Example sentences of "[pers pn] [not/n't] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 31 | My neighbours , my friends , why did you not save me from this ? |
| 32 | ‘ Maurice must have asked you not to question me . ’ |
| 33 | ‘ Why have you not rung me , Carlo ? ’ |
| 34 | ‘ Why do you not let me take my participation a stage further ? ’ |
| 35 | ‘ On his second visit he told her that she was like the favourite aunt he had never had , or better still — Americans make such wonderful parents , will you not adopt me , please ? |
| 36 | Looking forward to the circus , but could I ask you not to throw me to the lions until I 've got my accounts in order ? |
| 37 | ‘ How can you not believe me ? |
| 38 | " Oh , my kinsman the Sun , will you not help me ? |
| 39 | Will you not help me ? ’ |
| 40 | Because it would be one more reason for him not to set me free . |
| 41 | ‘ I politely asked him not to bully me but that infuriated him . |
| 42 | I pleaded with him not to leave me . |
| 43 | All based on a perfect understanding between the wickets — and him not telling me what to do and me not telling him . |
| 44 | Let him not take me in his arms . |
| 45 | I 'd long since given up trying to get her not to call me that . |
| 46 | ‘ My huband pleaded with her not to tell me . |
| 47 | How typical of her not to tell me . |
| 48 | I pleaded with her not to make me do as she asked … ’ |
| 49 | Be propitious while I speak — hast thou not made me here thy substitute ? ’ |
| 50 | Why should it not concern me ? |
| 51 | I began to tremble violently and would have fainted , had he not grabbed me by the elbow and guided me to a low wall , where I slumped down . |
| 52 | Many times have I heard people say , ‘ But if there is a God up there , then why does he not help me in my dilemma ? ’ |
| 53 | he 's been naughty to me , cos he not letting me in , he , he not letting me in his coat either |
| 54 | he 's been naughty to me , cos he not letting me in , he , he not letting me in his coat either |
| 55 | Would he not join me in urging Sinn Fein to reconsider their position on this and would he also agree with me and confirm to this house that this government will never do what Mr Adams requests and that is become a persuader of the people of Northern Ireland to join a united Ireland and will he , will he recognise from me that many on these benches remain committed to the union of Northern Ireland and Great Britain . |