Example sentences of "[verb] not [to-vb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I tried not to let this interfere with les très riches heures de James Kirkup , but the wretchedness and misery were overwhelming . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | We tend not to notice this because in TNC the curriculum proposals came before the discussion of testing and assessment . |
| 5 | Perhaps we tend not to see this year 's household survey as an historical datum because it is the human condition to flatter ourselves that our own lives are outside time , and therefore outside history . |
| 6 | The National Coal Board having decided not to do this , control of the protest fell more and more to the police and to the criminal courts . |
| 7 | The CO wisely decided not to notice this particular instance of it . |
| 8 | This Tory government , in its infinite wisdom , has decided not to introduce this ruling until at the earliest two thousand and three . |
| 9 | Miss Phoebe seemed not to notice this slight impudence . |
| 10 | The popular songs of the day encapsulated perfectly its mood — patriotism , courage , facile optimism masking anxiety and heartache : ‘ Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer ’ ; ‘ There 'll Always be an England ’ ( even the Scots seemed not to mind this ! ) ; |
| 11 | He took her hand , then when she seemed not to mind this , put his arms round her . |
| 12 | Father and Mother have promised not to oppose this if only I leave them out of the matter … |
| 13 | Although this practice is commonplace throughout the world , the authorities in the UK have preferred not to use this method , regarding it as ‘ anti-market ’ . |
| 14 | As is usual in such cases her body trudged on obstinately , knowing that one foot hurt rather more than the other , but deciding not to admit this until some sort of objective was reached , while her mind , rejecting the situation in time and space , became disjointed and childish . |
| 15 | We were told not to do this , told not to come here , told to sledge and throw snowballs and make snowmen all we wanted , but not even to come near the loch and the river , in case we fell through the ice ; and yet Andy came here after we 'd sledged for a while on the slope near the farm , walked down here through the woods despite my protests , and then when we got here to the river bank I said well , as long as we only looked , but then Andy just whooped and jumped down onto the boulder-lumped white slope of shore and sprinted out across the pure flat snow towards the far bank . |
| 16 | This is very similar to a conditional sale agreement , the essential difference being that the hirer has the option to purchase the goods and is not obliged to do so , However , having paid all the instalments on the Volvo truck , it is hardly likely that the haulage company would decide not to exercise this option . |
| 17 | Put a large bucket underneath the trap to catch the contents of the sink — and remember not to pour this away until the trap has been refitted ! |
| 18 | Luckily for Chris , since we decided not to do this song at all on this tour , Otis disappears from the tour overnight . |
| 19 | She decided not to pursue this avenue of discussion , since , as she recalled the situation , it was not his morals but her own that had collapsed under the pressure of forced companionship with him . |
| 20 | It is argued that a flexible control structure based on numerical scoring allows the required co-operation to take place , whereas a more limited depth-first architecture seems not to allow this . |
| 21 | Anya seems not to hear this . |
| 22 | Try not to take this too seriously . |
| 23 | The Office of Fair Trading chose not to examine this market and the Hatton Garden traders have not always been able to stand up to Ratner 's negotiating muscle . |
| 24 | The government after 1980 chose not to use this method of controlling bank lending and hence the figure for special deposits in Table 16.2 is zero . |
| 25 | Donald chose not to confront this vague , if morally positive statement . |
| 26 | Their Jewish inheritance apart ( and no serious understanding of his music interests can afford not to give this a very high place , as we shall see ) , was formed by such artists as Eddie Fisher , Gordon Jenkins , Vaughan Monroe , Patti Page , Dinah Shore , Frank Sinatra , Tony Bennett and Johnny Ray , who followed in the wake of the big bands . |
| 27 | Gregson appeared not to hear this last piece of information . |
| 28 | His preferred mate would be a feminine version of himself , but William tries not to admit this , even to himself . |
| 29 | Each time , like , I 've learned not to do this because that 's what got me back into it the last time . |
| 30 | You know the instructions said not to leave this stuff too long … ’ |