Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am vain enough to want to look good , but not to style my hair and paint my toenails . |
| 2 | But even this has not stopped my love for canoeing as I have been out many times since and this summer , when I was at camp , I was going down a weir , when I got caught in a stopper at the bottom and nearly drowned myself again . |
| 3 | The gun 's threat had not stopped my advance . |
| 4 | I have upon my shoulders so many cares as a landlady that I feel bowed down whereas , and I do not think my memory faults me , I was freer as a maid . |
| 5 | I honestly do not think my child is encouraged in any way , possibly because his life is short … to take charge of his life and I think this might be giving him an unspoken message that you do n't count . |
| 6 | For indeed I can not think my fault so great in this matter that was a point of conscience with me as to stand in need of your forgiveness . |
| 7 | I thought I 'm not using my diesel . |
| 8 | The death of the Empress does not affect my opera in the least , for none of the theatres have been closed and plays are being performed as usual . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , sir , ‘ e is , but that would not affect my judgment , and no one ‘ as the right to suggest it would . ’ |
| 10 | but I 'm not rushing this time , cos I 'm , if , I 'm putting , I 'm spending two and half thousand pounds on this , I 'm not wasting my money |
| 11 | The first thing Maxine said to me when she entered my consulting room was that she hoped she was not wasting my time and she was sorry she was being so stupid . |
| 12 | Right , so I 'm not wasting my time |
| 13 | not wasting my time rubbing things out |
| 14 | beside her , and these are twenty five , I said you did n't say that before , oh yes I did he said , I think oh well I 'm not wasting my time here arguing with you |
| 15 | Tyminski announced on Oct. 4 that he would be returning to Canada , because " I do not want my presence here to create the appearance of honesty in these elections " . |
| 16 | I waited to see if he would say any more , but he evidently did not want my company . |
| 17 | ‘ I do not want my life discussed over there . ’ |
| 18 | I do not want my use of pronouns to slip by unnoticed : I want readers to think about it , and to act on their conclusions . |
| 19 | I changed my surname because I did not want my sire 's name . |
| 20 | I do not want my family harmed or my gallery burned down , so I shall not say who they are . |
| 21 | After that I did not want my son to go to school but in the end some Bengali men in the area took it up with the Headmaster and since then there has been no trouble . |
| 22 | I 'm not sticking my neck in a noose for you . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm going to have to leave soon if I 'm not to miss my plane , ’ she said . |
| 24 | Not trusting my voice , I nod . |
| 25 | Fairfax does not answer my question . |
| 26 | The hon. Member for Barrow and Furness did not answer my question about what would be left to build in Barrow if the fourth Trident submarine were taken away . |
| 27 | Yeah , but it 's not touching my mouth , look . |
| 28 | The Lad will not invoke my wrath , ’ said Fael-Inis , and his eyes glittered rather frighteningly . |
| 29 | As promised , I will not explain my change within the Fluval 2 , using a Polyfilter to replace the sponge . |
| 30 | It is true that William Cobbett , born in 1766 , was to write , " I do not remember the time when I did not earn my living " , but he was the son of a moderately successful small farmer in a district where hop growing enabled a decent living from small acreages for a family with three sons to help work it . |