Example sentences of "not [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I had not heard him cry for six years . |
| 2 | Erm reference has been made er a couple of times to the appendix which I attached to my submission , that 's the map and the schedule of strategic constraints , I feel I ought not to let it pass without some comment . |
| 3 | It was in their interests to make work for the dental profession and sell vitamin C , not to let it get about that simply by keeping their hands where they ought to be young people could have healthy teeth and gums for life . |
| 4 | This was one of the voyages in which the men of science were in charge , in that the point of the expedition was scientific ; often there had been frustration among scientists on voyages because the captain 's instructions , or his interpretation of them , did not let him stay at interesting places as long as they would have liked , or put enough boats and crews at their disposal . |
| 5 | ‘ I had intended to secure your favour , or I would not let you live for this insult . ’ |
| 6 | The pluralist perspective will not help us deal with these problems because it is more interested in political behaviour than in the role of ideas in society . |
| 7 | Peter does n't make me laugh at all . |
| 8 | ‘ Do n't make me think of that . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't make me suffer like this ! ’ |
| 10 | No le , make it , do n't make him score in extra time just |
| 11 | ‘ Surely they ca n't make them fly through that , can they ? ’ |
| 12 | I only wish the box 's artwork did n't make it seem like such a hoot . |
| 13 | They are the best , they 're made in Smithfield , Smithfield market , and they 're the best ones yo I certainly have n't seen him come across any that are better . |
| 14 | And he would n't let me go at nine o'clock if he thought I had n't have been knackered and ready to fall down you know . |
| 15 | But you did n't let me go like that ! |
| 16 | Please God , do n't let me become like fat Dalziel . |
| 17 | ‘ You should n't let him bark like that . ’ |
| 18 | I was thinking , I should n't let him talk like this , he 's drawing a net round me . |
| 19 | You ca n't let him act like that ! ’ continued the other woman , and Agnes noticed that as she spoke she kept rapidly shaking her head from left to right and right to left , at the same time lifting her shoulders and eyebrows expressing indignant astonishment that someone had refused to respect her friend 's human rights . |
| 20 | Oh I should n't let them go for any less than five pound a pair . |
| 21 | But do n't let it come to that , Sabrina . |
| 22 | But I ca n't let it happen like that , and whether they get him or not — and I doubt they will — I have to be there . |
| 23 | If you say , ‘ I wo n't let you go to any parties ’ or ‘ You ca n't go out to play for a week ’ you will probably reconsider when you cool down , change your mind and thus lose credibility . |