Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will not make you bring in wood and water , or feed the pig , or milk the cow . ’ |
| 2 | Lost in her condemnation of the two young men at the table , she had not heard him come in . |
| 3 | If only they had not let her go out that night . |
| 4 | ‘ He should have knocked the guy cold and not let him go on to the fourth round . |
| 5 | Go out to get not let it come in . |
| 6 | I did not see him come in but looked up to find him standing suddenly between two columns . |
| 7 | All that was left to her now was pride — pride not to let him know how much he had hurt her , pride not to let him find out how much she loved him . |
| 8 | not to let them get out of the pov that 's what I 'm saying , it suits them because they can buy up property much cheaper than if that two hundred pounds a week that 's being spent on bed and breakfast , that , they were spent on helping them with the problems as they are at the moment . |
| 9 | A little calmer , I began to write on the ground with the stick , ‘ Howard is a nut ’ , but was distracted by a tiny blue van in the south and was determined not to let it go by . |
| 10 | The executive took care not to let it slip out that he had never seen a DPR contract note . |
| 11 | Jockey to get a good slot , forcing a gap to leeward where possible and not letting anyone sail over you to windward . |
| 12 | I 'm not letting it slip over a few measly dustbins ! ’ |
| 13 | Why not let me poke around quietly ? |
| 14 | You must not let them level down the University , but rather use your position to level them up . ’ |
| 15 | These periods of reflection and decision-making are important , but we must not let them get out of hand . |
| 16 | and er , er , er , and the poor are getting poorer and they will not let them get out of the poverty trap . |
| 17 | She longed to get home , to question her mother , but her brain would not let her hang on to these indulgences . |
| 18 | ‘ And do not let her turn around . |
| 19 | Stapleton would not let it go out unless he thought Sir Henry was there . ’ |
| 20 | In Switzerland the gynaecologist would not let you put on too much weight because he was concerned that you 'd end up looking like an old cow and |
| 21 | The new owner , Mr. Bolsover , came to see me last week , and I 'm afraid he may not let us go on using the barn . |
| 22 | On Sunday afternoons , because our parents would not let us go out unaccompanied in the evenings , we used to go to the local cinema , which was also the theatre . |
| 23 | And mourned me , and would not help me get up . |
| 24 | ‘ But they not see him go out , ’ interrupts Jancey . |
| 25 | She 'd been so engrossed that she had n't heard him come in . |
| 26 | You ca n't make me go back with you . |
| 27 | If that does n't make him sit up and take notice … one of the voices in her head started to say until she firmly clamped down on it . |
| 28 | ‘ Even if you do find him , you ca n't make him go back to your sister , ’ she said slowly . |
| 29 | You ca n't make them come off they 're blimming boots . |
| 30 | For no apparent reason it was hanging on my head like lank seaweed ; I could n't make it puff out in a way that hid my ears properly . |