Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was my freedom not given to me then in order to build the world of the You ? |
| 2 | my heart not working any more : |
| 3 | And so it was my experience not to become closer to him in our isolation but to approach myself more closely . |
| 4 | ‘ It has been my decision not to do any training so far this season . |
| 5 | My decision not to eat had been made on the spur of the moment and was based not , as I well knew , on the terrible beating , but on the pointless cruelty of not allowing the others to go to the bathroom . |
| 6 | It appears to be a case of my fingers not doing what my brain tells them to do ! |
| 7 | But I made up my mind not to move until the battle was over . |
| 8 | Anyway , these must not be dismissed with hasty suggestions ; it is extremely important to my mind not to discredit the zoophile cause by sounding idiotic and to take great notice of the knowledgeable people who are concerned with managing these creatures even if one does not like their attitudes . |
| 9 | And , ah , oh aye , and she says they 're out playing and the s and she says you know what kids are like Jean , and she says like I would n't try even to say to my kids not to go near them because you would n't tell them because they 're only kids and she says they 're like playing in the square and she says like I would David and down here you know when I was coming down |
| 10 | Back in those hours I had remained a long time outside the door of North One , being filled by a sorrow so complete it overflowed , and I covered my ears not to hear any more . |
| 11 | ‘ I begged him on my knees not to do it , but he was besotted with her . |
| 12 | Even my wife , enlightened , but energetically gregarious , upon my expressing my desire not to go to a certain gathering would say , ‘ Normal people like parties , they want to go . ’ |
| 13 | My resolve not to go back into education hardened , if anything , rather than softened , as I became more and more determined that the sacrifice I had made was not going to be in vain . |
| 14 | if he does n't like her then I 'll tell my friend not to come . |
| 15 | My aggressiveness towards the adults around me for putting me in such an invidious position was certainly unacknowledged and unconscious , and had my sisters not told me of my bullying tactics — which I had conveniently forgotten — it is likely that I should not be able to acknowledge it even now . |
| 16 | Lacking travel warrants , I could not have come home on leave had my father not sent me the fare . ) |
| 17 | Before this I told my people not to watch Yorkshire . ’ |
| 18 | I prefer my patients not to have had alcoholic drinks just before a session . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ It is my policy not to say anything to the press . ’ |
| 20 | The return of William Purser to England released me from my obligation not to preach in English , and shortly after his departure I was invited to preach in Rangoon cathedral , then very much a chaplaincy parish church , and only rarely having great services in Burmese . |
| 21 | He remains a non-executive director of the north London club he has played for and managed and in a statement last night said he would proceed with his petition to buy out Mr Sugar ‘ unless advised by my lawyers not to do so . ’ |
| 22 | I took the advice of my lawyers not to accept the £10,000 offered by the Mirror . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm in the prevention and protection business , so I 'd be failing in my duty not to warn you of the possibilities . |
| 24 | I think I 'd have been more sensitive , but for my hair , and my clothes not fitting . |
| 25 | He was n't happy about it and extracted my promise not to try , on any account , to negotiate . |
| 26 | It took me all my self-control not to turn round from the job I was doing until she had stopped and was ready for applause . |
| 27 | Do you know that it took all my self-control not to throttle that dim-witted boy ? ’ |
| 28 | So if I have associated the right word — say , the word blue — with the right impression — the impression I get when I look at a cornflower — there is no fear of my language not mirroring reality as there is if I talk about fate or fortune , these not being words for simple ideas impressed on my mind by external objects . |
| 29 | Well the point that I wanted to get off drugs was , my family not wanting any more to do with me , erm , they 'd shut the door on me . |
| 30 | I think I was just miserable , and it was far easier to believe the reason was something I could do something about , rather than face the fact that my depression was very complicated , based on things like my family not having much money , and feeling very isolated and different from the kids at school . |