Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [pn reflx] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thinking that the police were arresting the wrong man , he attempted to attract the arresting policeman 's attention , and seized his arm for this purpose , since he could not make himself heard over the hubbub . |
| 2 | An unsporting Stratford Herald critic , leaving Shakespeare country for a night out in Coventry , could not bring himself to join in the fun . |
| 3 | They do not see themselves included in the generic ‘ he ’ . |
| 4 | She did not let herself think of the Scarabae . |
| 5 | Tony said he would not allow himself to get into the same state and that he would talk to someone about how he was feeling , probably his father or even his mother , and that he would try to do something active about his problems , rather than just giving up . |
| 6 | Caretaker could n't bring himself to collude with the titter . |
| 7 | Okay , so his grant will be pegged at its 1990 level ; but he ca n't see himself borrowing from the loan scheme introduced by the Government through the major banks . |
| 8 | Silicon Graphics Inc says it 's giving a lot more headroom to software these days and is looking hard at NT in the wake of the recent NT developers ' conference ; it also wants to get into the high-end Apple Computer Inc Macintosh market and migrate those users over to ‘ real machines ’ that let them realise some of their hopes and dreams but it ca n't see itself going below the $5,000 mark . |
| 9 | I could n't stop myself thinking of the nights she had spent with Harry and wanting to know how much she had enjoyed them . |
| 10 | He enjoyed her body , though he would n't allow himself to dwell on the pleasure it gave him , and being away from her , even for one day , was a kind of purgatory . |
| 11 | She would n't allow herself to think of the past . |
| 12 | When she sat down she did n't let herself rest against the back of the chair . |
| 13 | Crucially , it 's faster ; it wo n't take an age to scroll through a document , spell checking takes only seconds and you wo n't find yourself waiting for the word processor to catch up with your touch typing . |