Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] [pers pn] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , teaching Portuguese in primary school to children who do not speak it at home further isolates school experience from that of the home . |
| 2 | If those companies can not sell their products at home , and if the Government do not encourage them at home , people abroad will not be encouraged to buy them either . |
| 3 | Nigel also told every journalist proudly that he was ‘ married with one son ’ , although he made damn sure they did n't interview him at home , where they might meet his wife , or worse still , her friends . |
| 4 | Did I wear it over Chris , I did n't wear it at Christmas time did I ? |
| 5 | Sneha , ( not her real name ) an Asian girl of eighteen living with her family near Birmingham , wrote me a long letter , but with the strict proviso that I did n't ring her at home or try to contact her at all . |
| 6 | Will did n't need me at home , because he was busy writing his new play , A Midsummer Night 's Dream . |
| 7 | ‘ We did n't find it at Ward 's house . ’ |
| 8 | " I did n't see her at Miss Lockwood 's funeral . " |
| 9 | It would have made her task easier if he 'd still been in the bitter , brutal mood that had possessed him after William Ash had delivered his ultimatum , but she did n't understand him at present . |
| 10 | ‘ The ones who do n't leave them at home should be sent down . |
| 11 | Verbal messages become more hostile , more aggressive , and the threat of rejection may be offered ( ‘ If you ca n't do it this way , do n't do it at all' — fail and you must go elsewhere ) . |
| 12 | If you do n't learn , at school they 'd give you detention and lines and punish you for not doing it , if you do n't do it at college it 'll be your mistake and your fault |
| 13 | Do n't hold me at arms length , my child , |
| 14 | The other three more closely fit the latter than the former model : Mrs Mitchell 's daughter wanted her mother admitted permanently to the local psychiatric hospital ( knowing that she would not be eligible for residential care because of the severity of her condition ) ; but she also added — ‘ not that I do n't want her at home too — I love my mother — it 's just that the strain is too much for me ’ . |
| 15 | I do n't mention it at dinner parties or evening drinks because people shift away from me or say ’ I must circulate ’ . |
| 16 | My gran do n't buy me at Christmas . |
| 17 | You 've got Coke , that 's your treat each week , cos you do n't have it at home , you only have it on a Sunday |
| 18 | It 's absolutely no good expecting international players to develop the correct habits of fitness , conditioning and preparation if we do n't instil them at club level . |
| 19 | We 'll never know if we do n't try it at Czerny 's tempo which also happens to be Beethoven 's for his Scherzo . |
| 20 | Oh well , now I do n't ask him at night because Is that i is we hardly have any sleep . |
| 21 | Some dealers would do well to heed the advice offered by Mark McCormack in his book What They Do n't Teach You at Harvard Business School — Awareness of when you are imposing can be an important asset . " |
| 22 | Dinah , who had not liked him at Hampstead , did not like him now ; but the information he brought was useful . |
| 23 | ‘ If you had not lost him at cards , would he have got into prison ? |
| 24 | We have created a framework in which Europe can develop its defence role in a way which complements the American presence in Europe and does not put it at risk . |
| 25 | She does n't do it at home , she can easily go out |
| 26 | When when he has got when he 's got the time to go to , I do n't know where he gets them , he does n't get them at Marble Arch Marks I think . |
| 27 | Children will encounter the Christian Church in the outside world , and will meet with Christianity among their contemporaries as they grow up , even if they have not met it at home . |
| 28 | I have not woken them at dawn with my racket , I have not drawn on the wall in felt-tip , I have not hugged Wally the cat round the neck , I have not spat out my liver and spinach , put worms in the watering can , cacked my pants , made brown finger paintings on the wall … |
| 29 | Dad , you know I erm like I have n't sent you at home that are like good for you bad for you . |
| 30 | They have n't done it at home . |