Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [noun sg] to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But on receiving no reply , he seemed hellbent on goading her , and she found she had no chance to be passive , meek and mild , when he went on to taunt , ‘ You 're paid well , I 'll grant , but even so … ’ his eyes flicked over her good quality suit which , while not drawing attention to her figure , had been costly ‘ … |
| 2 | Would streptomycin have become available if the example of penicillin had not given impetus to its investigation ? |
| 3 | Admittedly , dealing with a woman as dominating as Catherine de Medici and a family as powerful as the Guises , which all three had to do , would have put strains on personalities far stronger than Francis II , Charles IX and Henri III ; but the fact remains that while , unlike Mary , they did not show indifference to their kingdom , they were exactly like her in failing to assert their control of it . |
| 4 | We do not send information to your home . |
| 5 | I would not anticipate taking more than half an hour to complete the filming during which time we would make every endeavour not to restrict access to your shop by other customers . |
| 6 | I explained to the man that I could not carry cheese to my appointment but that I would be back another day . |
| 7 | Ferkhan also owned land near the village and complained that lack of electricity meant that he could not pump water to his field and , as a result , he had grown only twenty tons of melons compared to eighty before the war … |
| 8 | Suppose , on the other hand , that he is guided by law as integrity , which does not limit law to what convention finds in past decisions but directs him also to regard as law what morality would suggest to be the best justification of these past decisions . |
| 9 | The best kind of flat is one that is above ground floor level and has its own entrance , providing that you do not gain access to your entrance up an unlit staircase or a long , dark walkway . |
| 10 | ‘ And so everyone was happy , ’ said Julia , smiling again and not giving voice to her suspicion that perhaps the young homesick Italian might have been happier if her besotted husband had managed to forget his dislike of foreigners and their countries . |
| 11 | As Owen had not appointed Yussuf to his service in the first place but Yussuf had appointed himself , this seemed beside the point . |
| 12 | ‘ And if he could n't make love to his wife because she was paralysed from the waist down … ’ |
| 13 | Er , but erm er nevertheless , the , the fact is that the TESSA is a good investment , providing that you do n't need access to your money , and you 're going to get a tax advantage from it . |
| 14 | From the gallery , the feverish gaze of Diniz Vasquez held no recognition ; but still he had n't touched fire to his weapon . |
| 15 | Just because the distribution of this information may be restricted to your own staff or a close circle of customers does n't mean that you should n't pay attention to its style or presentation , far from it . |