Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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31 Moreover , in our period the case of states in which the bourgeoisie had won formal political control , or did not have to share it with older political elites , was still quite exceptional .
32 We do not have to follow them along that particular path to see that the question of definition is also raised by the examples I have briefly cited .
33 I do not wish to exclude him from such private and individual arenas , for to do so would be to fly in the face of Christian tradition from the fathers to C. S. Lewis and Cardinal Suenens ( 1982 ) in our own time .
34 Do not attempt to organise them in any type of pattern other than under the major heading of asset or liability .
35 If you have a regional accent , do not attempt to change it to standard English .
36 Do not try to form them into any sort of order ; merely pick them out and write them down .
37 King Fahd 's comments , made during a visit to Saudi Arabia by Mubarak , suggested that " if President Saddam were to reconsider the matter seriously he would find that it is in Iraq 's interest , and in his interest personally , and in the interest of the Arab nation that he withdraw from Kuwait " , and that " if something wrong was done , we should not try to redress it by another wrong " .
38 Six of 116 general practitioners in Surrey admitted not cleaning their thermometers while others did not bother to use them at all .
39 ‘ Is Francesca still in New York ? ’ the brat was asking anxiously , and McLeish , who had not wanted to discuss her in this company , found he had to reassure Jamie about her whereabouts and probable date of return .
40 Er only a bit of fun this really , it 's not a It it can be a serious exercise but it 's not meant to put you under any pressure .
41 Although they 're not meant to do it in red any more are they ?
42 The sellers gave the buyers a delivery note to enable them to collect the spirit from X. However , the buyers chose to keep it at X 's and did not come to remove it for some months by which time it had deteriorated .
43 Had her father not tried to warn her after all ?
44 Yet if we are not allowed to use them in contextual cross-references , how can we succeed in saying what we wish to say , namely that they do not designate any existent ?
45 I hope that the hon. Member for Beaconsfield will serve on the Committee that will examine the Bill , although I am not trying to condemn him to that if he does not wish to be there , because I think that we might be able to find some common ground .
46 I do n't yet know what their comments will be and I ‘ m not trying to influence them in one direction or another .
47 All car controls are in place but subjects were not required to use them in this experiment .
48 Er the things that she said were that women used more hedges , such as I think er hedges are sort of things that get put into the conversation if al allegedly if somebody wants to give the impression that they 're not quite sure , and they would n't w You know like I would n't want to say it for sure but I think that .
49 You do n't want to put it on early but
50 ‘ No , I do n't want to put you to any bother . ’
51 ‘ You 've been so kind to me that I do n't want to put you to any trouble . ’
52 ‘ I do n't want to put you to any trouble . ’
53 ‘ I would n't want to put you to any more trouble .
54 I would n't want to put you to any trouble . ’
55 After spying him through the kitchen window with Mrs Files , so much himself , so much not Francis , I thought I did n't want to see him at all .
56 It was so useful to have been on the road myself and to have experienced cold-calling , setting up new accounts , or merchandising accounts that did n't want to see you at that particular moment .
57 I knew my wife did n't want to see it at all .
58 Local councillor Eddie McEvilly said : ‘ I do n't really want to talk about conditions on the operation , because I do n't want to see it at all . ’
59 McDunn does n't want to charge me with any of the other murders but they 're going to have to make a decision before too long because my initial time under the PTA is nearly up and the Home Secretary is n't going to grant an extension ; I 'll have to appear in court soon .
60 ‘ I brought them over yesterday and George let me have a couple of boxes for the night but I do n't want to leave them over another night if I can help it .
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