Example sentences of "[adv] not [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had no idea what the country was like , I had purposefully not wanted any description of the landscape , city or culture . |
| 2 | The directors of the target must consider carefully any commitment with an offeror ( or anyone else ) which would restrict their freedom to advise their shareholders in the future ( eg not to consider competitive bids ) as such commitments may give rise to conflicts of interest or result in a breach of fiduciary duties . |
| 3 | It has a vital role in promoting the use of machine-readable data particularly amongst historians who have hitherto not used this type of material . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd better not waste any more time , ’ she added , pushing the door open and going through , finding herself at an entrance to the dock area that she had seen from Froebe 's office . |
| 5 | We 'd better not waste any time . |
| 6 | ‘ And it better not go quick . ’ |
| 7 | Better not give any names unless you have to . |
| 8 | I thought , all right , I 'd better not do that again . |
| 9 | And Fazal said : ‘ You had better not do that if the Mamur Zapt is about . ’ |
| 10 | A blind person remarked : ‘ If someone said to me ‘ You 'd better not do this placement ’ then I 'd rather walk to Australia on my hands than admit that I could n't . ’ |
| 11 | My partner suggested perhaps we 'd better not do this again . |
| 12 | better not eat all of that . |
| 13 | Making two shots at it before he could manage the switch , he wondered if he 'd better not drink any more . |
| 14 | I 'd better not drink any more ! |
| 15 | Dorothy decided she had better not laugh this time , though she wanted to , so she said cautiously : ‘ I do n't know , Hank . ’ |
| 16 | It 's got pockets , yes , you 'd better not open those actually . |
| 17 | It stated the soldier 's undying love for his wife but also made it plain that he realised that they could not live in harmony , so they had better not see each other . |
| 18 | He puts in more effort than certain lanky playmakers … but I 'd better not get personal , eh Mark ? : - ) |
| 19 | Better not get involved in that one ; instead , two offstage fielders were appointed and all went well on the night . |
| 20 | They 'd better not get any on me after I 've done this , put it that way . |
| 21 | Better not get messy though cos |
| 22 | And very … well , I 'd better not say any more about that . |
| 23 | However — ’ he grinned at the expression on her face ‘ — I 'd better not say any more . |
| 24 | I better not put these on the table . |
| 25 | ‘ We 'd better not push this too far , ’ said Edward . |
| 26 | to have a good time , fifty quid an hour you better not have that tape working , is it on ? |
| 27 | you 'd better not have that had ya ? |
| 28 | You 'd better not put any bum ones in . |
| 29 | I 'd better not use this felt tip |
| 30 | I 'd better not use this felt tip |