Example sentences of "not [vb infin] your [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not cover your car for damage in an accident , therefore it is usually the sort of policy taken out by people with old cars . |
| 2 | Ending the agreement , whether by you or the Bank [ see Conditions 9 and 13 ] will not affect your responsibility for withdrawals made before the agreement is ended . |
| 3 | Do not regard your record of baseline behaviour , your seven to ten-day preparation phase , with an overly pessimistic , critical eye . |
| 4 | ‘ Does it not tie your stomach in knots to look at it ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You can not keep your eye on children every minute of the day , although people might make sure they do it now , ’ said the butcher . |
| 6 | What I did not realise when I bought the house was that in the winter , and sometimes in the summer , the fog rolls thickly in and you can not see your hand in front of your face . |
| 7 | ‘ We can be certain that the designer of Class AA ( an undergraduate student ) did not read your article in Wireless World unless it was translated into Japanese ; he can not , read , write or speak English . |
| 8 | I do not share your enthusiasm for trickle filters . |
| 9 | ‘ You can not live your life in fear that someone is going to attack you . |
| 10 | Just as you should not overload your argument with cases , you should not load it with too many separate points of law . |
| 11 | You must not lose your grip on reality , but you must think creatively . |
| 12 | or telephone when vehicles moving except in emergencies , you should only stick your fix or clip on microphone where it will not distract your attention from road , do not stop on a hard shoul shoulder of a motorway to answer or make a call however urgent . |
| 13 | Do not exceed your level of competence on risk issues or ask others to do so ; seek expert assistance where necessary . |
| 14 | Why not extend your stay in Corfu for a week or two in any of our Cruise ‘ n ’ Stay studios , hotels or apartments ? |
| 15 | But this alone will not purify your water of waste products that are invisible to the eye . |
| 16 | You should n't expose your lack of curves to the world . |
| 17 | And I hated having to give her my letters to you , but I could n't think how else to get in touch because I did n't know your address in Australia . ’ |
| 18 | Do n't show your face around Gere |
| 19 | You ca n't harass your debtor with demands which , because of their frequency or manner , will cause him or his family alarm , distress or humiliation . |
| 20 | It was quite a new idea over here , you did n't do your washing at home but brought it out to these machines , and the courteous manager greeted you and put in the soap powder for you , and had the clothes all ready for you when you came back , but was n't alas , as it turned out , much of a hand at doing the accounts . |
| 21 | If they had not abandoned you then you would not be here , you would not be wanting to run the width of the compound to drink the shit you would n't give your dog at home . |
| 22 | ‘ Please do n't break your promise to Dana — I shall survive ; and now you must excuse me , I have a lot to do before I go to the NEC . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Look , Clive , I do n't like what you do for a living , I do n't like the way you treat girls at parties , I do n't like your taste in shirts and I do n't like the way you look . |
| 24 | I have n't got that , and of course I could n't run your version of setver unless I had setver cos it would say incorrect DOS version . |
| 25 | But he wo n't understand your love of colour and excitement , your need to dream , and he 'll stifle you with his possessiveness … |
| 26 | ‘ They do n't sound your kind of couple at all . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Is it meaner than a dungeon so dark that you ca n't see your hand in front of your face ? ’ |
| 28 | Mr Gray said : ‘ Do n't poke your finger at Lord AldingtonDid you come here to nail him ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ No , I do n't suppose your circle of friends would include any architects . |
| 30 | Do n't change your pattern of prayer merely because someone mentions the latest method just arrived on view . |