Example sentences of "[pers pn] [not/n't] [to-vb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereupon the father said , if you will promise me not to complain I will give up the note . |
| 2 | ‘ I warned you not to take me for granted , Kathleen . |
| 3 | I told you not to disturb me . |
| 4 | I ask you not to give me jewels and fine clothes . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Will you forgive me if I ask you not to ask me questions ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Maurice must have asked you not to question me . ’ |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | Because it would be one more reason for him not to set me free . |
| 9 | ‘ I politely asked him not to bully me but that infuriated him . |
| 10 | I pleaded with him not to leave me . |
| 11 | I 'd long since given up trying to get her not to call me that . |
| 12 | ‘ My huband pleaded with her not to tell me . |
| 13 | How typical of her not to tell me . |
| 14 | I pleaded with her not to make me do as she asked … ’ |