Example sentences of "not be [verb] to [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dougal had not been listening to her for at least a minute . |
| 2 | His name had not been mentioned to her at all yet she knew his name from the description straight away . |
| 3 | It was held that the agreement was void and that effect could not be given to it by rejecting the general restraint which appeared in it and limiting the agreement for the purposes of the action to carrying on the business of a tailor . |
| 4 | In fact , I remember Mr Simpson , the landlord of the Ploughman 's Arms , saying once that were he an American bartender , he would not be chatting to us in that friendly , but ever-courteous manner of his , but instead would be assaulting us with crude references to our vices and failings , calling us drunks and all manner of such names , in his attempt to fulfil the role expected of him by his customers . |
| 5 | Clearly , orthodox ministerial responsibility could not be extended to them without undermining the arm 's length principle . |
| 6 | Then you would not be talking to me like a business client with whom you have experienced an unfortunate misunderstanding . ’ |
| 7 | Mr Thomson also felt undermined because ‘ untoward occurrences ’ , including allegations of staff threatening residents , were not being relayed to him for up to three weeks , even though he was legally responsible for reporting them to the county council . |