Example sentences of "not [verb] [pron] [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I always said yes , even if I was drained , because I did not want him to chuck the ball to someone else . ’ |
| 2 | They did not want him to make the comparison himself . |
| 3 | ‘ But you do not want me to do an article for the City Press ? ’ |
| 4 | I did not want her to face the rings that dissolve into the banks of time 's pond when the dead-weight falls to its depths . |
| 5 | She could hardly descend on Giovanna Sassanta 's house without an appointment , and Anthony had made it abundantly clear that he did not want her to cross the threshold of his hospital . |
| 6 | ‘ I do not want you to say a word until you have drunk at least two glasses . ’ |
| 7 | Nutty had given them a thorough grounding in the process , and put out the evening feeds ready , not trusting them to get the quantities right . |
| 8 | It must surely be the case that the cat is competent to act as observer of its own survival or demise and does not need me to settle the issue for it . |
| 9 | The air waybill is not a full fledged document of title because the consignee does not need it to obtain the goods from the carrier . |
| 10 | Guillaume , it appears , did not exert himself to keep the promise and Modigliani repeatedly asked Zbo about them . |
| 11 | Though Musgrave did not bring himself to ask the soldier what he had seen , his impression was ‘ that Aimable had not been fattened up to the mark of the visitor 's large expectations ’ . |
| 12 | He could not bring himself to say the words , so great was his terror of plague . |
| 13 | At the last Arlott could not bring himself to sign the contract . |
| 14 | Lung cancer victim Roy could not bring himself to shake the hand of the former Prime Minister , who is said to earn £550,000 as a consultant for US tobacco giant Philip Morris . |
| 15 | But while there was praise in abundance , there were many people who felt in accord with his objectives and yet could not bring themselves to like the man himself , accusing him of cajolery , ruthlessness and arrogance ; not very pleasant traits for a man to have , unless of course the man has political aspirations ! |
| 16 | For most mentally-ill people are being looked after in the community anyway , by relatives and friends who can not bring themselves to have the people they love locked away . |
| 17 | When the flap of the tent was disturbed it began to shudder , but hunger was now so powerful a force in its life that it could not bring itself to leave the stench of the kill . |
| 18 | Overpoweringly jealous of the revolutionary claims of the Provincial Juntas , it could not bring itself to recognize the legality of their offspring . ’ |
| 19 | Jinny could not bring herself to tell the lie . |
| 20 | The pension was a voluntary gratuitous payment ant the words ’ except in the wool trade ’ were merely an intimation to Mr Wyatt that if he did enter the wool trade he must not expect them to continue the pension . |
| 21 | Even if the interviewer is using your first name she/he will not expect you to return the compliment unless you are specifically asked to do so . |
| 22 | A heated propagator will maintain a higher temperature than the ambient air , but do not expect it to achieve a lift of more than about 10°C ( ie , if you wish to maintain 21°C/70°F , the greenhouse should be heated to 10°C/50°F ) . |
| 23 | It is better not to colour it to match the bones , as the natural while clearly shows future workers what is false . |
| 24 | The governor had other officials whose posts entitled them to sit in his executive council , but although they might have looked like potential ministers the legislative assemblies could not use them to control the governor and , as the governor had no automatic right to dismiss his councillors , he could not use them as his ministers either . |
| 25 | the teacher acts as a conscience I I explained to them I 'm not expecting them to make the child do the work , but to be their conscience so they can say look you 've got three assessments coming in that week if you leave it till Friday night you 're up the creak without a paddle ! |
| 26 | The receptive field does not enable one to predict the responses to movements of a spot in the directions of the arrows ; these are shown round the outside of the figure . |
| 27 | It was , doubtless , agreeable for Mary Smith to become more Mary Smith , but that process did not enable her to find a job or make a living . |
| 28 | The model does not enable us to examine the effects of changes in aggregate demand on both output and prices . |
| 29 | ‘ And if you promise just one more thing — not to do anything to hurt the man I can never leave . ’ |
| 30 | But surely she could not wish her to reveal the matter to this poor dab of a parson ? |