Example sentences of "not [verb] [pers pn] [verb] and [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simply expressed , there is no point in talking politics to the powerful if you are powerless and can not force them to listen and act on what you have to say . |
| 2 | And when I was talking to her she said , oh well you should give her something , but not to send her to sleep and make her drowsy . |
| 3 | While you can substitute another activity for one the patient wants to abandon , you should not allow him to stop and do nothing . |
| 4 | You can teach him , but I can not allow you to go and see him dressed as you are . |
| 5 | The point is , you see , that I did not ask you to go and look at the time on that clock ; I merely asked you to study the numerals on it . |
| 6 | You do n't want me to come and see how you 're getting on |
| 7 | Not like , I mean I was making my way there , he was making his way there and I would n't want them to come and pick me up in the car |
| 8 | Even though I 'd told you there was no point in your harbouring hopes , I somehow had n't expected you to up and leave . |
| 9 | Because if if we er if we do n't hear a bit in the background and we do n't hear the style in the individual er on the phone then we wo n't invite them to come and have discussions with us . |
| 10 | She was stuck there with the bags , she could n't leave them to go and pick the child up . |
| 11 | Alice had said : ‘ It 's a pity your husband did n't leave him to drown and save himself , but I suppose that on the spur of the moment he did n't weigh up the relative value of a useful teaching career and pimpled stupidity . ’ |
| 12 | He had n't wanted them to come and disturb his peace , that was obvious . |
| 13 | Because a client can not pay you , you ca n't say you wo n't act for him , you ca n't tell him to go and sort the Inland Revenue out himself . |
| 14 | And Gill gave her job to go and work in the shop and he would n't let her go and work in it . |
| 15 | I hope they do n't ask me to come and do a benefit concert up there . |
| 16 | We ca n't ask them to come and keep us warm from behind , er keep the draught off us from behind and |
| 17 | I did n't ask you to come and pry into my life — ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm sorry we ca n't ask you to come and see us again , but we live very quietly . ’ |