Example sentences of "[verb] not [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the terms of a final communiqué issued on June 26 all the factions agreed to implement an indefinite ceasefire and promised not to receive any further foreign military aid . |
| 2 | When she promised not to attend any more meetings without his permission , they were reconciled , but he died the same night , probably of a heart attack , with only Agnes in the house . |
| 3 | In the indenture , Gloucester undertook to be the earl 's good and faithful lord and promised not to claim any office or fee granted to the earl by the king or others and not to take into his service any men retained by the earl . |
| 4 | In the indenture , Gloucester undertook to be the earl 's good and faithful lord and promised not to claim any office or fee granted to the earl by the king or others and not to take into his service any men retained by the earl . |
| 5 | They said goodbye to each other and promised not to ignore each other the next time they met . |
| 6 | But although recycling and reuse are extremely important and something we can all support , the real solution to the waste problem is to try not to produce any in the first place ! |
| 7 | Opposition spokesmen are expected not to miss any oppertunity to expose government weakness in those areas . |
| 8 | Erm was it only you that he phoned not to bring any scripts . |
| 9 | ‘ Brownies do n't do good turns for rewards , ’ Heather told him , ‘ but , ’ she added eagerly , ‘ if you would let us use your loft as a meeting-place we 'd promise not to do any damage or make ourselves nuisances , would n't we , Shirley ? ’ |
| 10 | Afterwards , he instructed the mystified staff nurse not to let any more visitors , under any circumstances , come to see him . |
| 11 | ‘ GENERAL PETER CAN BE TRUSTED NOT TO GIVE MUCH AWAY ’ |
| 12 | Further , the Webbs ' gross failure of comprehension is complemented by their advocacy of an apparatus of state and municipal ownership , and of a bureaucratic management such as might have been deliberately designed not to maximise those chances . |
| 13 | She was not very steady on her feet and she kept thinking how she had resolved not to do this , but her thought processes were blurred and hazy . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , the Vietnamese people had resolved not to accept any path other than the socialist one . |
| 15 | In the last six articles I tried not to describe any canoeing technique as right or wrong . |
| 16 | He even tried not to breathe all . |
| 17 | I tried not to let this interfere with les très riches heures de James Kirkup , but the wretchedness and misery were overwhelming . |
| 18 | For weeks life was very difficult as they both tried not to upset each other , even slightly . |
| 19 | I tried not to give any extra weight to the explanations or justifications made by one individual rather than another . |
| 20 | Bathsheba tried not to show any expression on her face . |
| 21 | ‘ In fact , I think it might be better if we tried not to have any more contact with each other , do n't you ? ’ |
| 22 | In the week before the race , she became embroiled in a controversy over the skill of her opponent , the American Leigh Weiss , who had also steered international women 's crews but who was deemed not to know enough of the Boat Race course on London 's tideway . |
| 23 | Viola fixed him with her most commanding stare : ‘ Much better not to mention that , ’ she said . |
| 24 | And you know I 'd prefer not to do that . |
| 25 | I 'd prefer not to have any cups of coffee thrown in my face . ’ |
| 26 | Omar al-Bashir , concluded a two-day official visit to Kampala during which Uganda and Sudan signed a non-aggression treaty , in terms of which they also agreed not to allow any hostile armed activity in common border areas . |
| 27 | Brooktree Corp , San Diego and Advanced Micro Devices Inc have settled all pending litigation and agreed not to sue each other on patents related to colour palette chips : the settlement provides for payment to Brooktree of $26.8m from an earlier award of cash damages for patent and mask work infringement and dismissal of all other litigation pending between them . |
| 28 | Well , I agreed not to speak more than half an hour , but I see that I have been speaking for a little longer than forty-five minutes . |
| 29 | At first glance this may seem a tedious and unnecessary task , for any nurse aspiring to teach others ought to be sufficiently proficient at nursing not to require this kind of reminder . |
| 30 | Oh I quite agree because I think that there people that have , I 'm a car driver , but if I 'm in inner city I tend not to use that , I use public transport |