Example sentences of "[pers pn] not [to-vb] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be churlish of me not to say how much I welcome that statement , and how much I rejoice in the fact that to add to the four climbdowns that I announced at 4 o'clock , there is a fifth — the abandonment of the proposal announced by the Home Secretary in column 167 of Hansard on 2 July . |
| 2 | I said tell them not to bring too many cakes |
| 3 | " Doctors tell you not to drink too much . |
| 4 | I told you not to come down those blasted stairs on your own . ’ |
| 5 | I 've given him an anti-tetanus injection and told him not to shave over those scratches for the next few days . ’ |
| 6 | My aunt and my mother were particularly fond of him , and when he had a stomach upset they fussed over him all the time , preparing special bland food for him , making him swallow Milk of Magnesia and advising him not to drink too much Christmas sherry . |
| 7 | Indespension could also be in trouble were they not to pick up some crumbs from their engagements with Menzieshill and MIM . |
| 8 | It helped her not to think too much . |
| 9 | They helped her not to think too much . |
| 10 | Well I would probably want her not to have too much less than what she 's got at the moment because |
| 11 | Taylor was not only himself firm with Dissenters , but in a sermon which he preached before the Irish Parliament in 1661 he urged it not to have too much respect for tender consciences . |