Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a normal day at home , he is given his breakfast , which he may or may not eat depending on his mood and Trish then rides him , unless she is competing in the evening , when she delays it until later . |
| 2 | I knew that in 1945 they could not make do on their rations . |
| 3 | Against a background of thinking that a series should : a ) find a balance between the too general and the too specific ( in their Arnold series he would say that MacLoughlin was about right , Tarone too specific ) , and b ) be for the most part single-author monographs and only rarely , if ever , be edited collections of papers ( while recognizing that CUP has produced the occasionally successful collection ) , he suggested the following topics/authors : — universal grammar/Kevin Gregg , Japan ? — input and interaction in SLA/Jackie Schachter/Teresa Pica , Pennsylvania ? ( could be two separate volumes ) — cognitive processing and SLA/ ? — ‘ instructed ’ SLA/Patsy Lightbown ? — social factors and situations in SLA/Roger Andersen , UCLA ? — age and neurolinguistic factors/Mike Long ? ( who has apparently said he would not want to publish in his own series ) |
| 4 | Mrs Knight said she did not want to part with her belongings but was ‘ dumbfounded ’ by Bruce 's actions . |
| 5 | He is more likely to borrow than barter , since he does not want to part with his own . |
| 6 | He added : ‘ It happens more often than people realise that children do not want to live with their parents . |
| 7 | She did not want to go to her parents through fear of her father and because she might run into her baby 's father . |
| 8 | " The burial regulations and provision of mourning " , notes Stephen Jones , " make it plain that many a coasting man did not want to go to his maker like his deep-sea brother , sliding down a plank in a canvas sack with the last stitch through his nose " . |
| 9 | She obviously does not want to go above her starting weight if she can help it . |
| 10 | At the moment computer manufacturers and disc drive makers who do not want to invest in their own design are uncertain about whose bandwagon to jump on . |
| 11 | Third party test facilities are another option for manufacturers which do not want to invest in their own facilities . |
| 12 | ‘ That must have been interesting , ’ said Julia and then , because it was obvious that Felicity did not want to talk about her war experiences , began to swap anodyne reminiscences with her . |
| 13 | She did not want to talk to her friend about Jamie , and she did not trust herself to hold a lengthy conversation with Bridget without mentioning his visit . |
| 14 | But at the last moment , Sridevi developed cold feet , insisting that she did not want to throw in her career . |
| 15 | ‘ Did you really not want to stay for my wedding ? ’ |
| 16 | She told social services she did not want to stay with her mother . |
| 17 | FRANKIE DID NOT WANT to think of his mam and the Irishman . |
| 18 | She did not want to add to her mother 's troubles . |
| 19 | I did not want to add to his troubles or to lead him into more danger . |
| 20 | And I understood from the hospital where Mrs Ross has been a patient that before she was admitted enquiries were made and you wrote back — supposedly in your wife 's absence — saying you had no idea where your wife was and you did not want to hear about her mother or to see her . ’ |
| 21 | I had not intended to intrude on my hon. Friend 's speech , but does he consider that a schoolteacher , whose salary is fixed through national wage agreements by the independent pay review body for teachers and who lives in my hon. Friend 's or my constituency in the south-east , is better able to afford the council tax on a higher band than a teacher who lives in Darlington or elsewhere in the north ? |
| 22 | The few reservations I have expressed about the encyclopedia are not intended to detract from its excellence . |
| 23 | Although I had not intended to work on her aura , my hands began to scan the energy field surrounding her physical body . |
| 24 | Why is it that European companies do not regard looking after their workers well in terms of hours and wages as destroying competitiveness , but instead see it as a way to obtain good work from their workers ? |
| 25 | She kept her eyes on his shirt-front , not daring to look at his face ; to see his anger . |
| 26 | ‘ I … we 're … going to have a baby ! ’ she finished in a rush , then , not daring to look into his face , studied his chest . |
| 27 | The Chancellor might be forced to raise rates again if sterling took a nosedive , but he did not need to sit with his finger on the trigger . |
| 28 | The hon. Gentleman does not need to rely on my words to rebut every word that he has just said ; he need only read the latest edition of the in-house magazine of the Confederation of Health Service Employees , where it is written : ’ The Mid-Glamorgan District Linen Service is efficient because it has no choice . |
| 29 | Bigger than conventional vials , they are easier to read , virtually unbreakable , and do not need adjusting during their working life . |
| 30 | Parents knew that they did not need to agree in their answers . |