Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [pn reflx] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An unsporting Stratford Herald critic , leaving Shakespeare country for a night out in Coventry , could not bring himself to join in the fun . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Caretaker could n't bring himself to collude with the titter . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She would n't allow herself to think of the past . |