Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [pron] [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sugar said Venables was still empowered to return as a non-executive director , but was adamant he did not want his opponent at the club . |
| 2 | The accused was guilty of manslaughter even though he did not direct his attack at the victim . |
| 3 | In 1982 , two days before he died , he wrote a document in his own handwriting headed ‘ My Will by Percy Winterbone ’ but did not sign his name at the foot of the document . |
| 4 | Many Arabs , including many who are nominally members of the anti-Saddam coalition , can not conceal their glee at the attacks on Israel . |
| 5 | Many Labour MPs could not hide their glee at the SNP 's action , such is their antipathy to cross-party co-operation . |
| 6 | However in order to avoid creating unsightly surroundings , obstructing the highway , and to reduce scavenging by animals please DO NOT put your refuse at the kerbside earlier than the evening before collection day . |
| 7 | I did n't understand his disability at the time , for he had a progressive muscular disease . |
| 8 | She bent her head so he could n't see her blush at the thought that he meant their own relationship , and pretended to do something to the heel of her shoe . |
| 9 | Her father had wanted her to turn out to be something exotic , an actress perhaps , or even , in the camera-obsessed sixties , a model , and he could n't conceal his disappointment at the growth of a big-boned daughter who seemed without ambition . |
| 10 | Because I do n't take his manoeuvre at the end seriously — his request for guidance . |
| 11 | Remember how nasty it was the last time you were sick ? ’ or ‘ Do n't leave your doll at the top of the stairs , because someone might trip over it and fall to the bottom . |
| 12 | He did n't tell his father at the time , but he longed to help his parents financially with his younger brother 's and sister 's education . |
| 13 | Please do n't pick your nose at the table . |
| 14 | His coupe-coupe and his other tapping tools hung limply in his hands at his sides , and he did n't raise his head at the Corsican 's approach . |