Example sentences of "they do not [vb infin] me [adv] " in BNC.

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1 They did not threaten me personally , but they made it clear that they could kill us all .
2 They did not push me out of their watering hole because I was unsuitably dressed , but because females are only admissible if they are willing to pose as deferential ‘ little women ’ .
3 They were heavy : I 'd have to wedge them in the middle so they did n't drag me down sideways .
4 They did n't strike me as particularly courteous .
5 ‘ No , they did n't throw me out , miss ; I got fed up with the chatter .
6 They did n't search me straightaway because it was time to change the guard at six o'clock precisely .
7 When I look back at what I learnt in college I 'm disappointed to think that they did n't teach me more .
8 And I could n't bear to be with women I did like because it reminded me forcibly that they did n't turn me on . ’
9 I 'm sure when I op opened , I 'm sure when I got my T S B they did n't charge me that much .
10 And I say can I go to Hertford please and they did n't ask me how old I was , they just like the next thing I knew I was whacked out this six hundred quid ticket .
11 They did n't notice me so I made myself unobtrusive and listened .
12 Er they do n't move us on or they do n't move me on in my thinking , and they do n't lay down the charge , cos they 're predictable and and they 're using .
13 They do n't pay me much , but I 'm looking about me for a good opportunity .
14 I 'm not going to leave you with statistics , they do n't get me any longer , I 've developed an immunity to statistics , thank God .
15 If anyone rings and they do n't find me in , it 's not because I am at a wild party or something , it 's probably because I 'm shopping or walking my dog . ’
16 So in some states it 's sixteen , in some states it 's eighteen , in some states twenty one er and Reagan thought it would be quite a good idea if they had uniformity across America er in which , you know , that they would raise the drinking age to twenty one er and this would then er reduce the incidence of teenage drunk driving and if you 've ever been in an American bar you will know you 're very often funnily enough they do n't ask me so much these days but you 're very often asked to prove your age , you know , er and you have to produce your driver 's licence and all the rest of it erm and so he increasing
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