Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [to-vb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A large number wish to continue working as long as they are fit and do not want to retire at the state pension age . |
| 2 | Having spent the whole day listening to the contenders , I did not want to look at the list — I felt certain that my name would not appear . |
| 3 | He did not want to appear at a loss or to let his followers down . |
| 4 | Here , they are quiet as mice throughout Act 1 and are not heard to applaud at the end . |
| 5 | Fran settled herself in the soft leather seat , not daring to glance at the two men in case she precipitated some sort of an adverse reaction . |
| 6 | Returning to the Rossiya and not daring to look at the men and women who stood and swayed beside him . |
| 7 | He walked slowly , not daring to look at the drop on his right and becoming ever more aware of the cold , biting wind and eerie sense of loneliness , as if he hung half way between heaven and earth . |
| 8 | But mostly he did not need to talk at a bunfight , people came up and talked to him , and he would nod his head and smile benevolently and say happily , Yes , Yes , Yes . |
| 9 | He did not need to look at the single shelf of books to know they would have titles like A Pilot 's War Memoirs or Regiments of the Burma Campaign . |
| 10 | In spite of these remarkably positive indicators , Singapore is not expected to grow at the same rate in the 1990s . |
| 11 | Singapore is not expected to grow at the same rate in the 1990s . |
| 12 | Unlike the United States Supreme Court , which can delve deep into the deliberations of the Founding Fathers to try to elucidate what was meant by a particular provision of the Constitution , British courts are not permitted to look at the proceedings of Parliament in order to determine what Parliament really meant . |
| 13 | I 'm not looking to work at the CFTC issue within the AFBD . |
| 14 | If we are constituted as subjects by the totalities we inhabit , then our beliefs about the divide between science and ideology ( Althusser 's included ) will be determined too , and we can not expect to arrive at an impartial , objective view of it . |
| 15 | the assisted areas do not appear to operate at a disadvantage . |
| 16 | When it was some ten metres away and was obviously not going to stop at the shelter , Adam stepped right into its path . |
| 17 | It should not pause to sniff at the scents of other dogs , at the same time remaining very responsive to its owner 's instructions , adjusting its stance slightly , perhaps , to show off its finer points . |
| 18 | The requirement of leave gives the court control over the proceedings from the very start , and because the respondent does not have to appear at the leave stage , it is relieved of the need to take any steps to get a weak claim struck out . |
| 19 | In other words , you do not have to look at every instrument continuously . |
| 20 | One does not have to look at the report which the hon. Member for Gordon has thrown away with such disdain . |
| 21 | The Saturday shift always seemed to drag on endlessly for the elderly night watchman and he envied people who did not have to work at the weekends . |
| 22 | The only way out may simply be to mandate a shorter planning period , an alternative the Japanese have demonstrated does not have to come at the expense of quality . |
| 23 | It must be stressed again that this section of the chapter does not attempt to look at the level and nature of racial discrimination in Britain . |
| 24 | One of the delights of being on holiday is not having to look at the clock . |
| 25 | Dersingham did not bother to look at the man . |
| 26 | He had nagged her about why they did not go to live at the School , instead of letting all those other people live there , and at last she told him why . |
| 27 | Ms Weldon , a member of the committee who was not asked to sit at the hearing , described the video as a serious attempt to deal with the bride of Christ notion . |
| 28 | Her friend — for she and Rose had become quite close — had sniffed at Mrs Langtry , and said kindly , ‘ I ‘ ear as ‘ ow she 's a right fat cow these days , ’ and fortunately had not asked to look at the other one she had bought . |
| 29 | It did not seem to matter at the time . |
| 30 | Phelpses built boats , maintained boats , became champion scullers , taught the gentlemen how to scull , and bowed and doffed their caps ‘ below stairs ’ at the clubs before the war when watermen were not allowed to drink at the bar . |