Example sentences of "[verb] not [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several years of research into our love of meat has left me in little doubt that most of us nowadays would prefer not to face up to the carnal origins of our flesh foods . |
| 2 | He agreed not to go back to the house and got a friend to collect some of his belongings . |
| 3 | very often find knowing that they 've left voluntarily to have babies and have decided not to go back to the job although the job 's been kept open for them . |
| 4 | ‘ Passengers are requested not to throw out of the window anything likely to injure men working on the line ’ , said a notice in the compartment . |
| 5 | At a conference in Munich , Germany , on Nov. 18-20 ministers from the 13 member countries of the European Space Agency ( ESA ) decided not to move on from the research to the development phase of the key Hermes spacecraft and the Columbus space laboratory projects . |
| 6 | Vincent decided not to hang about for the landlord , but head back on foot the way they had come . |
| 7 | She decided not to go back to the bank , because they would have had to create a special job for her . |
| 8 | Then she knew that she needed not to sneak out by the convenient back exit , but to leave through the front entrance , trusting its outrageous , ostentatious vulgarity to reassure and comfort her . |
| 9 | Even though the ball is further back in your stance , try not to chop down into the ball . |
| 10 | Then the buyer lost money because of the Gulf crisis , and the price of land was falling so he chose not to go through with the contract . |
| 11 | This young Samoyed will grow up much quicker than his companion , and must be trained not to jump up from the outset . |
| 12 | No other man had ever managed even to light a spark within her , yet he had set her body aflame , and it had taken every ounce of will-power she possessed not to give in to the longing he 'd unleashed . |
| 13 | At the time and date arranged , he meets an old friend and decides not to turn up for the meal with his niece . |
| 14 | Chile is Britain 's oldest ally in the Southern Hemisphere … and the Falcons were determined not to miss out on the celebrations to mark the 75th birthday of the Royal Air Force . |
| 15 | As the carriage rolled down the driveway , Emily looked straight ahead , holding herself erect , determined not to give in to the tears that threatened to overflow . |
| 16 | Mr Wilson said last night that they had talked to a lot of the villagers and were determined not to give in to the vandals . |
| 17 | He looked at her sharply and she realized what she 'd said , but met his gaze determined not to go back on the promise to herself . |
| 18 | He was unhappy there but , determined not to slip back into the pits where his grandfather had wielded a pick , worked hard and won scholarships both to Jesus College , Oxford , and the University College of Aberystwyth . |