Example sentences of "we not [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are we not to help the survivors ? ’ asked Miss Logan in perplexity . |
| 2 | The one Alex told us not to put through ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ He was n't the type to moan and asked us not to complain until he got out . |
| 4 | God promises his people comfort and invites us not to live in sorrow . |
| 5 | This will help us not to confuse physical pleasure with true happiness or the spiritual reality of joy . |
| 6 | Well , they told us not to wet it . |
| 7 | They told us not to wet it . |
| 8 | That is their secret , and will remain so ; it behoves us not to pry , only to speculate in passing . |
| 9 | The Ministry did tell us not to waste effort growing flowers , but somehow one always felt they were not quite as right as they might have been on that one . |
| 10 | Dad motioned us not to disturb her : ‘ She 's 'ad a busy day . ’ |
| 11 | Some people tell us to keep Moby on a tight lead and only walk him in one or two places ; others tell us not to let him off the lead as his bones are n't yet strong enough to take the strain ; some tell us to relax and hope he grows out of it . |
| 12 | A letter to Dr. Watson from the Sir C.J. Liston Foulis Trust , dated 14th October 1991 states , ‘ Our clients have instructed us not to continue the lease either on short-time or long term basis and therefore the ground with the buildings there-on belongs to our clients outright and the residents of Juniper Green have no right to occupy it or use it for playing tennis or for any other purpose . ’ |
| 13 | Perhaps the main reason why we British have not in the past been particularly enthusiastic about positive health maintenance is that sensible medical advice on the subject is mainly concerned with telling us not to do things . |
| 14 | But , exercise apart , the medical profession has been mainly concerned with telling us not to do things , rather than to do things , and banning things rather than advocating them . |
| 15 | ‘ The temptation is to give them everything , ’ says Janka Stuttard , the Russian speaker who co-ordinated the visit , ‘ but their parents asked us not to do that because it makes it difficult for them to settle back home . |
| 16 | ‘ Ever since I have been here the fans have kept talking about the derby — and pleading for us not to lose it . |
| 17 | ‘ You 've been trying to get us not to hush this case up . ’ |
| 18 | Modern historians warn us not to rely on the old text-book accounts of the causes of the Reformation , pointing out that the reality was far more complex than these suggest . |
| 19 | He told us not to turn around and to give him our money and jewellery or he would kill us . ’ |
| 20 | I was playing loads of rave music , and at the end they were begging us not to go off because it was the first time they 'd ever heard it properly . |
| 21 | Daddy erm you know GrandPat told us not to go on our backs shutes . |
| 22 | He asks us not to include his telephone number , however . |
| 23 | ‘ I remember a major who begged us not to kill him , my lord . |
| 24 | God has told us not to kill . |
| 25 | Mr Sneddon asks us not to label anyone who disagrees with us as unpatriotic . |
| 26 | You told us not to tell you . |
| 27 | A peeling notice warned us not to throw ordure . |
| 28 | Oh yes they were they were telling us not to pack up there that keep the g gate going and you know they were , keep it going and they they 'd er help us . |
| 29 | She said she had held the document back for so long because she was afraid it would re-open old wounds for my mother and because she felt sure it was better for us not to know what it contained . ’ |
| 30 | It would have been parochial of us not to have mentioned it as it is still used in many other countries . |