Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [to-vb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A large number wish to continue working as long as they are fit and do not want to retire at the state pension age .
2 Having spent the whole day listening to the contenders , I did not want to look at the list — I felt certain that my name would not appear .
3 Here , they are quiet as mice throughout Act 1 and are not heard to applaud at the end .
4 He walked slowly , not daring to look at the drop on his right and becoming ever more aware of the cold , biting wind and eerie sense of loneliness , as if he hung half way between heaven and earth .
5 When it was some ten metres away and was obviously not going to stop at the shelter , Adam stepped right into its path .
6 The requirement of leave gives the court control over the proceedings from the very start , and because the respondent does not have to appear at the leave stage , it is relieved of the need to take any steps to get a weak claim struck out .
7 One does not have to look at the report which the hon. Member for Gordon has thrown away with such disdain .
8 The only way out may simply be to mandate a shorter planning period , an alternative the Japanese have demonstrated does not have to come at the expense of quality .
9 It must be stressed again that this section of the chapter does not attempt to look at the level and nature of racial discrimination in Britain .
10 One of the delights of being on holiday is not having to look at the clock .
11 Dersingham did not bother to look at the man .
12 He had nagged her about why they did not go to live at the School , instead of letting all those other people live there , and at last she told him why .
13 Ms Weldon , a member of the committee who was not asked to sit at the hearing , described the video as a serious attempt to deal with the bride of Christ notion .
14 It did not seem to matter at the time .
15 Phelpses built boats , maintained boats , became champion scullers , taught the gentlemen how to scull , and bowed and doffed their caps ‘ below stairs ’ at the clubs before the war when watermen were not allowed to drink at the bar .
16 At the time I was involved in various things at Philips Records and I asked someone if they knew of anyone who could get David out of his contract , and was told that he knew a man called Tony DeFries who was actually not allowed to practise at the bar — he was a consultant , a trouble-shooter , divorce cases .
17 Hatch considered him carefully , not bothering to look at the ID card that Cowley had held out for inspection .
18 The train was at last " on different rails " and Unionists could not fail to rejoice at the disarray on the left , but the different rails might prove more suitable for Trotsky 's " locomotive of History " than for Unionist imperialism .
19 Like a child who can not bear to look at the cupboard where the witch might live , she stared past the bench and its mummified shape .
20 It was funny , in a Lewis Carroll sort of way , and at least the result was passable , if only as a trade magazine , whereas the woman 's magazine had been beyond a joke and she could not bear to look at the end product .
21 They passed the hill , but she did not turn to look at the graveyard .
22 They 're very upset and do n't want to talk at the moment .
23 As you say , it 's my wedding day tomorrow , I do n't want to arrive at the altar with my face in a mess . ’
24 Women suddenly discovered they did n't want to stay at the kitchen sink all day ; they wanted the fulfilment that comes from work , too .
25 mm you bring your book cos you do n't think to look at the card
26 I could n't wait to finish at the studio that day so I could slip down the record shop to pick up a copy , and several months later I still have n't stopped playing it .
27 It was rather a small one and it did n't appear to matter at the time . ’
28 I did n't choose to work at the complex .
29 She was glad they were n't going to stay at the farm , though .
30 We did n't have to stop at the ambulance station for the key because Dei already had it — one of the ambulance drivers being a cousin of his .
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