Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WildMr Weston said : ‘ We are appealing to members of the public who can give them a good home to adopt them so we do not have to put them down . ’ |
| 2 | The Russians were determined to remove every last item of its inventory , down to the lavatory brushes and the steel tracks on which the dockyard trains ran : indeed it was a miracle to me that they did not demand the cobblestones as well . |
| 3 | He also told the group and me that we did not do anything right . |
| 4 | ‘ It seemed to me that it did not please you greatly when you first tasted it . ’ |
| 5 | She had never farmed before , and she told me that it did not come easy . |
| 6 | Love and attention being the rewards of infantile behaviour , it only amazes me that I did not think of the idea sooner . |
| 7 | But Mr Frankland 's next words showed me that I did not need to worry . |
| 8 | ( If my private test convinces me that I do not want what you think I want , I assume error in your reading of me the public tests , which I must expose or leave you unanswered . ) |
| 9 | Years later she told me that she did not like that book , and I do not know if that were due to a momentary impatience with it or if ( as I hope it was not ) it was a permanent feeling of dissatisfaction , for it seems to me so beautiful . |
| 10 | I can only recall one occasion when he expressed a quiet boast ; he took delight in telling me that he did not have one paper qualification to his name . |
| 11 | Thank you for informing me that you do not wish to pursue your initial interest in the above Group . |
| 12 | We should be talking with them and going out of our way to assure them that we do not wish to engage in a price war . |
| 13 | McKee suggests that it was important to them that they did not return to a pre-adult state of dependence upon their parents . |
| 14 | Having appealed against East Herts ' refusal of listed building consent , they withdrew from a public inquiry at a late stage after their intended expert witness informed them that they did not have a strong enough case . |
| 15 | He told them that he did not like the company they were keeping — — presumably the DHAC — but he did participate . |
| 16 | Not every one of you can see me and I do not see each of you . |
| 17 | He added : ‘ I was in a place once when a man fired a gun at me and I did not like it at all . |
| 18 | The view mentioned by the hon. Gentleman has never been put to me and I did not see the article to which he referred . |
| 19 | It was all around me and I did not dare to go in any direction . |
| 20 | My father told me one evening that neither he nor my mother would think the worse of me if I did not go . |
| 21 | My hon. Friend will forgive me if I do not respond to one part of his question . |
| 22 | There is a great gulf between ‘ popular culture ’ ( excuse me if I do not try to define the term ) and contemporary art . |
| 23 | Users have to ensure that the software works for them and they do not end up working for the software . |
| 24 | Against the use of a letter it must be noted that it is not easy to write a short but very clear letter explaining everything the informant may want to know , and if the recipient decides that she or he does not want to co-operate then she/he is warned in advance of the interviewer 's call . |
| 25 | After his election , he went to the ‘ Milanese ’ church of San Carlo Borromeo and quite openly wept ( why not ? we used to pray for the ‘ gift of tears ’ ) as he quoted the words of Jesus to Peter : ‘ When you were young , you girded yourself and walked where you would ; but when you are old , you will stretch out your hands , and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go ’ ( John 21.18 ) . |
| 26 | So ecstatic was she that she did not notice Edward fumbling with his clothes until she became aware of moist clingy flesh , thrusting and rubbing . |
| 27 | ‘ I can only assure you that I did not break into your house with any harmful intent . |
| 28 | He said , ‘ I think I ought to tell you that I do not grieve for my mother . ’ |
| 29 | Delaunay , who earlier in the year had held an important exhibition together with Marie Laurencin at the Galerie Barbazanges , did not show at the Section d'Or , and wrote an open letter to Vauxcelles : ‘ I beg to inform you that I do not subscribe to the erroneously held opinions of Monsieur Hourcade which proclaim me as a founder of Cubism together with four of my colleagues and friends . |
| 30 | I know something about you that you do not know yourself ’ He paused , again as if to let me prepare myself . |