Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [to-vb] at [art] [noun] " 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 | He did not want to appear at a loss or to let his followers down . |
| 4 | Here , they are quiet as mice throughout Act 1 and are not heard to applaud at the end . |
| 5 | Returning to the Rossiya and not daring to look at the men and women who stood and swayed beside him . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But mostly he did not need to talk at a bunfight , people came up and talked to him , and he would nod his head and smile benevolently and say happily , Yes , Yes , Yes . |
| 8 | Unlike the United States Supreme Court , which can delve deep into the deliberations of the Founding Fathers to try to elucidate what was meant by a particular provision of the Constitution , British courts are not permitted to look at the proceedings of Parliament in order to determine what Parliament really meant . |
| 9 | I 'm not looking to work at the CFTC issue within the AFBD . |
| 10 | the assisted areas do not appear to operate at a disadvantage . |
| 11 | When it was some ten metres away and was obviously not going to stop at the shelter , Adam stepped right into its path . |
| 12 | It should not pause to sniff at the scents of other dogs , at the same time remaining very responsive to its owner 's instructions , adjusting its stance slightly , perhaps , to show off its finer points . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In other words , you do not have to look at every instrument continuously . |
| 15 | One does not have to look at the report which the hon. Member for Gordon has thrown away with such disdain . |
| 16 | The Saturday shift always seemed to drag on endlessly for the elderly night watchman and he envied people who did not have to work at the weekends . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | One of the delights of being on holiday is not having to look at the clock . |
| 20 | Dersingham did not bother to look at the man . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It did not seem to matter at the time . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Hatch considered him carefully , not bothering to look at the ID card that Cowley had held out for inspection . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | They passed the hill , but she did not turn to look at the graveyard . |