Example sentences of "[vb past] not [verb] me [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leslie did not want me to go with him to the station , and so I watched him from the hotel-room window , his jaunty walk bravely exaggerated . |
| 2 | My father and Elizabeth did not want me to go to England alone , because I had been so ill . |
| 3 | ( My ex-husband did not want me working in Oman with him , and even when I was in the UK arranging the divorce he took steps to prevent me returning to Oman to teach until he had himself left the country in 1987 . ) |
| 4 | They did not offer me works of comparable greatness as alternatives , so their objections were hardly a problem . |
| 5 | The obligation of the bath Mrs Webster never failed to observe , though she did not trust me to keep to the statutory four inches , but ran the water in for me , adding , in spite of my protests , a most nauseous soap powder . |
| 6 | Either he did not wish me to get into trouble or , more probable , he did not relish the thought of giving me so much gelt — sixpence . |
| 7 | Perhaps you did n't want me to talk to you . |
| 8 | He did n't want me to worry about my health . |
| 9 | Perhaps she did n't want me to worry about it . |
| 10 | ’ She did n't want me to think about it too much . |
| 11 | ‘ My brother did n't want me to stay with him , ’ Katherine blurted out . |
| 12 | They did n't make me part of their discussions . |
| 13 | Of course I was far too small , and they 'd have swum away from me in fright anyway , but that did n't stop me trying on occasion . |
| 14 | I had heard rumours that Jack the Ripper was about in the night , but that did n't stop me launching into the fog . |
| 15 | But it did n't stop me sleeping with him . |
| 16 | But you did n't let me go like that ! |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm not a sweeper and they did n't buy me to play as one . |
| 18 | My husband did n't like me talking about the theatre although he had encouraged me to do so when we were courting . |
| 19 | I rather liked the name ‘ Louise ’ but not the snowballs , and from that day on until I left school the girls who did n't like me called after me : ‘ There goes Miss Louise . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ So you did n't mind me dancing with other people ? ’ |
| 21 | He had not expected me to ask about his 1936 visit to Nazi Germany . |
| 22 | ‘ I did ask him why he had n't let me know on his way there that he would be coming later . |