
| 23 | and Richard goes no Rebecca just told me not to do it , so you should n't |
| 24 | Who told me not to do it , put salt into the water then ? |
| 25 | Always he would advise me not to see people ; not to answer so-and-so 's letter ; not to take this admirer too seriously ; not to take Count X — as a lover . |
| 26 | ‘ Then how can you tell me not to taste your mouth , when it is so full and beautiful , when it waits for my kiss . ’ |
| 27 | I was n't put off by the fact that Jo had told me not to call or see her . |
| 28 | Victoria said , ‘ And why he asked me not to call him uncle in front of you because it made him sound old ! ’ |
| 29 | I ONCE mentioned to a local farmer that my grandfather had been born in the little fishing village of Staxigoe , to the north of Wick in Caithness , and he quickly warned me not to go about repeating the story , because of the supposedly dubious reputation the natives of Staxigoe have earned themselves down the ages . |
| 30 | ‘ A week later I received a frantic letter from Valerie imploring me not to go through with it . |