Example sentences of "them not [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have ignored signs telling them not to swim in the lake in the hot weather . |
| 2 | The teacher accompanying the children had asked them not to sit along the back seat . |
| 3 | Indeed , this union had a campaign of sending postcards out to MPs asking them not to vote for the abolition of Wage Councils . |
| 4 | Pressure was put on some MPs who are the directors of companies from the bosses of the companies , warning them not to vote against the Government . |
| 5 | The Prime Minister has been meeting Conservative backbenchers to try to persuade them not to vote against the Government on Wednesday 's Commons debate on the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 6 | When you send out tell them not to put on a road block because the guy driving the truck is a real ‘ Harvey Wallbanger ’ and he 'll go straight through a patrol car . ’ |
| 7 | While he advised them to refrain from indulging in personal abuse of Jews … he exhorted them not to retreat in the face of Police persecution and declared that , if necessary , all Fascist speakers should be prepared to face imprisonment rather than comply with the dictum of the authorities that they were not to attack Jewry . |
| 8 | He advised them not to come into the off-licence with him . |
| 9 | Darlington transport committee heard yesterday Mr Drury has to write frequently to parents asking them not to park near the entrance . |
| 10 | If the distributor 's buyer opens them up and finds them not to comply with a condition in his contract he may reject them . |