Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] not [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are to instruct them not to respond to Moslem provocation . |
| 2 | If , for example , you asked someone not to smoke in your presence ( the right to ask others to respond to your needs and wants ) you need to respect their right to have different needs and wants and , much more difficult , their right to say no . |
| 3 | By studying the gospel references to the apocalyptic Jewish figure of the ‘ Son of Man ’ — whom Jesus sometimes appears to identify with himself , but sometimes not — Wrede had come to the conclusions that Jesus had not in fact applied the title to himself ; that after his resurrection the church had come to anticipate his return ; that it had then identified Jesus himself as the coming Son of Man ; and that the impression given in the gospels of a ‘ messianic secret ’ that Jesus in his lifetime conveyed only to his closest disciples , and charged them not to reveal to others until the proper time came , was a mere literary device to support that identification . |
| 4 | When she pulled herself out of bed and went to the bathroom , instructing me not to look at the sketch , I got the chance to examine it . |
| 5 | But just don , t expect me not to whinge about it . |
| 6 | The Dalai Lama had said on March 10 that unless China responded soon to his proposals made in June 1988 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg , he would consider himself not bound by the five-point peace plan , although he remained committed to negotiations with China . |
| 7 | Has she not throbbed at the memory of their dances hand in hand ? |
| 8 | So why has it not led to a rise in conviction rates ? |
| 9 | Why has it not caught on ? |
| 10 | Has it not occurred to you that it 's your father who dissuades Matthew from making friends of his own age … talks him out of seeking other work ? |
| 11 | Has it not occurred to the Government and the nation , therefore , that the excessive consumption of alcohol also incurs these same costs to health and the NHS . |
| 12 | Listening to the first day 's proceedings , I found myself not transported into the future so much as revisiting the past . |
| 13 | so , I know , I never ended up where I said I was going either cos erm I met this Rus Russian lady and her sister was with her as well and we were er , she advised me not to go to Russia for the time being because it will be over , she said there 's gon na be a lot of blood shed |
| 14 | Pressure was put on some MPs who are the directors of companies from the bosses of the companies , warning them not to vote against the Government . |
| 15 | ‘ We surprise clients by recommending them not to proceed from time to time , ’ he says . |
| 16 | My position there was simple : I told them not to worry about it . |
| 17 | He told me not to talk about the matter outside as it might not be to his interests if the facts were made generally known . ’ |
| 18 | Alan says : ’ I was amazed at the advice I received because their Mitchell Philpott told me not to transfer at least for the time being . |
| 19 | ‘ Tommy Boyle told me not to throw in the towel , ’ she said . |
| 20 | ‘ Do you know , he told me not to worry about supper tonight but to enjoy my afternoon out . |
| 21 | He advised them not to come into the off-licence with him . |
| 22 | ‘ Let them not take in their commons , neither make parks nor pastures of whole parishes : for God gave the earth to man to inherit not unto sheep and wild deer . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Let me not tire of thanking you , ’ he wrote , ‘ for your mercy in rescuing me from all my wicked ways . ’ |
| 24 | I think it was very interesting and it warns you not to talk to strangers . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm warning you not to fall into his trap . |
| 26 | ‘ I told you not to come in here again . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It 's usually me imploring you not to go to work . ’ |
| 28 | They told him not to act in a hurry , but they would like to see her . |
| 29 | In a furious letter he told him not to interfere in Britain 's moves to ratify the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 30 | In a letter he told him not to interfere in Britain 's moves to ratify the Maastricht Treaty . |