Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the indenture , Gloucester undertook to be the earl 's good and faithful lord and promised not to claim any office or fee granted to the earl by the king or others and not to take into his service any men retained by the earl . |
| 2 | In the indenture , Gloucester undertook to be the earl 's good and faithful lord and promised not to claim any office or fee granted to the earl by the king or others and not to take into his service any men retained by the earl . |
| 3 | They said goodbye to each other and promised not to ignore each other the next time they met . |
| 4 | The have-nots promised not to acquire nuclear weapons . |
| 5 | Erm was it only you that he phoned not to bring any scripts . |
| 6 | Cameron pretended not to see young Donald till he was close beside him , then turned in mock surprise and said to him , ‘ Well well , Donald — we had given you up . |
| 7 | In the last six articles I tried not to describe any canoeing technique as right or wrong . |
| 8 | For weeks life was very difficult as they both tried not to upset each other , even slightly . |
| 9 | Usually , she met people halfway , and tried not to make snap judgements about them . |
| 10 | Westminster is a factual and somewhat pedestrian programme and , in the past , it tried not to offer political judgements . |
| 11 | Bathsheba tried not to show any expression on her face . |
| 12 | Brooktree Corp , San Diego and Advanced Micro Devices Inc have settled all pending litigation and agreed not to sue each other on patents related to colour palette chips : the settlement provides for payment to Brooktree of $26.8m from an earlier award of cash damages for patent and mask work infringement and dismissal of all other litigation pending between them . |
| 13 | They 'd not favoured local women for security reasons . |
| 14 | She 'd not given any address but the stamp had a WC1 postmark . |
| 15 | Oh well they said that 's because they 'd not got that section finished |
| 16 | I sat up feeling strangely light-headed and carefree ; maybe I 'd not had much sleep , but at least I had beaten the organist , at least I 'd been spared the Magnificat on an empty stomach . |
| 17 | No news for 6 months then she came along with an anal fissure , she 'd not had any stomach problems and in fact had only taken the Arg Nit LM3 for 2 or 3 days till the headache went . |
| 18 | Yet when I placed the first hot pad on to the boy 's twisted left leg he seemed not to feel any pain ; I supposed the pain of the spasms had made him impervious to a lesser pain . |
| 19 | She was n't sure she wanted to return , but seemed not to have much choice anymore , and so she stayed . |
| 20 | After this concerted effort by all adults , it was really only a few weeks before she learnt not to smack other children . |
| 21 | He quietly vowed not to accept any food from the Tower buttery or kitchens . |
| 22 | She said the KGB minder in her own squad followed her everywhere but claimed not to speak any English . |
| 23 | Paul ‘ determined not to know any thing … save Jesus Christ and him crucified . ’ ( 1 Corinthians 2 v. 2 ) . |
| 24 | A Peruvian man with drug-resistant tuberculosis was advised to come to Britain for treatment , but warned not to bring any medication in case he was stopped at immigration . |
| 25 | She decided not to finish that sentence . |
| 26 | A report on the shooting was sent to the Crown Prosecution Service , but it decided not to take any action against Miss Hobson . |
| 27 | Sir Dick was criticised for helping various spy authors with their books but the Government decided not to take any action . |
| 28 | I decided not to go straight back to the house . |
| 29 | With conditions virtually guaranteed to remain fast , trainer Arthur Moore decided not to risk Soft Day in the Arkle Chase . |
| 30 | Luckily for Chris , since we decided not to do this song at all on this tour , Otis disappears from the tour overnight . |