Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I meet my young son from school , laughing with his friends and waving to me and the dog , who wags its tail and barks in return , should I be supposed not to know what I am talking about if I pronounce them both to be conscious ? |
| 2 | Wh while you 're on that madam chairman , I 've had two persons er contact me as regarding , you know playing field and er it 's a no go for dogs is n't it , and th and we therefore the people have mentioned they had to go down the side of the playing field onto the onto the old , and er have we an obligation to er to pave not pave it but er make it , it 's a very steep bank , a very steep old ladies dare n't go down , and they know they 're breaking the law by taking the dog in the in the er recreation ground , and I just wondered whether we had an obligation to er . |
| 3 | I 'd hate to do that , so tell me where I blundered and I 'll know not to do it again . ’ |
| 4 | And this time she 'd know not to ask anyone to store her furniture . |
| 5 | It was important that she ring her parents to let them know not to expect her that day . |
| 6 | However , the judge said that even though the man promised not to do it again , he found such behaviour extremely offensive and ordered him to give £50 to each of the women . |
| 7 | Connor said later that Cripps pointed out unlawful payments recorded in the books to Bromley but promised not to mention them outside the club . |
| 8 | So , right at the start , I promised not to burn my portrait , no matter what it looked like . |
| 9 | Henry Calverley , a friend of the family , asked for the arrow to use as a trophy and it was given to him on condition he solemnly promised not to reveal its origin . |
| 10 | It signed a standstill agreement under which it promised not to increase its holding for three years . |
| 11 | In return , it promised not to play its one trump card — water . |
| 12 | But as a sufferer of a very severe form of diabetes , 34-year-old Philippa has had to struggle not to let her illness take over her life . |
| 13 | My second point , and it refers to again er something that Barton Willmore referred to and that 's the question er an engine of growth , and it seems to me that that that such a settlement would become an en engine of growth in in the countryside , not least because of of the it would become self fulfilling , er and it would be the obvious sort of sink hole , as Mr Thomas said , for for subsequent land allocations , I think , erm this this point has been touched upon by both the representatives from Leeds City Councils and from Cleveland , Leeds City Council appear not to want it in the Leeds York corridor for just that reason , the representative from Cleveland , who unfortunately is n't here today erm does n't want it in the North of the county for for what I understand to be to be that same reason , erm and the Inspector at the Stone Basset erm enquiry in Oxfordshire , and I I do refer th to this in my evidence , he he drew a very similar conclusion about this when he said , and I quote , once destep once established the new town would generate a momentum of growth that would be difficult to contain , such growth , if allowed , could further harm the rural character of the countryside and the villages in this part of Oxfordshire , I think that conclusion can be applied to North Yorkshire , and I certainly have n't heard anything that would convince me that that such growth once it started could could be controlled , and indeed the the record of controlling growth against erm projected requirements in the structure plan to date has has not been good , witness earlier comments on the structure plan overshoot . |
| 14 | Kopyion , appearing not to notice him , continued collecting messages , reading through them quickly and then shredding them . |
| 15 | As the use of Carbonflo has not been totally proved yet , I suggest not using it in your diesel . |
| 16 | There is a minor mystery about this mode , for Tolkien might have been expected not to like it . |
| 17 | Many broadcasters felt that they were expected not to say anything on the air which was in contradiction to Government policy . |
| 18 | Equally , if a party has confidential discussions with the Panel it is expected not to disclose their content , particularly to the press . |
| 19 | Dear Boy , It must be very difficult for you sometimes I expect not having anyone and having to do all the shopping and cooking for yourself I know that when I was working I certainly could not have managed on my own , coming home tired and then making dinner your own dinner and then going upstairs to do some more work , what sort of life is that , though I know all about that because of course I did do that for three years almost , and I know how much happier I was when I knew there was someone waiting for me and having the dinner ready and keeping the house clean and all those things , or perhaps you people do n't think those things are important . |
| 20 | The Association has pressed for a clear-cut answer on this issue and has not received it . |
| 21 | It may be that the contravener himself has not received anything under the transaction in question . |
| 22 | AT&T Co chief financial officer Alex Mandl told the annual meeting the company is ‘ thinking about ’ an increase in the dividend it pays : AT&T has not raised its quarterly dividend since March 1990 , when it rose to $0.33 per share from $0.30 . |
| 23 | This bill was criticized and amended in the Lords ; and as the original bill has not survived we can not know its contents or the government 's intentions . |
| 24 | This sounds like one of his more severe remarks , although perhaps an ironical inflection has not survived its reporting . |
| 25 | He has not created me for nothing . |
| 26 | I hope that this has not caused you too much inconvenience . |
| 27 | Haines obviously finds the idea of one machine for all , possibly based on Taligent , conceptually attractive , but says he has not heard anything in IBM about a merging . |
| 28 | If the Minister has not heard it before , this is another commitment for him — 4 million people would gain . |
| 29 | Mr and Mrs Lamplugh said : ‘ We are naturally disappointed that the council has refused to express a view on the statements we complained about , but has not upheld our complaint because they consider it was not appropriate . ’ |
| 30 | I think it an advantage to a student to have something to react against , but this has not led me to struggle to reach firm conclusions on every topic . |