Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between them they expressed the opposing feelings so often displayed by young children in the peak age of attachment : on the one hand , the protest and fury about being left — cries of rage — and then a sullen refusal to acknowledge and come to the mother ; on the other hand , the desperate yearning for the loved one and a need to cling and not let go . |
| 2 | The policeman had not let go of the stranger . |
| 3 | It bears the words : ‘ Keep Hold of Instruction : Do Not Let Go . |
| 4 | As Whately Cook Taylor put it in 1874 , ‘ Hitherto , whatever the laws have touched , they have not dared invade the sacred precinct ’ , and such reluctance dictated the hesitations over passing the incest law until 1908 . |
| 5 | Jenny was heartily relieved that the recent bad weather had made the track so muddy that even the passionate and rather drunk Ted had not dared go any further . |
| 6 | For an age she simply had not dared open them , until finally , unable to resist any longer , she opened and shut them again once and very quickly . |
| 7 | I had misunderstood the name of the film , and not dared ask too many questions . |