Example sentences of "[vb past] not [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the terms of a final communiqué issued on June 26 all the factions agreed to implement an indefinite ceasefire and promised not to receive any further foreign military aid . |
| 2 | When she promised not to attend any more meetings without his permission , they were reconciled , but he died the same night , probably of a heart attack , with only Agnes in the house . |
| 3 | In the indenture , Gloucester undertook to be the earl 's good and faithful lord and promised not to claim any office or fee granted to the earl by the king or others and not to take into his service any men retained by the earl . |
| 4 | In the indenture , Gloucester undertook to be the earl 's good and faithful lord and promised not to claim any office or fee granted to the earl by the king or others and not to take into his service any men retained by the earl . |
| 5 | They said goodbye to each other and promised not to ignore each other the next time they met . |
| 6 | The have-nots promised not to acquire nuclear weapons . |
| 7 | Erm was it only you that he phoned not to bring any scripts . |
| 8 | Cameron pretended not to see young Donald till he was close beside him , then turned in mock surprise and said to him , ‘ Well well , Donald — we had given you up . |
| 9 | In the last six articles I tried not to describe any canoeing technique as right or wrong . |
| 10 | He even tried not to breathe all . |
| 11 | I tried not to let this interfere with les très riches heures de James Kirkup , but the wretchedness and misery were overwhelming . |
| 12 | Annie tried not to sound reproachful . |
| 13 | And he was good enough to win the Open , ’ I said and tried not to sound peevish because she knew the quote . |
| 14 | She tried not to sound triumphant . |
| 15 | She tried not to sound excited . |
| 16 | For weeks life was very difficult as they both tried not to upset each other , even slightly . |
| 17 | I tried not to give any extra weight to the explanations or justifications made by one individual rather than another . |
| 18 | Usually , she met people halfway , and tried not to make snap judgements about them . |
| 19 | Westminster is a factual and somewhat pedestrian programme and , in the past , it tried not to offer political judgements . |
| 20 | Bathsheba tried not to show any expression on her face . |
| 21 | Having heard all the horror stories about being nicked for speeding in the US , I was pleasantly surprised to find that most of the traffic was travelling at about 70mph , so I set the cruise control at around that speed and tried not to look conspicuous . |
| 22 | She tried not to look amazed . |
| 23 | She tried not to feel impatient . |
| 24 | So she tried not to feel envious when Jill Herbert was sent to help him with a lumbar puncture . |
| 25 | ‘ In fact , I think it might be better if we tried not to have any more contact with each other , do n't you ? ’ |
| 26 | Omar al-Bashir , concluded a two-day official visit to Kampala during which Uganda and Sudan signed a non-aggression treaty , in terms of which they also agreed not to allow any hostile armed activity in common border areas . |
| 27 | Brooktree Corp , San Diego and Advanced Micro Devices Inc have settled all pending litigation and agreed not to sue each other on patents related to colour palette chips : the settlement provides for payment to Brooktree of $26.8m from an earlier award of cash damages for patent and mask work infringement and dismissal of all other litigation pending between them . |
| 28 | Well , I agreed not to speak more than half an hour , but I see that I have been speaking for a little longer than forty-five minutes . |
| 29 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 30 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |