Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The conventional way would be to see this movie as the rise and fall of a rock star ; I have chosen not to see it that way . |
| 2 | And erm you know er sometimes I 'm sorry that it 's come to this because like this family er they made a bomb out of it we 're not saying that we 're not denying them that at all . |
| 3 | Yes he 's built a business up and I 'm not denying him that er or anything at all , But somehow now er I do n't know whether the wheel is turning too fast for him to co keep up with it or whether it 's erm oh never mind the erm the industry of the locality , providing the money stakes a I know every business has got to pay for itself and that we we 're not , If this quarry was on the down grade and er er somebody had come to us said , look unless you take a drop in your wages er we ca n't survive that would be a different issue altogether . |
| 4 | Jasper , her elder brother , had refused from the first to dress up for this party and wore his school jeans and Western shirt , though school had not seen him that day . |
| 5 | She would not give him that pleasure , she thought savagely . |
| 6 | The Minister should not give us that disingenuous stuff about new equity , which is not meant to assist with buying Scottish Bus Group companies . |
| 7 | Studies based on states ‘ can not give us that understanding we seek of world society ’ either within or between states ( 1972 , pp.19 , 20 ) . |
| 8 | Tom Dreaper could not convince him that racing was a business to be taken seriously , and Foinavon had been sold for 2,000 guineas . |
| 9 | If we started with a clean sheet of paper we would not plan it that way . |
| 10 | I chose not to buy it that day , so I was interested to see whether a longer look at it would change those initial impressions . |
| 11 | In Red Rhino 's terms , it was a fantastically expensive record to make but Korda Marshall at RCA did not see it that way . |
| 12 | ‘ I do not see it that way , but it 's all been built up now . |
| 13 | A further disincentive — although Mr Lawrence did not see it that way — was that the Prudential had never previously had a finance director , let alone strict internal financial controls . |
| 14 | Henry James did not see it that way . |
| 15 | In some senses the VSO system had failed me — but I did not see it that way at the time . |
| 16 | John does not see it that way . |
| 17 | It was important that she ring her parents to let them know not to expect her that day . |
| 18 | but I 'm not doing it that way , cos you have to join it at the back |
| 19 | Because of the existence of such prejudice among the early believers , it should not surprise us that prejudice will , and does , exist in churches today . |
| 20 | It should not surprise us that misery turns to protest when the temptation of the ballot box invites . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Will you kindly not call me that ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Do not call him that , ’ replied Caesar . |
| 23 | No , I would not call it that . |
| 24 | I 'd long since given up trying to get her not to call me that . |
| 25 | I suppose I 'd better not tell him that thing you said about his face looking as if it was carved out of corned beef . |
| 26 | She could not tell him about Havvie ; neither could she speak the lie to him , not to Dr Neil , but she could not tell him the truth , for that would mean telling him who she was , and she could not tell him that , not here , not now ; it would spoil everything between them if he knew that she was the spoiled and pampered American Princess . |
| 27 | ‘ I shall not tell her that , ’ she said . |
| 28 | When Andrée had recovered she said , ‘ And yet you will not tell me that simple thing ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ But why did you not tell me that at once ? ’ |
| 30 | She did not tell me that . |