Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [not/n't] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The teacher 's job is not to correct mistakes the pupil has already made , but to help him not to make that mistake next time . |
| 2 | The teacher 's job is not to correct mistakes the pupil has already made , but to help him not to make that mistake next time . |
| 3 | knows or has reasonable cause to believe that , because of the individual 's connection and position , it would be reasonable to expect him not to disclose that information save for the proper performance of his duties . |
| 4 | ‘ You 've been trying to get us not to hush this case up . ’ |
| 5 | The astonished Briton , who recounts the event in this new autobiography , also recalls how his Nazi host remarked to him after the general had finished spouting : ‘ I 'm sure it 's not necessary to ask you not to pass any information on to the Communists . ’ |
| 6 | He 'd blame it all on the beer and the sherry , he 'd say with a laugh she 'd been right to tell him not to take any . |