Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [not/n't] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I agreed not to speak more than half an hour , but I see that I have been speaking for a little longer than forty-five minutes . |
| 2 | Oh I quite agree because I think that there people that have , I 'm a car driver , but if I 'm in inner city I tend not to use that , I use public transport |
| 3 | I tried not to let this interfere with les très riches heures de James Kirkup , but the wretchedness and misery were overwhelming . |
| 4 | In the last six articles I tried not to describe any canoeing technique as right or wrong . |
| 5 | I tried not to give any extra weight to the explanations or justifications made by one individual rather than another . |
| 6 | I felt like deciding then and there never to get drunk again , but being so young I decided that this was probably a little unrealistic , so I determined not to get that drunk again . |
| 7 | I pledge not to buy any products made from tropical hardwoods . |
| 8 | ‘ I try not to show any favouritism to the horses , ’ says John . |
| 9 | I said not to spend any money , I said just get a little box of chocolates , that was all , finish . |
| 10 | ‘ For personal reasons I prefer not to spend another night here in Denmark . |
| 11 | I prefer not to call this ‘ creative writing ’ , since the late-Romantic ideological implications of ‘ creative ’ are irrelevant , even undesirable . |
| 12 | I prefer not to express any concluded opinion on this point … |
| 13 | To watch them pretending not to know all the things about me which I take not the least trouble to conceal . |
| 14 | When she promised not to attend any more meetings without his permission , they were reconciled , but he died the same night , probably of a heart attack , with only Agnes in the house . |
| 15 | He took her hand , then when she seemed not to mind this , put his arms round her . |
| 16 | She decided not to finish that sentence . |
| 17 | She decided not to eat any more of the long squishy , chocolate-coated tube she had ordered . |
| 18 | She decided not to pursue this avenue of discussion , since , as she recalled the situation , it was not his morals but her own that had collapsed under the pressure of forced companionship with him . |
| 19 | She decided not to probe any more deeply for the moment . |
| 20 | By shutting this door to exclude fear , even if you have to do it a million times , you are making the statement that you decide not to let that thought feed on your life 's energy . |
| 21 | Later she knew not to make any sound , otherwise the nurse said , ‘ Do n't you want to get better ? ’ |
| 22 | In the case of aggression ( pinching , swearing , tantrums , etc. ) ask the question : ‘ Do you agree not to do that again ? |
| 23 | I earned it in the first place , so strictly speaking it 's still mine ; but you learn not to say some things in marriage . |
| 24 | You have n't to say that these days . |
| 25 | But you have n't to let either of them get the better of you ! |
| 26 | We tend not to notice this because in TNC the curriculum proposals came before the discussion of testing and assessment . |
| 27 | Perhaps we tend not to see this year 's household survey as an historical datum because it is the human condition to flatter ourselves that our own lives are outside time , and therefore outside history . |
| 28 | ‘ In fact , I think it might be better if we tried not to have any more contact with each other , do n't you ? ’ |
| 29 | Luckily for Chris , since we decided not to do this song at all on this tour , Otis disappears from the tour overnight . |
| 30 | So you can do that but in the main we try not to have any loose ends on er an assignment . |