Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] me [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It did not take me long to wish that we Christians might have a similar preparation for confirmation and acceptance as a full worshipping and working member of the Church . |
| 32 | It did not take me long because the big grin with which Yorkshire 's finest snooker player greeted me told its own story . |
| 33 | Yes Chairman I 'd like to second that and just to erm say very briefly that er erm I , I very much welcome the report and the speed with which the Chief Officer is seen to have addressed most of the issues there are one or two bits that , that were of course were in fact posters , posters er be dealt with erm I have to say I still have some concern erm that the Chief Fire Officer and his team are so well supported on a very broad front on their decision making and their professionalism and yet on other matters of sound advice which has been given by er who are turned aside and just simply not given the proper consideration that they should have as in that er respect Chairman and I , I , I have some concern , erm it , it would not surprise me indeed if the , Her Majesty 's Inspector of er er brigades , when he comes round himself , has some comment to make on that since I think he 's expectations as well are almost as high as mine is . |
| 34 | ‘ Do not irritate me further , ’ he murmured . |
| 35 | Leaving behind hi-tech hospitals and computerized records did not bother me so much as leaving behind certain hard-won changes in birth procedures . |
| 36 | It does not bother me now at all . |
| 37 | But I find the whole performance so persuasive that this really does not bother me much , and I imagine other listeners will feel the same way . |
| 38 | You really can not tell me too much — I would rather sift through a huge amount of detail and give you a definite answer than have to suggest all the possible alternatives and leave you to figure out which applies in your case . |
| 39 | ‘ It will all come out when you have caught the murderers , why not tell me now ? ’ |
| 40 | It will not leave me too sick , it will not punish me too much . |
| 41 | You would not leave me behind now ? ’ |
| 42 | You would not leave me behind ? ’ |
| 43 | It was a flimsy pretext and might not get me anywhere , but it was the best I could do at such short notice . |
| 44 | For some reason , this strange conversation does not strike me as at all odd . |
| 45 | At the rime his Jewish appearance did not strike me as peculiar because I had not yet got used to the idea of people thinking racially , but I learnt later that he was half Jewish and that he did this job to keep his Jewish wife out of trouble . |
| 46 | You do not strike me as ugly , nor mis-shapen , nor lacking manners . |
| 47 | Since I was twenty years old and had had some success in college debating societies , this possibility did not strike me as remote . |
| 48 | PAMELA : O , good sir , let me beg you will not urge me further for feat I forget myself again and be saucy . |
| 49 | The latter has been my guardian and close confidant from infancy — he would not fail me now ! ’ |
| 50 | They did not threaten me personally , but they made it clear that they could kill us all . |
| 51 | Why not telephone me here to arrange a chat ? |
| 52 | But this did not satisfy me either , so I ended up in Eritrea , having passed through Keren , Agordat , and Asmara . |
| 53 | It will not leave me too sick , it will not punish me too much . |
| 54 | I soon knew so much they could not deny me any longer ! |
| 55 | But if a cat is cornered and can not run away , even though it wishes fervently to do so , it may then make a sound which transmits the message : ‘ I fear you , but do not push me too far , or I will turn on you despite my fear . ’ |
| 56 | He can not kill me now . ’ |
| 57 | It did not worry me unduly because all that was needed would be to choose a good Chancellor of the Exchequer ; but Harold Wilson was not likely to miss a trick like that . |
| 58 | ’ Do n't make me sound as old as I sometimes feel . ’ |
| 59 | Still thinking that my drink was spiked in Kansas does n't make me very trusting . |
| 60 | ‘ No , do n't make me too comfortable . |