Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] i [art] " in BNC.

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1 Feeling guilty does not make me a better person .
2 Being restricted here does not make me a special case , though .
3 ( I may believe Jesus ' teaching to have been exemplary , or that he was a man singularly in tune with God ; but this , as I would argue , does not make me a Christian . )
4 But again this does not make me a Christian .
5 She said : ‘ Claire did not show me the power of attorney … nor did she tell me that I had been made Michael 's attorney . ’
6 They do not give me a carved wooden cup though , something we all covet .
7 Frankenstein would not give me a wife , but he hoped to find happiness with a wife of his own .
8 ‘ The authorities will not give me a penny for my land ’ , he said .
9 Being a fair-minded person and still hoping that I had a chance to get a cultural stew going , I listened carefully to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent , Central ( Mr. Fisher ) , but he did not give me a chance either .
10 I have a Roland U220 which would give me the sounds I want although I know it would not give me the great note-sequence loops which McLaughlin uses so beautifully .
11 And since she shared Humber 's and my attitude to our job , she did not give me the kind of pep-talk Aline would have come up with in these circumstances .
12 He did not give me the money for either .
13 Why not give me the letter — unless there 's anything private in it — and the woman 's address . ’
14 And I 'm glad enough to have you back , since you could not give me the grandson I hoped for — ’
15 ‘ He did not give me the poem , ’ Benjamin replied .
16 Could you not give me an outline ?
17 One kid in my neighbourhood , a Blood , came up to me after seeing this movie and he said , ‘ I 'm gon na go home and tell my mother she better not call me a motherfucker anymore . ’
18 I can imagine a lot of beautiful things that , among their functions , will not tell me the time .
19 You do not tell me the depth of your pond , but shallow ponds ( if yours is indeed shallow ) are much more prone to algal infestation because they warm up so much more quickly and have such a large surface area in relation to volume .
20 I 'm sure you ca n't be keeping her so busy that she ca n't spare me an hour or so . ’
21 Just do n't make me a geriatric case , Doc . ’
22 ‘ Too bad you could n't make me a mother . ’
23 ‘ It wo n't make me a better player , ’ added Strachan , ‘ but it 's always nice to get a pat on the back . ’
24 But that wo n't make me a freedom fighter , just another fascist !
25 I defended myself when I had to , but that does n't make me a killer .
26 ‘ She said in her letter that she did n't think we could be happy living at Maythorpe House , that she 'd be lonely and probably would n't make me a very good wife .
27 ‘ I 've seen a lot of horse races but that does n't make me a jockey , does it ? ’
28 It made me wary of Throgmorton — but it does n't make me a murderer nine years later . ’
29 But the fact that I 've never been to England before does n't make me a complete bumpkin .
30 ‘ But that does n't make me an anorexic .
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