Example sentences of "[prep] not [v-ing] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ricky Ross from Deacon Blue talks about not wanting to seduce the audience : ‘ I do n't like the idea of people throwing themselves over to our music … abandonment is a great idea but it worries me because it 's all so power-orientated . ’ |
| 2 | Olivia began to explain about not wanting to upset Murti , but Mrs Puri raised her hand . |
| 3 | About not wanting to do things |
| 4 | I rang Tony and said , ‘ You really ca n't be serious about not wanting to record this song . ’ |
| 5 | After a moment 's pause he said : ‘ I did n't mean to be crabby — about not wanting to come . ’ |
| 6 | I muttered something about not wanting to trample over the very different memories they must all have of Conor , talked a little about the family 's surprise at finding that their son had such an extensive social and business life . |
| 7 | He wanted to tell me off about not going to see my father before he died . |
| 8 | One feels guilty about not having understood better what was going on . |
| 9 | The one about not having wanted to adopt me . |
| 10 | ROBBIE There was something else he said , about not having to look far to find out about my mother and everything . |
| 11 | We get out of the car , stomp round to the wheel , look at it , kick it , swear , look at our watch , feel guilty about not having left enough time to cope with the unexpected , open the boot , bang our head on it , swear again , wonder whether it would n't be better to walk to the phone , decide to change the wheel ourselves , lose one of the nuts and eventually arrive at the meeting half an hour late in a filthy temper , and take up the next five minutes explaining that it must have been a sharp chipping off one of those construction lorries and they overload them to save money and they ought to do something about it … |
| 12 | Later , after returning home , in bed with his wife , the merchant taxes her about not having told him the monk had given her the money ; she claims that she thought the money the monk gave her was gift , and that she has already used it to buy clothing ; she will pay , she says , her debts to her husband in bed . |
| 13 | Why could n't this woman simply accept it as a fact of life , part of her make-up , such as not wanting to live in the country or swim in the sea . |
| 14 | So often Christians are criticised for not getting involved . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I think it 's a good reason for not getting married . ’ |
| 16 | Rob and Heather had just joined them then , and presumably Luke had felt that he had good reason for not wanting to prolong any conversation about Elise . |
| 17 | Feeling guilty again , for not liking curry and for not wanting to go to India and letting her down , I say no , I will just have a boiled egg and toast , I 'm not very hungry , that will be fine . |
| 18 | It was slightly dangerous to have three actors — they might have almost cancelled one another out , and become so modest and self-effacing and aware of each other 's talent that it could all have come to nothing , but Alan Bates is famous for not wanting to do talk shows , and I think he felt that with the other two there , there was safety in numbers . |
| 19 | Looking down at the long fair hair flowing over her shoulders , at the skimpy dress , the unlived-in face , he felt immeasurably old for not wanting to sweep her off there and then and make passionate love to her . |
| 20 | It became clear that her reasons for not wanting to come forward were based largely on feeling guilty about her children being affected or at risk . |
| 21 | Antoinette was being a pest , as usual , and Tante Héloise was scolding me for not wanting to play with her . ’ |
| 22 | Eva found herself about four rows back , wondering what was to happen next and chiding herself for not thinking to check beforehand . |
| 23 | ‘ Yeah , and a long memory ; I still have n't forgiven you for not trying to rescue me on the ice that time . ’ |
| 24 | In December 1630 he was silenced by William Laud [ q.v. ] for not catechizing according to the form laid down in the Prayer Book , and for refusing to bow at the name of Jesus . |
| 25 | She blamed herself for trusting him to wait , for not refusing to go to Sniffy without the van keys in her possession . |
| 26 | ‘ Of course , ’ I lied and cursed to myself for not remembering to put a pencil behind my ear like I normally do when I use the phone . |
| 27 | Six months later , Thomas , from Burnham , Bucks , was fined £200 for careless driving , £100 for having no insurance and £200 for not stopping to report the accident . |
| 28 | THE Duke of Marlborough has no excuse for not going to see his baby grandson . |
| 29 | Recently there has been notable self-criticism among senior economists for not having given much more attention to the problem of income determination within the framework of Keynesian analysis [ Meade , 1982 ] . |
| 30 | Bevin emphasised the accumulating problems resulting from the fact that little progress had been made : he had encountered difficulties at the British Commonwealth conference held at Colombo in January 1950 and there were criticisms of the United States for not having given a lead . |