Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [to-vb] [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would like it made clear that the line is not a public right of way , but he does not object to access under suitably controlled circumstances . |
| 2 | The steady flow of emigrants from the British Isles meant that landowners in the West Indies did not need to look further afield to find workers for growing tobacco , for which they needed a relatively small labour force working all the year round . |
| 3 | His widow , Anna-Maria St Albyn , did not choose to live in so isolated a place , and her great nephew , heir to the estate , was still a child . |
| 4 | We do n't want to go on forever making lovely things that do n't suit us ( notice this is a useful expression for ‘ too small ’ ) simply because some knitting pattern has told us how many rows and stitches to work . |
| 5 | I did n't want to wind up permanently parked on the Pipeline reef . |
| 6 | She could n't wait to wake up tomorrow to see what disaster that day would bring ! |
| 7 | There did not seem much point in working at my research , because I did n't expect to live long enough to finish my Ph.D . |
| 8 | They wo n't have to travel so far to work . |
| 9 | I says on a night-time , I said , you know , she ca n't leave her home now , I said , she ca n't manage to put coal on fire , and she ca n't manage to get up up to eat and drink and that , I said , I do n't mind dropping off and taking me turn on the night-time but I mean , but it 's hard , it 's hard with me with kids every night . |
| 10 | I ca n't afford to hang around here waiting until you deign to come back to collect me . |
| 11 | It seems that a lot of the new guitar players in bands do n't seem to go back anymore to check who their idols were influenced by — like , they 'll go as far back as Jimmy Page then stop , without finding out about his influences … |