Example sentences of "[pers pn] [not/n't] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Victor would have fallen too , had I not run round the table , and caught him as he staggered . |
| 2 | Why did I not think of that , then ? |
| 3 | ‘ Why should I not talk of safety , Caroline ? ’ |
| 4 | At once all sternness and hostility fell from him and , amusement lighting his dark eyes once more , ‘ I do know that , Fabia , ’ he drawled , adding , with pole-axing charm , ‘ Believe me , I would n't take you anywhere , did I not want to . ’ |
| 5 | But , while there was a great urge in her to want to extend the dream of an evening , there was also that part of her that , for all Ven 's , ‘ I would n't take you anywhere , did I not want to ’ and his ‘ What a charming companion you 've been ’ , caused her to push temptation away . |
| 6 | And as her heart turned over , so she again remembered his , ‘ Believe me , I would n't take you anywhere did I not want to ’ of yesterday . |
| 7 | I found myself pleading — ‘ Oh do not go now I have found thee ’ Why can I not stay with thee forever ? ’ |
| 8 | Had I not gone to Normandy just over forty years ago wearing on my shoulder the same emblem , that mythical beast , the Wyvern of Wessex , half dragon , half eagle , that had fluttered over the heads of the English at both those battles ? |
| 9 | Could I not go to the castle where the German headquarters were and ask if they could forward a small gift of food to a worker in Germany ? |
| 10 | ‘ Why was I not told of this before now ? ’ |
| 11 | And if I will kill for you , my dallta , will I not lie for you also , to make your heart clear again ? |
| 12 | ‘ And to think I might have sailed up it had I not chosen to be independent . |
| 13 | Why had I not thought of this before ? |
| 14 | If , on the other hand , God should have ordained for me thus , miserable and wretched as I am , and should have called me by His grace to sit solitary and serve him in that manner , as he deigns to grant to me , shall I not persevere in that calling ? |
| 15 | I would gladly have availed myself of the opportunity of taking a passage in her myself did I not find by so doing that the party would be entirely broken up and in all probability the trip to the westward abandoned altogether . |
| 16 | I 'm not , I not arguing with it , yeah . |
| 17 | No , I not bother with bloody shoes or that . |
| 18 | What would have happened had I not arrived at the door at precisely that juncture , I can not imagine . |
| 19 | Furthermore if I see my task as a teacher in terms of the development of thinking skills , should I not concentrate upon those procedures which are appropriate to particular academic disciplines ? |
| 20 | And of course ’ Oh no ’ , I says to my mother , ’ I not going to out in advertising , I 'm going to join the forces ’ . |
| 21 | My family constantly warned me not to go into catering . |
| 22 | so , I know , I never ended up where I said I was going either cos erm I met this Rus Russian lady and her sister was with her as well and we were er , she advised me not to go to Russia for the time being because it will be over , she said there 's gon na be a lot of blood shed |
| 23 | She would get really worried and stroke my forehead and plead with me not to talk about dying . |
| 24 | He told me not to talk about the matter outside as it might not be to his interests if the facts were made generally known . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Let me not tire of thanking you , ’ he wrote , ‘ for your mercy in rescuing me from all my wicked ways . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Perhaps this will teach me not to think about being beautiful , ’ she said sadly . |
| 27 | ‘ What would my dad say about me not going to school ? ’ |
| 28 | When she pulled herself out of bed and went to the bathroom , instructing me not to look at the sketch , I got the chance to examine it . |
| 29 | ‘ But he has kept goal exceptionally well , not only this season but for two or three years and it would be unwise for me not to look at him . ’ |
| 30 | Travis , remind me not to get on the wrong side of you again . |