Example sentences of "[vb past] not [verb] [prep] the [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | She tried not to look at the easy , mutual affection of Finn , Francie and the dumb woman . |
| 5 | So I decided not to go to the Literary Club but to stay at home . |
| 6 | I decided not to go until the following morning . ’ |
| 7 | I decided not to vote for the first time in 37 years because of the EC . |
| 8 | Davis , who won the world title for the sixth time in May , decided not to compete in the first two ranking events in Hong Hong and Bangkok . |
| 9 | And this of course , included not playing in the Grand Slam Cup because I was defending the idea of the ATP Tour . |
| 10 | I also learned not to step on the shiny ones and that red pebbles usually have sharp edges on top . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | We held an investigation and realised that some of the records held by the accounts departments did not tally with the real situation . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Dick Crossman , like myself , was a Wykehamist but did not benefit from the outstanding facilities for scientific education that were available at Winchester . |
| 15 | The brown carpet was cigarette-burned and none too clean , but at least it did not clash with the shabby beige of the walls . |
| 16 | The Judaism of the Pharisees and Scribes did not care for the lost . |
| 17 | She did not care for the serious young men who toured the Home Office and the Treasury with her . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Only 4 amino acids did not match with the human sequence , whereas 9 amino acids did not match with mouse peptide . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Revenues generated by this channel did not go through the joint venture , rather through Kam Circuits , which contributed to its good performance . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He did not go into the United Friendly office , where ex-girlfriend , Sandra Sturgiss , was working . |
| 25 | He did not go into the United Friendly office , where ex-girlfriend Sandra Sturgiss , was working , but staggered into a neighbouring office , ablaze from the waist upwards . |
| 26 | He did not go into the United Friendly office , where his ex-girlfriend , Sandra Sturgiss , was working . |
| 27 | Anna did not go to the front door but round the back . |
| 28 | Both of these places are within walking distance of Docklands but I did not go to the Great British Beer Festival . |
| 29 | But I did not go to the Great British Beer Festival . |
| 30 | One study showed that about half of teenage mothers did not go to the antenatal clinic until the third or fourth month , almost one in five had waited until the fifth month of pregnancy , and a few did not go at all . |