Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [not/n't] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the literary works to which Ken devoted himself in the long years which followed his brief episcopate were largely unremarkable and unread , the waste of his inspired and inspiring vocation as a bishop has appeared both to contemporary and subsequent critics exasperating ; for his scruples about swearing the oath of allegiance to William and Mary were so nearly overcome by his friends that he asked them not to continue their arguments lest he succumb . |
| 2 | ROBBIE D' you not know my voice ? |
| 3 | She also implored me not to contact her family . |
| 4 | In September Richard wrote to the tenants of the archbishopric ordering them not to withhold their duties from Rotherham : ‘ We not willing any of his said rents and duties so to be withholden from him for any thing displeasing us . ’ |
| 5 | In September Richard wrote to the tenants of the archbishopric ordering them not to withhold their duties from Rotherham : ‘ We not willing any of his said rents and duties so to be withholden from him for any thing displeasing us . ’ |
| 6 | He gripped her gloved arm fastidiously in his gloved fingers and said , confidentially , ‘ He told me not to mention his name . |
| 7 | He told me not to open my mouth to either of you and Una until such time when he would tell all three of you himself . |
| 8 | They told me not to move my head or they would blow it off . ’ |
| 9 | I asked what was the problem and they told me not to bother my pretty head with scum . |
| 10 | Oh let me not betray my race ! ’ |
| 11 | Then in a loud voice his mother told him not to touch my dog as it would probably bite him . |
| 12 | Told him not to let his report run to more than it absolutely had to , and on no account to make a feature piece out of it . |
| 13 | The treatment concentrated on reducing Esther 's spasticity in her left side , and training her not to over-use her right side . |
| 14 | D'Arcy gave a potted version , not mentioning that Bliss had instructed him not to warn his client . |
| 15 | ‘ Let him not cross my path , that 's all ! ’ he said curtly . |
| 16 | I believe the readers ads fulfil a necessary part of the market , but let us not forget our local and national dealers . |
| 17 | By all means let us seek to prevent congenital abnormalities , but let us not betray our Hippocratic tradition in the process . |
| 18 | Consequently , unless we are convinced of the possibility of a reductive account of knowledge , let us not tie our hands by refusing to make use of facts that we know to be true . |
| 19 | ‘ But let us not darken our hearts by imagining the trial of their gentle loyalty in the Dark Tower . |
| 20 | On the other hand though , precisely because this is God 's work , not ours , let us not set our sights too low . |
| 21 | At any moment I expected to see one drop with a cardiac arrest , but the sultan told us not to underestimate their power . |
| 22 | There was silence for a moment after the front door too slammed , and then George said carefully , ‘ I would prefer you not to discuss our disagreements with the children . |
| 23 | I scampered to his window and begged him not to call my remaining number , but he did . |
| 24 | OUTSPOKEN SDLP councillor Brian Feeney returns from the United States today to face a concerted bid by his party colleagues to persuade him not to quit his City Hall seat . |
| 25 | Tell her not to do her nails at the table . |
| 26 | Thus the effective and efficient use of money as a credit standard requires it not to lose its value due to inflation . |
| 27 | He warned them not to waste his trainee 's time . |
| 28 | ‘ And I 'll thank you not to tell your sister what to do ! ’ |
| 29 | Can you not see what erm er this woman fainted into my arms and she was embracing me for letting her not take her fall . |
| 30 | I advise him not to embarrass his hon. Friend the Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) in that way . |