Example sentences of "[verb] not [vb infin] me [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am not concerned about Moore because he did not give me too many problems . |
| 2 | Though he did not make me as starry-eyed as Daisy Yates , he was the best-looking man of any age I had ever seen , and I adored his old-fashioned manners . |
| 3 | She was astounded , and did not make me much wiser . ’ |
| 4 | The Minister did not answer me earlier when I tried to raise a point about the period of between six and 16 months . |
| 5 | At the rime his Jewish appearance did not strike me as peculiar because I had not yet got used to the idea of people thinking racially , but I learnt later that he was half Jewish and that he did this job to keep his Jewish wife out of trouble . |
| 6 | Since I was twenty years old and had had some success in college debating societies , this possibility did not strike me as remote . |
| 7 | If it makes you feel any happier , I will tell you that it did not cost me as much as a bouquet of flowers would have done . |
| 8 | Although the landscape did not disappoint me nearly as severely as it did Johnson — subsequent farmers have grown many trees , and in the distance a great house still touches the sky — Monboddo may no longer be considered a classical Scottish fortified house . |
| 9 | Leaving behind hi-tech hospitals and computerized records did not bother me so much as leaving behind certain hard-won changes in birth procedures . |
| 10 | But this did not satisfy me either , so I ended up in Eritrea , having passed through Keren , Agordat , and Asmara . |
| 11 | They did not threaten me personally , but they made it clear that they could kill us all . |
| 12 | It did not take me long to realize that this was the man I had needed so badly . ’ |
| 13 | It did not take me long to wish that we Christians might have a similar preparation for confirmation and acceptance as a full worshipping and working member of the Church . |
| 14 | It did not take me long because the big grin with which Yorkshire 's finest snooker player greeted me told its own story . |
| 15 | I must admit the ‘ truth ’ did not smack me right between the eyes or make me leap like Archimedes from his bath . |
| 16 | It did not worry me unduly because all that was needed would be to choose a good Chancellor of the Exchequer ; but Harold Wilson was not likely to miss a trick like that . |
| 17 | ‘ Do not irritate me further , ’ he murmured . |
| 18 | You do not strike me as ugly , nor mis-shapen , nor lacking manners . |
| 19 | I hope you do not think me unduly vain with regard to this last matter ; it is just that one never knows when one might be obliged to give out that one is from Darlington Hall , and it is important that one be attired at such times in a manner worthy of one 's position . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , Neil , do not judge me too harshly . |
| 21 | But if a cat is cornered and can not run away , even though it wishes fervently to do so , it may then make a sound which transmits the message : ‘ I fear you , but do not push me too far , or I will turn on you despite my fear . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ People do not take me seriously and it is very frustrating , ’ said Richard , of in Zetland Street . |
| 23 | ‘ David , I hope your mother did n't think me dreadfully insensitive- ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It did n't bother me really . |
| 25 | ‘ She did n't strike me as worried . ’ |
| 26 | They did n't strike me as particularly courteous . |
| 27 | ‘ She did n't strike me as awfully thrilled with things , ’ he said , staring into the fire , remembering the look on Cindy 's face as she recognized him . |
| 28 | I had me tea with her and the two boys and she did n't press me any further . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Nigel did n't bring me home . |
| 30 | I 'm just a counterman , and if my boss knew my wife worked I should get the sack , because people would think he did n't pay me enough ’ . |