Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fran settled herself in the soft leather seat , not daring to glance at the two men in case she precipitated some sort of an adverse reaction . |
| 2 | He did not need to look at the single shelf of books to know they would have titles like A Pilot 's War Memoirs or Regiments of the Burma Campaign . |
| 3 | In spite of these remarkably positive indicators , Singapore is not expected to grow at the same rate in the 1990s . |
| 4 | Singapore is not expected to grow at the same rate in the 1990s . |
| 5 | Her friend — for she and Rose had become quite close — had sniffed at Mrs Langtry , and said kindly , ‘ I ‘ ear as ‘ ow she 's a right fat cow these days , ’ and fortunately had not asked to look at the other one she had bought . |
| 6 | She could not bear to look at the fallen doll in white satin and tulle . |
| 7 | But there were times too when he could not bear to look at the free birds and preferred to huddle wanly in the shadows of his shelter , where no visitors could see him , and stare at the bare , stained concrete that was his wild moorland , and the grubby little basin of water that was his lake and the few square feet of cage that was his sky . |
| 8 | Return to the T-junction and carry straight on , not forgetting to look at the lovely wild flowers on the left bank — a mass of yellow pimpernel and birdsfoot trefoil . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't want to think about that , I do n't want to look at the actual scene , I 've got over it , have n't I ? … the way she died … and all that went before . |
| 10 | Maggie sat at the table , thinking that she did n't know about the proposed camp but could n't wait to get at the promised bathing facilities . |
| 11 | Of Charles Hutton : ‘ For the accommodation of such gentlemen and ladies as do n't choose to appear at the public school , I propose ( at vacant hours ) to attend them in their own apartments . ’ |