Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] me [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will not cover me for the hearing . |
| 2 | This , of course , did not affect me at the time ! |
| 3 | do you not want me in the house . |
| 4 | Wilson 's Cabinet — jealous of a non-political and non-party intruder — had decided not to include me in the team . |
| 5 | She could not convince me at the time that anything bad could happen , now that I had finally ‘ solved ’ my eating problems , and for a short time I felt jubilant , relieved and ecstatic . |
| 6 | He could not see me behind the curtains , and clearly did not expect an answer . |
| 7 | He did not see me behind the curtain . |
| 8 | ‘ People will not remember me for the amount of money I have accumulated so much as the titles I have won . |
| 9 | I began to tremble violently and would have fainted , had he not grabbed me by the elbow and guided me to a low wall , where I slumped down . |
| 10 | He was not supporting me in the way I felt he should support me . |
| 11 | The doctors are appalled by the press , everybody is appalled ; the nurse is freaking out and saying she will not take me to the operating theatre because they will take my picture and harass me ; she is terrified somebody is going to hit her , so in the end my lawyer wheels me because nobody else dares . |
| 12 | He could not hear me above the din of the crowd . |
| 13 | It was going to be a long night , as I also had to finish an already over-due essay on Swedish expansion in the seventeenth century ( it would have to be a goodish one , too ; an earlier remark — made in an unguarded moment during a methodically boring tutorial — ascribing Swedish territorial gains in the Baltic to the invention of the Smorgasbord with its take-what-you-want ethic , had not endeared me to the professor concerned ; nor had my subsequent discourse on the innate frivolity of the Swedes , despite what I thought was the irrefutable argument that no nation capable of giving a Peace Prize to Henry Kissinger could possibly be accused of lacking a sense of humour . |
| 14 | The book is intended for undergraduates in their second or third year of a philosophy degree , but this need not necessarily deter readers with other backgrounds ; e.g. , my father claims to be able to understand it , though perhaps he would not thank me for the suggestion that he is representative . |
| 15 | Most of the reinforcements could not inform me of the health of Colonel Vaughan , but they all had vivid recollections of the most unusual weather conditions in the Highlands , and at the moment regarded their situation here in Normandy as an improvement on Achnacarry . |
| 16 | He has been to my constituency recently , although he did not inform me of the fact . |
| 17 | But she did not tell me about the food , or the cold , or the unkind teachers . |
| 18 | He would not let me off the hook until I had confessed that I could no longer work with my boss . |
| 19 | Unfortunately though , my nose will not let me off the hook and I am forced to leave it . |
| 20 | Looking forward to the circus , but could I ask you not to throw me to the lions until I 've got my accounts in order ? |
| 21 | ‘ And , ’ she added a little triumphantly , ‘ if my performance as a parlourmaid does n't satisfy , then have the goodness to dismiss me , not bully me in the middle of the night . ’ |
| 22 | You do n't want me in the harness room , do you . |
| 23 | Please do n't throw me on the floor ! |
| 24 | Fortunately they did n't knock me on the head or anything which they could have done , could n't they ? |
| 25 | Ca n't hang me from the yard-arm , though . |
| 26 | I would n't trust me on the golf club scene . |
| 27 | You do n't need me for the moment , but I 'll be back this afternoon . |
| 28 | You did n't recognise me without the leotard . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's great because I can ride it to the beach and people do n't recognise me beneath the helmet . |
| 30 | ‘ Confidentiality ’ may mean my right ( or wish ) that you do not pass on what I have told you ( or do n't identify me as the informant ) , or it may mean my wish ( or right ) that you do not pass on information about me , or , with ‘ professional ’ prefixed , it may mean that our group will support each other by saying nothing about each other 's judgements , competencies or foibles . |