Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [not/n't] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was trusting me not to do that , putting that power in my hands . |
| 2 | On the parents ' separation the mother initially left the four children of the marriage with the father in the former matrimonial home but on her subsequently removing one of the children the father applied ex parte for orders , including a residence order , a prohibited steps order and a specific issue order pursuant to section 8 of the Children Act 1989 requiring her to return the child and directing her not to remove any of the children from the father 's care and control . |
| 3 | The court heard that her husband had become suspicious early last year and had gone to the National Westminster bank asking them not to release any further cheque books . |
| 4 | The press could provide little enlightenment because all newspapers had received a D-Notice asking them not to print any details about the background to the case . |
| 5 | I gazed across at him , willing him not to wreck this moment . |
| 6 | ‘ They 're constantly telling them not to do this and not to do that , ’ she opined , curiously , at this most un-authoritarian time in our history . |
| 7 | She flew back to Lima and wrote to all her clients telling them not to expect any more craft goods : she was quitting and going to work in the jungle . |