Example sentences of "[vb base] not [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | S5 At the moment very few pupils elect not to try Higher . |
| 2 | Afterwards , he instructed the mystified staff nurse not to let any more visitors , under any circumstances , come to see him . |
| 3 | Suppose , well , I say not thinking one evening , I nearly missed the bus this morning , I had to run like billy-o , sure as fate Aunt Annie would say , think yourself lucky you can run . |
| 4 | Viola fixed him with her most commanding stare : ‘ Much better not to mention that , ’ she said . |
| 5 | When we went to John Lewis 's in , in High Wycombe , they got some cheap fabrics on in lace or , or fine material , and you know I very much now regret not getting some , because I want to dress up , remember I had a , a lace cover , a fitted lace cover on my kitchen table |
| 6 | I myself would I am sure hereafter regret not visiting this part of V. D. L. , and under all circumstances I have agreed with Lady Franklin to wait one week longer after which to return if the wind should not come round to the eastward or northeast , either of these winds would take us to the desired place in a few hours . |
| 7 | Oh I quite agree because I think that there people that have , I 'm a car driver , but if I 'm in inner city I tend not to use that , I use public transport |
| 8 | COOK 'S NOTE : I tend not to use virgin olive oil for this dip as I find the flavour too strong for the roe . |
| 9 | ( 1981 ) , who are able to alter the appearance of their homes , tend not to use modernist styles , which , in any case , do not lend themselves to such appropriation . |
| 10 | We tend not to notice this because in TNC the curriculum proposals came before the discussion of testing and assessment . |
| 11 | Being uncomplicated , the riders tend not to take much notice of it and in their minds , they have already finished . |
| 12 | Perhaps we tend not to see this year 's household survey as an historical datum because it is the human condition to flatter ourselves that our own lives are outside time , and therefore outside history . |
| 13 | Unlike the Labour party and the Militant Tendency we tend not to have card-carrying women , but I can tell the hon. Lady , although I was not asked this question , that precisely 50 per cent . |
| 14 | Iron bound buckets tend not to have vertical stays , the bindings being both broad iron bands and rod-like hoops . |
| 15 | Writers interested in the ‘ problem ’ of organisation tend not to regard organisational efficiency as an issue of first importance , and writers preoccupied with efficiency usually disregard awkward questions about the social and political impact of organisations . |
| 16 | Of course , there have been just as many happy moments making Aspel and Company as crises — the trouble is that they tend not to make such good stories ! |
| 17 | In any case , big birds tend not to bother cracking nuts , but swallow them to be pulverised with grit in their muscular gizzards . |
| 18 | I tend not to read long interviews with top celebs , as much to avoid discovering that they are dickheads as anything else , so I look for the news , gossip and reviews . |
| 19 | ‘ Partly common or garden jealousy , I think , and partly because they tend not to get involved in all the politics that goes on . ’ |
| 20 | The first six male entries drawn from the hat will receive a pair of GT 35s while the first six female entries will win a pair of Lady GTs — these are specially designed for women who tend not to want high ankle support . |
| 21 | They hope not to have that problem this year when the World Championships are in Santiago in Chile . |
| 22 | In rainy weather , they sometimes concentrate on the less nutritious foods rather than search for more fruit , but in fruiting trees seem not to pay much attention to other frugivores though they eat most , and that wastefully . |
| 23 | The problem for Mr Lamont is that he has to attempt to control the public spending deficit but at the same time not take any measures that might stall a sluggish recovery . |
| 24 | I think I probably wasted a lot of time not feeling good about myself , and I would n't want Deb to feel like that , so I make a deliberate effort to be supportive , to say she looks nice and notice what she 's wearing , that kind of thing . |
| 25 | I said just do it and I said thing is if she just ignores you I said you know not to bother next year . |
| 26 | If , for the moment , we accept the narrow definition offered by Goody and Watt ( in Goody , 1968 ) and remember not to draw general conclusions about ‘ literacy ’ as such from the arguments presented there , we nevertheless still find some problems about accepting the kinds of consequences they assume for even that limited form of ‘ literacy ’ . |
| 27 | Put a large bucket underneath the trap to catch the contents of the sink — and remember not to pour this away until the trap has been refitted ! |
| 28 | Should the bride and groom not see each other the night before the wedding or even before the ceremony . |
| 29 | I pledge not to buy any products made from tropical hardwoods . |
| 30 | Barry Trevaskis , who had six stitches put in a horrible wound under his left eye after being stamped on in a ruck , might not agree that the Soviets lacked meanness , but had their half-backs Chapman and Rule not missed six penalties between them , Cornwall could have brought off an unexpected win . |