Example sentences of "not [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John had asked her not to go up to the loft . |
| 2 | Then the buyer lost money because of the Gulf crisis , and the price of land was falling so he chose not to go through with the contract . |
| 3 | But Teesside Crown Court was told both brothers changed their minds and tried to persuade McEvoy not to go through with the burglary . |
| 4 | Their parents spent three years contemplating whether or not to go through with the separation , which was at first thought impossible because of the degree to which the girls were joined . |
| 5 | I did not like the prospect of playing in front of all these people who were all older than me and would see my violin playing from a critical view , but I had come this far , and it would be stupid not to go through with the audition . |
| 6 | ‘ I said you were crazy not to go along with the Corporation 's proposals , did n't I ? |
| 7 | She decided not to go back to the bank , because they would have had to create a special job for her . |
| 8 | This is a time to go forward with conviction and confidence , not to go back to the failure and bitter controversies of the past . |
| 9 | He agreed not to go back to the house and got a friend to collect some of his belongings . |
| 10 | very often find knowing that they 've left voluntarily to have babies and have decided not to go back to the job although the job 's been kept open for them . |
| 11 | He looked at her sharply and she realized what she 'd said , but met his gaze determined not to go back on the promise to herself . |
| 12 | Police warned that the man — aged between 18 and 30 — could strike again and advised women not to go out on the moor alone after dark . |
| 13 | ‘ Lovely bit of weather , ’ said her father , and her mother remarked that she always thought it so silly of them not to go out in the country more when they lived so near to it . |
| 14 | This young Samoyed will grow up much quicker than his companion , and must be trained not to jump up from the outset . |
| 15 | The decision whether or not to come on to the Tour is not an easy one for a young black pro to take . |
| 16 | No other man had ever managed even to light a spark within her , yet he had set her body aflame , and it had taken every ounce of will-power she possessed not to give in to the longing he 'd unleashed . |
| 17 | And you 've got ta be careful as well at night not to hang on to the tail lights of the thing in from of you |
| 18 | Vincent decided not to hang about for the landlord , but head back on foot the way they had come . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , the day was wearing on and perhaps it would be a good idea — Twoflower thought — not to hang about in the open . |
| 20 | It took me all my self-control not to turn round from the job I was doing until she had stopped and was ready for applause . |
| 21 | At the time and date arranged , he meets an old friend and decides not to turn up for the meal with his niece . |
| 22 | He was being paid to work , was n't he , not to lie down on the job ? |
| 23 | There were blue plastic seats and a warning in four languages not to lean out of the window ; English , I noticed , requires more words than French , German or Italian to convey this advice . |
| 24 | Even though the ball is further back in your stance , try not to chop down into the ball . |
| 25 | He had looked at his wife 's unguarded face and forgotten for a moment that life was a deadly game in which you had to keep your cards close to your chest and your back to the wall , your eyes open and your nose clean in order not to end up in the gutter with your hat in your hand . |
| 26 | At a conference in Munich , Germany , on Nov. 18-20 ministers from the 13 member countries of the European Space Agency ( ESA ) decided not to move on from the research to the development phase of the key Hermes spacecraft and the Columbus space laboratory projects . |
| 27 | ‘ Passengers are requested not to throw out of the window anything likely to injure men working on the line ’ , said a notice in the compartment . |
| 28 | Although public awareness of the Third Reich is probably greater in Germany than in the US , the organisers were right not to cut down on the documentary material . |