Example sentences of "not [verb] [pron] [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not think I deserved this sort of treatment . |
| 2 | He was now , in any case , extremely happy ; " I 'm the luckiest man in the world , " he told Robert Giroux , and to Joseph Chiari he said that he did not think he deserved such happiness . |
| 3 | It did not make him feel any cleaner . |
| 4 | It is not right to share feelings in a sentence such as ‘ You make me feel … ’ because in actuality the other person does not make us feel this way . |
| 5 | However , we would not want everyone to have this capability or we would spawn lots of different expert systems . |
| 6 | No ! he would shout , and make it clear that we would not discuss it … he used an expletive that I have not used , indicating that he did not want me to raise that subject with him . ’ |
| 7 | Even the enthusiasm of a Maury Temerlin ( 1976 ) does not tempt him to attribute this level of sophistication to Ameslan Lucy ; in part , for the obvious reason , that she would then be at risk to what is on the other side of this coin — moral guilt . |
| 8 | Perhaps he did not trust himself to mount that stool and do what he had to do . |
| 9 | It may mean some gentle but very straight talking , if your parent does not realise your need to have time alone with your friends , but if you can not bring yourself to establish this right , you will have precious little hope of organising any other social activities that will give you a break from daily routine . |
| 10 | One of the gunmen had been instructed to kill Thakin Nu , who was elsewhere , but he could not bring himself to slay this man known for his religious piety . |
| 11 | I am naturally extremely sorry to hear of the personal circumstances that the hon. Gentleman very properly brings to the attention of the House , but he will not expect me to prejudge any issue of criminality that may arise . |
| 12 | ‘ Those new masters of yours will not expect you to adopt this perspective . |
| 13 | Not that Eliot harboured any illusions about the efficacy of his work — although Notes … was selling well , he did not expect it to have much influence . |
| 14 | you do not mind my taking this method of answering your letter and I hope that you , I did not put you to too much trouble to locate a recorder to listen to the tape , I am just too lazy to write it all down and think that what I have to say I can put it better in words than what I can on paper , I 'll let you do that part . |
| 15 | Timex boss Mohammed Saleh said union demands that 343 sacked workers be taken back ‘ not realistic … they did everything possible not to help us keep that plant going ’ . |
| 16 | If the impassioned pleas are directed at those close to the culprits , I can not see them having much effect . |
| 17 | At the Federal level there is an Office of the Co-ordination of Soil and Water Conservation , but it has a tiny staff and its position within the Ministry of Agriculture does not enable it to have much influence on land-use decisions . |
| 18 | I 'll not have you blaming that lass ! |
| 19 | ‘ It 's all right , I 'm not asking you to divulge that purpose . |
| 20 | Staring down , he said , ‘ We 're not letting you escape this time , you freak of nature . |
| 21 | It is not known who suggested this alteration , but anyhow the problem was solved ; in the words of John Farey [ q.v . ] : |
| 22 | On the basis of our stated principles we can therefore say that unc and unc are both real properties of the proton B. However quantum mechanics does not permit them to enjoy this status simultaneously , since they correspond to operators which do not commute with each other ( p. 28 ) . |
| 23 | League regulations do not permit us to pay any money on behalf of Vinnie , except what is in his contract . |
| 24 | oh , is that what Mr said , I 'm not stopping you asking this witness at all , I do n't want , you mention the brochures and I do n't want to ask him questions , the kind I want to ask , er , with which they 're not asked by Counsel , I should n't ask at this stage anyway , but by all means ask Mr about it , I just thought Mr said , when I tried , asked him about it , very understandably , Mr the man , cos you are totally free to ask about it of course |
| 25 | You did not mean it to happen this time . |
| 26 | But on the question of grant maintained , of course , let's not forget what happened some time ago in places like Manchester Grammar School erm long before we had this new opting out legislation they were forced by the Labour Government to go direct grant , which they did , and they are a highly successful and I could rehearse just as many success stories , in fact many times more than Jack has rehearsed with his Hull Grammar School . |
| 27 | A generous interpretation aids both plaintiffs ( who may need to have service effected before proceeding to judgment ) and defendants ( who can benefit from knowledge of pending proceedings ) ; and the state of destination does not commit itself to recognise any judgment the plaintiff may ultimately obtain , for service facilitates proceedings and does not authenticate them . |
| 28 | ‘ We have managed to keep relations very harmonious for many years and we will not let anything disrupt that harmony , ’ he said . |
| 29 | The white missionary before you would not let us have this ceremony , said Joseph . |
| 30 | During all the years that the Scottish Select Committee existed , I do not recall it undertaking that task . |