Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she came to the kitchen when summoned to help , and she tried not to grumble at the repetitive nature of the work and the talk . |
| 2 | As soon as the cold fingers let go for a moment , I pulled my hand quickly back , put a pile of books in front of the broken window , and tried not to listen to the desperate cries outside . |
| 3 | Gans tried not to act like a formal researcher : |
| 4 | The fellow shrugged and Athelstan tried not to concentrate on the great yellowing ulcer on the right side of his face , the pus now suppurating , bubbling out , staining his -cheek . |
| 5 | She tried not to look at the easy , mutual affection of Finn , Francie and the dumb woman . |
| 6 | Celie strived not to conform to a stereotyped henpecked housebound wife . |
| 7 | She screamed , a cry that seemed not to come from a human throat , a deathyell of mortal agony and longing . |
| 8 | The council decided not to appeal during a special meeting of its policy and resources committee . |
| 9 | So I decided not to go to the Literary Club but to stay at home . |
| 10 | I decided not to go until the following morning . ’ |
| 11 | And this of course , included not playing in the Grand Slam Cup because I was defending the idea of the ATP Tour . |
| 12 | I also learned not to step on the shiny ones and that red pebbles usually have sharp edges on top . |
| 13 | Against the left-hand wall stood an old-fashioned gas stove so heavy that Meg was unable to move it to clean behind it and preferred not to think of the accumulated grease of decades gumming it to the wall . |
| 14 | We held an investigation and realised that some of the records held by the accounts departments did not tally with the real situation . |
| 15 | Needless to say , this attitude did not make for a good marriage . |
| 16 | Their success at the game did not make for an easy relationship , though . |
| 17 | The term ‘ ecology ’ could be used as an umbrella to cover a wide range of research traditions that did not interact at the detailed level , but which could be seen to deal with one aspect or another of the relationship between living things and their environment . |
| 18 | Dick Crossman , like myself , was a Wykehamist but did not benefit from the outstanding facilities for scientific education that were available at Winchester . |
| 19 | The brown carpet was cigarette-burned and none too clean , but at least it did not clash with the shabby beige of the walls . |
| 20 | The Judaism of the Pharisees and Scribes did not care for the lost . |
| 21 | She did not care for the serious young men who toured the Home Office and the Treasury with her . |
| 22 | Tyroglyphus , harmless to the vine but a deadly enemy of Phylloxera vastatrix , was imported in 1873 in an attempt to kill off the pest ; unfortunately , however , unlike phylloxera , Tyroglyphus did not care for the European climate and failed to settle . |
| 23 | They did not care about the burst tyre — all 14 inches and $400 of it — and could hardly be bothered to check the rest of the car . |
| 24 | Most of them did not control for a possible confounding effect of H pylori infection . |
| 25 | Only 4 amino acids did not match with the human sequence , whereas 9 amino acids did not match with mouse peptide . |
| 26 | You did not go through a religious ceremony with him . ’ |
| 27 | Mr Burtt has asked my advice on payment of the enclosed invoice for £690 for an order raised by Mrs Gregory which did not go through the agreed procedures , and which exceeds the total amount available for all staff . |
| 28 | Revenues generated by this channel did not go through the joint venture , rather through Kam Circuits , which contributed to its good performance . |
| 29 | Hammond did not go on the Irish expedition of 1649 , but remained on active service ; unlike Fairfax , he took part in the pre-emptive invasion of Scotland the following year . |
| 30 | I did not go into a perfect situation . |