Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [noun] [to-vb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not want Eleanor to talk to any of his fellow patients and suss out what sort of hospital he was in . |
| 2 | Callistus also offended Hippolytus ' moral rigorism by asserting that the power of the keys entrusted by the Lord to his church did not exclude authority to restore to communion penitent adulterers . |
| 3 | He said : ’ there is no statistical evidence that is known to me at the present time of people who are actually being discharged from the private sector We do not have evidence to bring to you of a substantial number of people who have been discharged against their will from the private sector . ’ |
| 4 | Many of these children do not have skills to relate to black people and they will experience rejection by white society ( Ladner , 1978 ) . |
| 5 | Did they not have beds to go to ? |
| 6 | But I did not have time to talk to them all day ; I had my work to do . |
| 7 | She knew from experience that if she started a conversation with the girls about anything other than business , it could go on for ever , and Christina did not have time to listen to Todney 's domestic problems this morning . |
| 8 | Reply : The Premier 's deputy secretary Jonathan Haslam replied : ‘ As I am sure you appreciate , particularly after recent events , the PM 's schedule is such that he simply does not have time to contribute to your magazine . |
| 9 | The law should not encourage B to yield to the threat but should seek to persuade him to resist it . |
| 10 | June described the depth of her frustration when she could not get Robert to respond to her words . |
| 11 | But , even so , pride would not allow Fabia to kowtow to anyone , so that it was in the coolest of tones , her expression wooden and unyielding , that she opened her mouth and asked him bluntly , ‘ Are you prepared to give me an interview or not ? ’ |
| 12 | This chapter does not ask counsellors to pretend to be doctors , but to question whether ill-health is not more concerned with social/emotional factors , such as poor diet and lack of fitness , than with normal ageing . |
| 13 | It does n't make sense to promote to audiences which are not in some way sympathetic . |
| 14 | Surely He did n't want people to go to the cinema ? |
| 15 | so , erm I hope that , that might make few people visit , but then as I said also in it , you ca n't force people to go to the theatre if they do n't want |
| 16 | " Now that he wo n't have Ma to talk to , and there 's no Mr Blake to get up a subscription if he goes down , I 'd say he might lose heart altogether . |
| 17 | I did n't have money to go to the laundrette . |
| 18 | He plays a short sample down the phone , an almost unintelligible blur May , a non-stop talker and tireless ambassador for techno , rolls his eyes in a resigned manner ’ I get every kid in the city ringing me up and I feel bad because I do n't have time to talk to them . ’ |
| 19 | Just before Christmas I had to go to Windsor , and did n't have time to get to the surgery to fill up . |
| 20 | The impression I have is that once the Brabham-taming begins he wo n't have time to speak to us again , never mind buy lunches . |
| 21 | ‘ Um — is that putting patients in order of priority as they come in so that you do n't leave people to bleed to death because they 're at the end of the queue ? ’ |
| 22 | She says Aisian parents wo n't allow girls to go to a mixed college . |
| 23 | Yes , I did many things which I have either forgotten or ca n't find time to return to now . |