Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] [noun] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It certainly has not made tournament play any quicker ! |
| 2 | We 'd borrowed the car from Biland 's mechanic and had to promise not to let Simon drive it . |
| 3 | An oriental author , writing as long ago as 1708 , records that one of the cat 's unique features is that ‘ it perishes in a place quite out of human sight , as if it wills not to let man see its dying look , which is unusually ugly ’ . |
| 4 | Even this did not make Donald crane his neck forward and start retching all over the table . |
| 5 | The compound did not make animals sleep and very large doses could be given without causing death . |
| 6 | Yet German setbacks did not make Franco rush to embrace the Allied cause . |
| 7 | And perhaps , she decided , being realistic , as long as she did not let things go too far it would do her no harm to stop trying to resist them and simply go with the flow of her feelings for a while . |
| 8 | Scott asked Oates to look after the ponies , but he did not let Oates buy them . |
| 9 | Intent on getting the girl dried before she caught a chill , she did not see Matthew push open the door to stare at his sister , then at Beth . |
| 10 | Evidently I did not see fighters go down that day but I know they did but this was a first realization as if there was somebody up there to kill me and I guess this is the point at which you realize that you are going to kill them before they kill you and all of a sudden we are in combat all our lives and we take a complete change in outlook from everything because up to now everything had been practise and training just for this except we did not have that realization that they are there to kill us , who 's gon na be killed first ? |
| 11 | Maurin was absorbed in his client and did not see Rain enter . |
| 12 | Appalled , she tried to soothe him down , and did not hear Damian enter the villa until he was right behind her . |
| 13 | Green-fingered George , who won £1,700 for his two specimens , did not hear organisers say unclaimed vegetables would be sold . |
| 14 | James was so intent that he did not hear Sara enter the room . |
| 15 | These must not be sung in the unfamiliar acoustic of the Church hymn , but suitably doctored so that they do not make shoppers stop their trolleys to listen . |
| 16 | They usually do not let things get to them . ’ |
| 17 | Water your containers less frequently than in summer , but do not let pots dry out . |
| 18 | Do not let foals get cold or wet out in the field . |
| 19 | In a statement , the boys ' father said he told them : ‘ Do not let women come between you . |
| 20 | encourage others and do not let disappointments show . |
| 21 | Why on earth should people here who do not have families pay for people who do have families ? |
| 22 | The figures for Newham are dated 14 November , so I hope that we do not hear Ministers say that they are not up to date . |
| 23 | Claire resolves not to let John change the subject . |
| 24 | She had not made Dan go , he had practically run out of her life . |
| 25 | It had not helped Sylvie get over Caroline 's death . |
| 26 | Although old and ill by now , Edward was still determined not to let Scotland slip from his grasp . |
| 27 | Evelyn was finding it difficult to get used to going under the machines , but she was determined not to let Rose see how she felt . |
| 28 | Because of her pain and the stiffness , the easy way out is to stay in her chair , but May is determined not to let pain master her . |
| 29 | He backed into his doorway , determined not to let Eleanor cross the threshold . |
| 30 | The severest critics of exclusively personal , creative writing are the Language in Use team , who argue that such work does not help pupils achieve social competence . |