Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pers pn] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next day she left for Amsterdam , earlier than expected , after asking him not to try to get in touch with her there . |
| 2 | The police finally left after advising her not to touch anything until the fingerprint team had been . |
| 3 | If Ministers are serious about wanting us not to be governed by unaccountable bureaucrats , why are they not leading in the argument that those decisions that have to be taken at European level are fully accountable to a stronger European Parliament that is elected by a fair system ? |
| 4 | ‘ I was to blame for ordering you not to harm him . |
| 5 | Retracing the route from Berlin to Beijing — for let us not forget where people 's power first flourished this year - we find a even more isolated regime with yet fewer options . |
| 6 | Retracing the route from Berlin to Beijing — for let us not forget where people 's power first flourished this year - we find a even more isolated regime with yet fewer options . |
| 7 | He must , however , find some way of persuading her not to brag to the other members of the delegation about his suggestions . |
| 8 | Apart from that , the Empress had announced that if her husband went , she would accompany him — possibly using this as a means of persuading him not to go . |
| 9 | that would be of interest , sort of allow them not only to be interested but would , would show them a variety of graphic design based on similar ideas . |
| 10 | Since Alice had long since been betrothed to Richard the studied vagueness of the phrase " to whichever of his sons married her " suggests that Henry may have been toying with the idea of marrying her not to Richard but to John . |
| 11 | For a moment Clare felt like telling him not to bother , just chuck the whole lot away . |
| 12 | If he acts solely from self-interest , then there are good reasons for expecting him not to participate in the democratic process . |
| 13 | Perhaps the main reason why we British have not in the past been particularly enthusiastic about positive health maintenance is that sensible medical advice on the subject is mainly concerned with telling us not to do things . |
| 14 | But , exercise apart , the medical profession has been mainly concerned with telling us not to do things , rather than to do things , and banning things rather than advocating them . |
| 15 | Can you not see what erm er this woman fainted into my arms and she was embracing me for letting her not take her fall . |
| 16 | All paint is from the Crown range of matt emulsions , the window wall and ceiling are in Lilac Frost , the fireplace is in Forget Me Not and the alcove is in Country Beige , all at £8.25 per litre . |
| 17 | There was no point in warning her not to talk to the Lab staff , or , come to that , the whole village . |
| 18 | Though the hall 's notoriously unhelpful acoustic is reflected in the relatively dry sound , the Teldec engineers have done wonders in giving it not only a fair bloom but in conveying an extreme dynamic range . |
| 19 | Yes er erm my instructions are that all persons are accounted for in the premises and er once they 've been accounted for er then it was safe for other officers , i.e the C I D or Superintendent to go to that yes and they would not have been allowed in had I not received instructions that the house was secure and all persons accounted for . |
| 20 | By section 12 , the senior police officer is empowered to impose conditions on the proposed march if he reasonably believes that it may result in serious public disorder , serious damage to property or serious disruption to the life of the community , or alternatively that the purpose of persons organising the march is to intimidate others ‘ with a view to compelling them not to do an act they have a right to do , or to do an act they have a right not to do . ’ |
| 21 | The wording of section 12(1) ( b ) is , however , slightly unfortunate in requiring the intimidation of others ‘ with a view to compelling them not to do an act they have a right to do , or to do an act they have a right not to do . ’ |
| 22 | The grounds upon which the powers to impose conditions may be exercised are very similar to those which are available in relation to processions ; section 14 provides that if the senior police officer believes that a public assembly may result in serious public disorder , serious damage to property or serious disruption to the life of the community , or that the purposes of the persons organising it is to intimidate others with a view to compelling them not to do an act they have a right to do , or to do an act they have a right not to do , he may impose conditions as to the place of the assembly , its maximum duration or the maximum number of persons who may constitute it as may appear to him necessary to prevent the disorder , damage , disruption or intimidation . |
| 23 | With busy pomposity Lewis dictated it to a typist and would have gone on and on had he not been diplomatically restrained . |
| 24 | Indeed they would have argued — and perhaps with some justice — that theirs was a more refined branch of the art : for did it not demand to a quite exceptional degree a sense of the romance of the past and a feeling for an evocative relic ? |
| 25 | It would have been too sad to think about had she not met two apprehensive Wrens : Lucinda and Jane , kids hardly out of their gymslips who would need a bit of looking after . |
| 26 | On that basis , then , we have a reason to be glad that Clive Lloyd adapted his strategy of all-out pace , for had he not done so perhaps we would have seen less of one of the most watchable of all bowlers . |
| 27 | For a short while , Bruce 's mind wondered what measure of guilt he bore , for had he not wished the King 's death ? |
| 28 | And he , Neil Cochrane , really did know about such Birds of Paradise , for had he not been loved and betrayed by one , and learned his bitter lesson — never to love or trust a woman again ? |
| 29 | ‘ What dreadful things ? ’ said Sally-Anne , who knew what Havvie might be saying , for had he not said it to her , before his court ? |
| 30 | For had he not lost that woman 's love in death ? |