Example sentences of "not [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Board is entitled to require you not to attend at any place of work and they may otherwise suspend you from the performance of your duties under this appointment where that course is a necessary precaution in the public interest or otherwise in the interests of the Board pending the outcome of criminal , disciplinary or other investigations or proceedings and where no alternative course is reasonably appropriate . |
| 2 | Hitting the water in a blast of spray , she drove herself as far under as she could , trying not to gasp at either the impact of her mistimed dive or the surprisingly low temperature of the water . |
| 3 | He was ordered not to sit at Newcastle Crown Court while her claims were investigated . |
| 4 | Not to go at our charge , but to go at your charge . |
| 5 | Trying so hard not to weep at the demise of the old Post Office now replaced by a kit construction for other uses , I walked robotically to the cathedral like all the other tourists . |
| 6 | He fished the cubes out and put them into an ashtray and found it all he could do not to weep at the mess they made with the ash . |
| 7 | He had written letters home and to his fiancée with poems asking them not to weep at his grave . |
| 8 | I understand this has been given some serious consideration , but it has been decided not to proceed at present . |
| 9 | I ought not to sneer at him . |
| 10 | Much of the social life evolves around the poolside , where decisions are taken about where to eat for supper , and whether or not to meet at the terrace bar in the village afterwards . |
| 11 | Luce made a sweeping gesture with one arm and tried not to wince at the pain . |
| 12 | But I spoke with Mr about half an hour ago on the telephone , told him not to worry at all , that |
| 13 | In 1972 , a strike picket held a placard in front of a vehicle on a highway , urging the driver not to work at a site nearby and preventing him from proceeding along the highway . |
| 14 | The regent has said , even if it takes all day , we are not to appear at the royal palace or the Savoy until we have something more to tell him ! ’ |
| 15 | Since they could n't talk about that , they preferred not to talk at all . |
| 16 | Mike , has there been extra pressure on you during the past year not to flirt at your radio station ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It encouraged drivers to limit their drinking because there might have been the conception that you could n't tell people not to drink at all , ’ says the DoT spokesman . |
| 18 | I try not to drink at lunchtime . " |
| 19 | The Iraqi government on Sept. 1 reinforced its orders directing the air force to keep away from the air exclusion zone enforced by the Western allies south of the 32nd parallel [ see p. 39069 ] , and instructed ground forces not to fire at Western aircraft . |
| 20 | The fact that the Australian batting rarely fired on all cylinders either during the series merely served to show-up the large gulf between the two sides , with the home team 's 4–0 triumph not flattering them unduly , although India were unlucky not to win at Sydney , and might have won at Adelaide too had their fielding not let them down . |
| 21 | ‘ Not to play at soldiers with your men , or let them play in the band in the park on a Sunday afternoon . |
| 22 | Their bauble was this striking singer-guitarist with exquisite cheekbones and girl 's eyelashes , who was being asked to model clothes for magazines but not to play at the Albert Hall . |
| 23 | You asked me to consult you , not to buy at my own discretion , as before . |
| 24 | His parents did not get on and parted during the war , which put an end to the old hierarchic world of Amnersfield , where you were not to look at your masters when they came up the drive , but to hoe on regardless . |
| 25 | He broke off , blushed and tried not to look at Jilly Jonathan . |
| 26 | Philip tried not to look at him . |
| 27 | Dot tried not to look at Gloria 's face . |
| 28 | Only it still managed to give her an excuse not to look at him . |
| 29 | I was terrified , I tried not to look at him , I tried pulling my skirt down over my knees . |
| 30 | Tell them they 're not to look at me . ’ |