Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb pp] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs. Hamblin had not intended to make it appear that the car belonged to the trader . |
| 2 | ‘ She confessed she had not meant to let me see it or sign it and said Joseph had promised to take it to America and sell it under her own name . |
| 3 | The years of battles and punishment that have not worked help them realize that keeping calm , ignoring slight misbehaviour , and rewarding appropriate behaviour are more effective ways of controlling their children and of having a more pleasant life . |
| 4 | But there is a mysterious group of British engineers , who are not allowed to let us know what they 're doing — I suppose they are helping the Chinese build a factory or something — anyway , it has been refreshing to hear a homely Lancs. accent at the next table . |
| 5 | He could be quite casual in his attitude to his wife 's anxiety and more often than not failed to let her know when he was delayed . |
| 6 | miles away , off campus , you know , they have n't got to make it look good |
| 7 | I thought you were n't meant to let them sleep on their fronts like that . |
| 8 | In fact , if anything he was even more remote and distant now than he had been before their weekend , as if he had n't meant to let her get so close and was frantically clawing back space . |