Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] at [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do wish you would not laugh at me , Isabel . |
| 2 | Luckily Herbert would not laugh at him . |
| 3 | Paradise Lost is taken by most at the level of the author 's presentation and unless one looks very deeply and sceptically at Satan or one is a Christian like Lewis or a Puritan like Milton one can not laugh at him for being a fool . |
| 4 | His mother kept poking toys which she did not want at her . |
| 5 | So , in their own interest , the firms should be very careful that the finger is not pointed at them , that they are not seen to have acted in a way that abuses their power and cuts across their independence and integrity . ’ |
| 6 | He was fond of his wife in an absent-minded way , especially when she was not nagging at him , so he took a Kleenex out of the kitchen box and went back to her , saying rather hopelessly : ‘ Here , have a Kleenex . ’ |
| 7 | I ought not to sneer at him . |
| 8 | No we 're laugh , not laughing at her being deaf , we 're laughing at her , the robbery . |
| 9 | ‘ I am not laughing at you , Schatzie . |
| 10 | It 's alright she ca n't keep quiet Ron , we 're not laughing at you . |
| 11 | I would n't have done that had he not come at me again . ’ |
| 12 | And I 've not looked at them since I wrote them . |
| 13 | He had not looked at her . |
| 14 | It had hung in Maggie 's bedroom for as long as Phoebe could remember : she had not looked at it properly for years . |
| 15 | No I 've not looked at it that way . |
| 16 | Goodey has not looked at it satisfactorily as far as I 'm concerned and as far as many of the scheme members are concerned , I mean he has concluded that the employers are still entitled to er do what they like with the surplus , the only thing that he recommends that they do it with the approval of the regulator himself , but he the other thing that the |
| 17 | She could not glare at it or protect herself by clutching at the chair 's arms . |
| 18 | The farmer 's wife held it in her arms , so that it could not jump at me . |
| 19 | ‘ I am to some extent on home ground there , ’ she said , reluctantly and not looking at him . |
| 20 | She took the double saucepan from the rack and the packet of oats from the cupboard and busied herself , not looking at him . |
| 21 | He said , ‘ Did you have a good Christmas ? ’ , and not looking at him she thanked him for asking and replied that it had been quiet but nice . |
| 22 | Slowly he righted himself and took off the mask , although she could not see his face for she was not looking at him . |
| 23 | ‘ Come down , ’ she said coldly , not looking at him . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's a lie ! ’ replied Fagin , not looking at him . |
| 25 | ‘ If you must know , ’ she said finally , not looking at him , ‘ I did n't much see the point . ’ |
| 26 | She thought for a long time , not looking at him , but at the glowing red centre of the range . |
| 27 | It was difficult not looking at him , but she forced herself to show an interest in brushing her hair . |
| 28 | ‘ She had a hard life , ’ said Rose sharply , not looking at him . |
| 29 | ‘ An astonishing lack of discernment , ’ Jenna pointed out waspishly , not looking at him . |
| 30 | He could afford to study her , for she was not looking at him with any but surface attention . |