Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [subord] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not exist except to serve you and give you pleasure . |
| 2 | Exactly how he achieved this I can not explain except to say that he had a kind of eloquence that made you think he was speaking to you personally and the gift of a born story-teller . |
| 3 | The exhibition is a challenge too , she is aware of that , but does not know whether to accept . |
| 4 | He did not know whether to laugh or to weep . |
| 5 | She did not know whether to believe in him or not . |
| 6 | Privately , however , he was still sending conflicting signals to his supporters , some of whom got the impression that he had not decided whether to act . |
| 7 | The Court of Appeal held that he was not guilty when he had not decided whether to use it or not . |
| 8 | ‘ I have not decided whether to appeal because I have not yet officially been informed as to why I have been fined ’ he said . |
| 9 | ‘ Clough has not decided whether to retain Crossley for Saturday 's game against QPR , but he will be under pressure to give Andrew Marriott a chance until Freidle 's work permit is granted . ’ |
| 10 | He maintains he 's doing ‘ a lot less blood and guts ’ although that 's difficult to believe as he chats of chopping off an arm of a ‘ volunteer ’ from the audience , although theatregoers may escape being sawn in half : ‘ I am not decided whether to saw a young lady from the audience or myself . |
| 11 | He says Alsys has not decided whether to make Soft Bench or Atherton the backplane of the Thomson Ada software engineering thrust . |
| 12 | The Dyaks of Borneo , for instance , have always referred to the orangutan as the " man of the forest " , treating him at least with the dignity accorded to neighbouring tribes , whereas the Europeans , on examining the first Tierra del Fuegans brought back to the West , could not decide whether to classify them as humans or animals . |
| 13 | Social Democrats now can not decide whether to offer new policies or simply conservative ones better managed . |
| 14 | On May 17th it said that it would not decide whether to hear an appeal challenging California 's ‘ unitary tax ’ on multinational companies until the administration had made clear its views on the matter . |
| 15 | Speechless for a moment , Ashley could not decide whether to scream , cross her arms protectively over her chest , or to hit him . |
| 16 | Mr Patten did not respond except to say he was concerned about the future well being of the territory and he was ready to start talks at any time . |
| 17 | She will not respond except to indicate that you are a chancer or a smoothie who is attempting to circumvent the proper rules and procedures . |
| 18 | I got to my feet , not knowing whether to call out , to applaud , to be frightened , to laugh , too astounded to do anything but stand and stare . |
| 19 | Not knowing whether to interpret or not , and trying to decide between two impossible alternatives , is a characteristic problem for the ‘ nervous ’ Mr Palomar who , ‘ to defend himself against the general neurasthenia … tries to keep his sensations under control insofar as possible ’ ( 4 ) . |
| 20 | I was still a bit sleepy and I hesitated a moment , not knowing whether to run to the bog or the bedroom . |
| 21 | In short , he was on the point of hysteria , not knowing whether to laugh or cry , |
| 22 | Polly gazed at him , not knowing whether to laugh or cry . |
| 23 | She stood in the gloom , not knowing whether to stay or run away . |
| 24 | In politics it is more blessed not to take than to give . |
| 25 | Sinn Fein , the political wing of the IRA , did not co-operate because to do so would be to recognize the partition of Ireland . |
| 26 | Sycorax would not reply except to rasp her curses . |
| 27 | and then he asked me then and erm , he did n't know whether to ask me or not , well he knew , he knew more or less I 'd say yes anyway , cos I more , I 'd already said yes , but not to his face , so but he did n't know whether to because Henry fancied me |
| 28 | He did n't know whether to wake her , or even if that was possible if her sleep was so deep that she could crouch in a corner , weeping , and not wake herself . |
| 29 | He did n't know whether to lock him up or what to do . |
| 30 | He did n't know whether to leave them here with all the other stuff that he was leaving behind or take them with him . |