Example sentences of "and [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , he had done it very quietly and gently-not to wake me , I suppose … ’ |
| 2 | We assume that graduates will do and say things in a considered way and not proffer the first thing that occurs to them . |
| 3 | [ Philip Leapor ] informs me she was always fond of reading every thing that came in her way , as soon as she was capable of it ; and that when she and learnt to write tolerably , which , as he remembers , was at about ten or eleven Years old , She would often be scribbling , and sometimes in Rhyme ; which her Mother was at first pleas 'd with : But finding this Humour increase upon her as she grew up , when she thought her capable of more profitable Employment , she endeavour 'd to break her of it ; and that he likewise , having no Taste for Poetry , and not imagining it could ever be any Advantage to her , join 'd in the same Design : But finding it impossible to alter her natural Inclination , he had of late desisted , and left her more at Liberty |
| 4 | Too often finance texts see such finance analyses as separate activities related more to individual project appraisal and not integrated into broader strategic analysis . |
| 5 | There is the clear command to join in fellowship with the Lord 's people and not to forsake our , the gi the assembling of ourselves together er , as some folk do , but to meet together with God 's people , to grow in his family . |
| 6 | Insiders are in a privileged position ; they are under a moral duty to act responsibly , and not to profit from information which they receive but do not own . |
| 7 | In November 1985 he resigned from the government in protest at the signing that month of the Anglo-Irish Agreement [ see pp. 34070-73 ] , stating that he could not support the government 's change of policy on Northern Ireland , including " the involvement of a foreign power in a consultative role in the administration of the province " , which he claimed would prolong and not diminish " Ulster 's agony " [ see p. 34072 ] . |
| 8 | But there 's lots of wildlife around , if you happen to be in the right place at the right time , and not singing a Betty Boo number at the top of your voice . |
| 9 | By signing the Convention and Protocol , Britain chose to receive refugees favourably and not return them to countries where they may have reason to fear persecution . |
| 10 | Eventually , when the howling had subsided and the jackals had sloped off to the forest , the dogs would come back in , or they 'd wander off into the frosty night and not return until morning . |
| 11 | Sometimes Finch would leave Yolande in the morning for the studio and not return for several days . |
| 12 | Pound had noticed those qualities when , in 1915 , he had written to Henry Ware Eliot in order to explain why his son should remain in London and not return to America — his course , he said , would be smoother than Pound 's own . |
| 13 | It concludes that the loading of chlorine in the atmosphere will peak at 4.1 parts per billion by volume ( ppbv ) at the turn of the century , and not return to " safe " levels of 2 ppvb until 2060 . |
| 14 | He had chosen this woman specifically because she was the sort she was — a simple type , immediately responsive to the baby , no outside involvements , so she was free to give her entire time to him , willing to do without time off while the baby was still on the breast , and not expecting the massive salary most women would want for a job like this . |
| 15 | And not expecting everything to look as if it 's been lifted straight from the page of a glossy foodie magazine . ’ |
| 16 | I estimated that perhaps fifteen minutes ' fishing would salve my honour , and not expecting to catch anything , I let the wind flag my flies out over the water . |
| 17 | But it passed by , the crew too involved with the early flight of their craft and not expecting to find any intruders this close to the runway . |
| 18 | Pip changes from being content with his life at the beginning and not expecting much out of life until he goes to Miss Havisham 's and meets and falls in love with Estella . |
| 19 | For her and others like her it is a question of wanting it sufficiently , being prepared to put in the work and not expecting concessions because they are women . |
| 20 | Inhabitants of Pripyat , the town nearest to the reactor , were told nothing for 36 hours , and not tested for signs of radiation sickness until much later . |
| 21 | Occasionally Group Captain Bennett would poke his nose in to make sure everyone was getting on with the job and not larking about . |
| 22 | Must remember to spoon up my soup away from me and not slurp it all down my chin . |
| 23 | Then she would find her pride and not indulge in this kind of behaviour when it had no future . |
| 24 | He was initially given a senior position at the Command Centre in the United Nations but when the head of the European operation died in a car crash … which was subsequently proved to have been an accident and not sabotage as originally thought … |
| 25 | ‘ Set stocking ’ , in which animals are given free range over a relatively large area and not moved regularly , is the most labour-saving system of grazing . |
| 26 | Type such notes on one side of the paper and limit them to three or four sheets which can be laid out in front of you and not moved during the programme . |
| 27 | Poor girl , she ca n't work and not eat . ’ |
| 28 | This ensures that , if you suddenly pull the throttle stick hard back and drop the model onto the ground very hard , the blades will still be lifting and not pushing themselves down towards the tailboom . |
| 29 | This is particularly unfortunate because in deciding to set aside the demand the judge exercised a discretion , and on this appeal I am discharging an appellate jurisdiction and not hearing the matter afresh and exercising my own discretion : see In re Gilmartin ( A Bankrupt ) [ 1989 ] 1 W.L.R. 513 . |
| 30 | A British mercenary killed in Yugoslavia may have been murdered by a fellow soldier , and NOT killed in crossfire as first thought . |