Example sentences of "not [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [prep] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't make me think of that . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Surely they ca n't make them fly through that , can they ? ’ |
| 4 | But you did n't let me go like that ! |
| 5 | ‘ You should n't let him bark like that . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But do n't let it come to that , Sabrina . |
| 8 | 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 . |