Example sentences of "not [to-vb] another " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because although she kept a guard on her tongue when she was with him , determined not to risk another quarrel , she had had to stop pretending to herself . |
| 2 | We welcome the decision not to impose another increase in 1993 . |
| 3 | Forever anxious not to offend another cricketing nation , the Test and County Cricket Board will try until the last possible moment , before Graham Gooch 's players are due to depart on December 28 , to save the trip , even though New Zealand has offered a peaceful alternative . |
| 4 | His expression made it clear that any man or boy unlucky enough not to find another situation need not expect any sympathy : his place would have been filled . |
| 5 | And no sooner was he inside when he heard Mrs Brown singing that her true love had sent four calling birds three french hens two turtle doves not to mention another partridge in a pear tree . |
| 6 | The second rule is not to condemn another person 's feelings when they share them . |
| 7 | The trouble was that it seemed almost unfair to Donald not to have another go . |
| 8 | Or whether or not to have another gin and tonic ? |
| 9 | It has n't been as difficult as I thought it would be , so far … but I 'm determined not to have another smoke . |
| 10 | If she would n't be able to drink deep it would be better not to take another sip of the heady elixir he offered her . |
| 11 | ‘ For personal reasons I prefer not to spend another night here in Denmark . |
| 12 | He was not to make another attempt , later tragically falling to his death from nearby Cousin 's Buttress . |
| 13 | She patted his hand and smiled , then pursed her lips together as if they must be forced not to speak another word . |
| 14 | Then , deciding boldly not to enter another beguiling-looking passage which , had he done so , would have wasted very many miles and many days ( it is now called Canal Jeronimo , and leads into an immense maze of lakes and passageways ) , he sailed directly north-west , up the Paso Largo and finally into the Paso del Mar . |
| 15 | Madam Deputy Speaker there is course another matter of er of er broader significance and that is that er whilst these orders er er er cover erm certain financial institutions , they do n't erm they do n't cover others , they do n't cover Lloyds of London in so far as I could see , erm I 'd half expected to see the honourable member for Gloucester West er in his place to pursue his campaign that apparently he er he he is not able to be here and indeed er others who sit on the benches opposite who lost a large sum of money in Lloyds , er but they might have had something to say about it as it does seem odd that Lloyds has not been covered , no doubt the minister would tell us that needs primary legislation and I I 'm quite sure this government would move heaven and earth not to introduce another Lloyds bill er because of er the problems that that would no doubt attract . |