Example sentences of "[vb pp] [not/n't] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was hard pressed not to glower at him — for a second there , he 'd sounded just like her father , and she was getting tired of being put under the interrogation spotlight like this . |
| 2 | The odds are that the NZRFU will be happier now that Wyllie has decided not to stand . |
| 3 | But Conran had decided not to soft-pedal in the US and had made up his mind to make a big splash immediately , which required large investments which it took years to recoup . |
| 4 | Suddenly decided not to page properly |
| 5 | Miss Mates had said not to dawdle , but surely she would n't mind McAllister having a little rest and a long , cool drink ? |
| 6 | This point was rapidly settled when folic acid was shown not to check but to accelerate the development of certain leukaemias . |
| 7 | It is assumed that these are linked not to profit maximisation , but depend on the size of the enterprise . |
| 8 | To his credit , Lord Whitelaw having been forced to bring in the short sharp shock , dropped it when it was proved not to work . |
| 9 | There are only three solutions : the owners can decide that the pleasure of having a cat in the home is greater than the distress of living with scratched furniture , or some kind of covering that cats hate to scratch has to be put over the sides of the furniture , or the cats have to be trained not to strop the furniture with their claws . |
| 10 | The problem is quite general : when the pragmatic implications of an utterance do not match the context , then in general the utterance is not treated as in any way infelicitous or inappropriate or bizarre-rather the pragmatic implications are simply assumed not to hold . |
| 11 | Adam had tried not to look but now he could not help looking . |
| 12 | One of the girls at school assured me that unbaptised infants were sent not to hell , but to limbo . |
| 13 | She 'd been determined not to scream , but a loud , parrot-like squawk was wrenched from her lips . |
| 14 | She mounted the uneven stairs with immense care , determined not to trip or fall , then turned as she reached the top . |
| 15 | ‘ Guaranteed Not To Split ’ , it said on it — which was just as well as much later I had the initial idea for ‘ Anarchy ’ while messing around on it . |
| 16 | When prompted not to talk to Mary but just stand behind her and hold her shoulder it was evident how difficult the mother found this procedure . |
| 17 | The closing of the launderette had given rise to a case in the County Court , in which Edward and she had been held not to blame , but had been conscious of the contempt of their solicitor , who always seemed to be in a great hurry . |