Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [v-ing] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That letter had unnerved her and now she could not face speaking to the man who had written it . |
| 2 | Under this pressure , all ordinary human ambivalence and doubt is outlawed : adopters become guilty or angry when the relationship does not proceed according to the fantasy or reality of ordinary parenting ; children suppress their fantasies of an alternative life with birth parents — or hold on to that fantasy all the more tenaciously — and birth mothers , in particular , are pushed into a denial of their own experience and feelings . |
| 3 | However , often the best way of challenging a dysfunctional attitude is to test out the validity of the attitude , for example a client who believed he could not stand going to a party might be invited to test this belief out by going , for at least part of the time . |
| 4 | If a material like glass does not fail owing to the spread of a crack from some local defect then how does it fail ? |
| 5 | No one must be false to that oath , but in order to return a collective verdict , the verdict of you all , there must necessarily be argument , and a certain amount of give and take and adjustment of views within the scope of the oath you have taken , and it makes for great public inconvenience and expense if jurors can not agree owing to the unwillingness of one of their number to listen to the arguments of the rest . |
| 6 | No I do n't fancy going to a party I do n't think . |
| 7 | I thought we could have lunch in the garden after your inspection — I 've already arranged for the fridge to be restocked — and afterwards , if you do n't fancy going to the beach , we could go out in my boat , or I 'll take you for a tour of North Zealand , through the quaint old villages with their farmhouses and gardens full of hollyhocks and the beech woods . |
| 8 | Besides , I did n't fancy going to the Chapel and having all the family looking down their noses at me . |
| 9 | I still do n't enjoy going to the dentist but I have to admit that the modern men are wonderful . |
| 10 | She did n't mind talking to the doctor for a few minutes , if that was what he wanted . |
| 11 | He did n't mind responding to a panic call at such a late hour , especially not when it meant transporting three microwave ovens up to the Hall and so getting an advance peek at the preparations . |
| 12 | you sit , that 's why I do n't like going to the theatre with Derek , he , he does n't clap or anything ! |
| 13 | ‘ You do n't like coming to the Refuge do you . ’ |
| 14 | I just ca n't stop chatting to the paper . |
| 15 | ‘ You could n't risk going to the theatre with me , not for a while anyway . |
| 16 | I decided to join a slimming club when I was 20 and lost a stone , but I could n't stand going to the club . |
| 17 | I have n't got it , you did n't give me your money this morning so I did n't bother going to the building society |
| 18 | He certainly wo n't go running to the Führer . ’ |
| 19 | Luce could n't recall referring to the Trevi by name … |
| 20 | Now she did n't regret agreeing to a meeting . |