Example sentences of "not [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The enduring point is that close links did not make finance the slave of industry . |
| 2 | And we did not want to miss the opportunity of having such a wonderful day , complete with the white wedding car . |
| 3 | Ed , I think argued a very strong case for a greater level of influence of trade unionists in the Party than is suggested in this reform and I can see the force of those remarks but the C E C adopted the position that we did not want to take a position of dominance to the Party Conference . |
| 4 | It has taken five years to get this one right and the Government will not want to repeat the mistakes of the mid-1980s when Nigel Lawson thought he had beaten inflation , only to discover that it was just sleeping . |
| 5 | The generally low-key Libyan response suggests that Col Gaddafi is intent on riding out the sanctions and does not want to repeat the mistakes of President Saddam Hussein of Iraq , who provoked the West last year by taking foreign workers hostage as ‘ human shields ’ . |
| 6 | She did not want to waste a moment of the time they would have . |
| 7 | Ĺeonie did not want to see the ambulance from the clinic arrive . |
| 8 | The non-enrollers who did not want to do a course in the future gave a variety of responses but financial factors , not needing the qualification at work , and being interested only in the ‘ target ’ course were their main reasons . |
| 9 | I do not want to ignore the wood for the sake of labelling all the trees . |
| 10 | But he too , it seemed , did not want to spend an evening with his brother-in-law , but said less about his reasons than the voluble Edward . |
| 11 | They did not want to lose an oar in the wild water . |
| 12 | ‘ I do not want to labour the failures of the past but I do want to emphasise that many of the problems that are now being tackled are the legacy of past management failure . ’ |
| 13 | But remember , I definitely do not want to create a school of the ready-made ; far from it . |
| 14 | ‘ We do not want to create a loophole in the law to allow churches to run a supermarket-type shop on their premises , ’ said Mr Burns . |
| 15 | Planning officer John Earle said : ‘ There is still real fear about the density of population in the area should the scheme be approved , and we certainly do not want to create a ghetto of the future . |
| 16 | The polls show that about 70 per cent of American troops do not want to risk the lives of American troops to achieve such goals . |
| 17 | Although it was their wood , a place where they often came , Libby felt herself to be an intruder , she did not want to disturb the figure by the water , who was now breaking pieces of stick and dropping them at his feet . |
| 18 | However , I would certainly not want to give a commitment about a further debate . |
| 19 | The hon. Gentleman supports high spending and progressive teaching methods but seems indifferent to the results , which he does not want to give the public in any comprehensible form . |
| 20 | Since the Observer 's leaks , indignant ministers do not want to give the impression of being bounced into publication . |
| 21 | We do not want to carry the image of middle age in other people 's eyes , nor do we wish to think of ourselves as getting old . |
| 22 | Fru Gertlinger knew that Elisabeth did not want to unpick the past with her and she never made mention of it . |
| 23 | In fact , the only serious problems at this ‘ stage involved children who did not want to leave the security of the one home they knew . |
| 24 | You will not want to leave the needles in holding position so you must learn how to return them , since this will give you the reverse of the shaping . |
| 25 | Why do n't you ever mention where your change of clothes come from when you go on those long journeys , I was dying to ask , but I did not want to stop the flow of his fatal attraction and eccentric erudition . |
| 26 | The quantity given will stuff a 5kg/10lb turkey fore and aft , as you do not want to cram the bird to bursting . |
| 27 | I did not want to share the rest of my life with a ghost . |
| 28 | Tom Murray did not want to have a lot of girlfriends , but just one for good , one he could be deeply serious about . |
| 29 | You know your own body , its capabilities and limitations , I do not want to specify the number of times you should attempt each exercise . |
| 30 | And I for one would not want to question the validity of people like these — and the many others I have n't mentioned — who have the guts and determination to become young masters of their instruments . |