Example sentences of "[vb past] not [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried not to lie to the child , as she had been lied to . |
| 2 | But she came to the kitchen when summoned to help , and she tried not to grumble at the repetitive nature of the work and the talk . |
| 3 | As soon as the cold fingers let go for a moment , I pulled my hand quickly back , put a pile of books in front of the broken window , and tried not to listen to the desperate cries outside . |
| 4 | Gans tried not to act like a formal researcher : |
| 5 | Luce made a sweeping gesture with one arm and tried not to wince at the pain . |
| 6 | She tried not to smile at the wording , and then she handed it back . |
| 7 | The fellow shrugged and Athelstan tried not to concentrate on the great yellowing ulcer on the right side of his face , the pus now suppurating , bubbling out , staining his -cheek . |
| 8 | Zambia tried not to think of the future . |
| 9 | He tried not to think of the shock his sister had expressed so strongly when he had told her of his intentions . |
| 10 | Guy leaned back against the hut door , dragging the cold night air into his lungs , and tried not to think of the anguish in Isabel 's white face , of the tears drowning her luminous grey eyes . |
| 11 | The sky was aflame and though she tried not to think of the sunsets from Fernando 's cliff-top it was virtually impossible . |
| 12 | He tried not to think about the time , six months ahead , when his grant would finish and he would need to find work . |
| 13 | He tried not to look at the screens . |
| 14 | She tried not to look at the easy , mutual affection of Finn , Francie and the dumb woman . |
| 15 | Melanie had not been down to the work-room since her very first morning ; she tried not to look at the partially assembled puppets , hanged and dismembered , on the walls . |
| 16 | She tried not to look at the glass on the pink marble top of the wash-stand , empty , a sticky red stain at the bottom . |
| 17 | Charles tried not to look like the outcast he was feeling and quickened his pace to simulate important last minute business at the Officers ' Mess . |
| 18 | The UN Security Council , meeting in closed session on Feb. 26 , agreed not to call for a ceasefire until Iraq had agreed to comply with all 12 relevant resolutions . |
| 19 | In Wisconsin the Assembly agreed not to vote on an abortion measure , thereby killing a revised bill for the time being and allowing a stringent , but inoperable , law imposing criminal penalties for doctors performing abortions to remain in force . |
| 20 | Celie strived not to conform to a stereotyped henpecked housebound wife . |
| 21 | Group 3 comprised biopsies from patients previously diagnosed as having coeliac disease who admitted not adhering to a gluten free diet . |
| 22 | They I mean in a time when it 's sort of been difficult to make money erm why is that one got not gone by the board and more amateur production put in there ? |
| 23 | Because Allitt opted not to go into the witness box , the defence case lasted just two-and-a-half days against the prosecution case of two-and-a-half months , at a likely cost of about £1.5 million . |
| 24 | It was a new and very special experience to be treated as a granny , excluded from the kitchen , given a sherry before the meal and told not to help with the serving up . |
| 25 | And I mean if they 'd not looked in a paper in nineteen eighty seven eighty eight , and realized that fifteen percent of the fund had suddenly gone missing cos it had you know dropped they they 'd have still got income from their investments , and if they did n't need to cash it , then it would have been no problem at all . |
| 26 | She screamed , a cry that seemed not to come from a human throat , a deathyell of mortal agony and longing . |
| 27 | The council decided not to appeal during a special meeting of its policy and resources committee . |
| 28 | The case ended in April 1992 when the company decided not to appeal against an appeal court ruling made three months earlier [ see ED 55 ] . |
| 29 | The majority of farmers were probably sceptical and decided not to invest in the system , because the Scientific Farming Machinery Co appears to have ceased trading a year or so after announcing their new gas injection equipment . |
| 30 | I refer to my memorandum dated 19 September 1990 which informed you that the Personnel Committee , at its meeting on 11 September 1990 , decided not to agree to a closure of Regional Council workplaces during the 1990/91 festive season . |