Example sentences of "not [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theodora did not want to give it that chance . |
| 2 | In addition , since the Directive did not define investors , it seemed conclusive to the Court that it was not intended to give them enforceable rights . |
| 3 | Strange , Mowbray pondered , that Adam had not come to see them this Christmas . |
| 4 | Ruth was tempted to tell her that at the time she had not had the vicar in mind , but since Mrs Peterson had not come to bring her any comfort , she simply turned her face to the wall . |
| 5 | Kate quickly shrugged it off herself , not wanting to give him any chance of coming near her . |
| 6 | I 'm not looking to give you constructive feedback on them , I 'm just looking to see what grade it gets so you go down and put it in a pigeon hole . |
| 7 | What that exhibition in fact is doing is that it 's not saying here 's a new spirit in painting , it 's saying that we the organizers , having not bothered to show you these things in the sixties and seventies , will now allow you to see them in the eighties , and we will pretend there 's a new spirit because we think it 's good for the art world to have new fashions , new movements , or at least something new going on that will produce some kind of emotional pressure . |
| 8 | I 'm not going to lose it this time . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm not going to give her any clues . |
| 10 | Like the purr , the key message of the smile is ‘ I am NOT going to do you any harm ’ . |
| 11 | And erm they said well you 've got to come off it , you know , were not going to do you this time , but you 've got to come straight , stop doing it all , erm , cos you 've been reported and your on the Social Security . |
| 12 | ‘ They asked to be on it and it 's not going to do us any harm to have Slash and Ozzy on the new album , is it ? |
| 13 | ‘ If your form is n't so clear , you 're not going to get it right sitting on the bench . ’ |
| 14 | Did n't get last time , and I 'm not going to get it this time , either . |
| 15 | I just hope i t 's not going to haunt me this year because I really would n't want that . ’ |
| 16 | The shapechangers were not going to offer her any protection . |
| 17 | The arrival of Deacon Billingsley should have given me the satisfaction that my telephone call had been treated seriously , but I sensed this policeman was not going to offer me any satisfaction at all . |
| 18 | Her facetiousness was not going to win her any friends . |
| 19 | ‘ Do not begin to ask me idiotic questions , ’ he warned . |
| 20 | a person commits an offence if , for payment or not , he knowingly exposes or delivers to another person who has not consented to receive it any item which , on the ground that matter contained or embodied in it — ( a ) is concerned with human or animal sexuality , or ( b ) depicts violence or cruelty , or ( c ) is gruesome or disgusting , may , if taken as a whole , be expected to outrage the majority of persons who are likely , having regard to all relevant circumstances , to read , see or hear it . |
| 21 | I 'm not intending to do you any harm . ’ |
| 22 | It was great and they did not seem to cause us many problems . |
| 23 | ( It will be found in Volume I of Hume 's Treatise which should be read at first hand , as we are not trying to do it any justice here . ) |
| 24 | Father Boniface would not refuse to do us this service , if you require it . ’ |
| 25 | One of the most positive aspects of Switchboard that I 've seen over the past seven years , apart from the callers , has been the way that many of its members have continuously struggled to put their politics and convictions about gay and other rights into practice ( though some of them might not care to put it that way ) and the strength that working on it has given some people to do so elsewhere . |
| 26 | Unless you have agreed that we may disclose information about your personal affairs ( or we are required by law to do so ) , such information will remain confidential to us provided you have not failed to repay us any money properly demanded from you ( see next bullet point b ) . |
| 27 | It was , ‘ If you guys want to do it , you can do it ; whatever you decide to do I 'll be behind you , but I do n't want to push you either way because you 're individuals . ’ |
| 28 | If anyone says to you , Oh you do n't want to remember it that way . |
| 29 | I would n't want to cause her any distress . ’ |
| 30 | Patiently , I went through the same arguments that I 'd used with Mazzin himself , emphasizing that we did n't want any trouble but would n't tolerate abuse , and that we felt Islamic Jihad did n't want to cause us unnecessary distress . |