Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was afraid you might not think him the right friend for me , ’ said Mrs Ames . |
| 2 | This birth was so quick and easy , Wilson could not think it the same process as Oreste 's . |
| 3 | Basically , the methods we used , although tried and tested by other organisations did not bring us the 4,000 members we hoped to see by the end of 1992 . |
| 4 | It is argued here , that economics can not show us the correct policy choice ( as some economists would appear to claim ) ; yet it may help us to avoid a wrong , or overly costly , policy choice . |
| 5 | Microsoft may have decided not to bundle SQL Server directly in order maintain good relations with other database suppliers , ‘ but why not do it the other way around ? ’ asks Schuster . |
| 6 | Microsoft may have decided not to bundle SQL Server directly in order maintain good relations with other database suppliers , ‘ but why not do it the other way around ? ’ asks Schuster . |
| 7 | In looking back at my records I notice that I did not send you the enclosed form which I have now completed . |
| 8 | Admittedly the referee was a foolish fellow who kept re-penalising Swansea for failing to retreat 10 yards when he did not give them the remotest chance to do so . |
| 9 | He explained that children came to Cedars when their own school could not give them the individual help with basic skills which they needed . |
| 10 | If he can do what he 's done with Everton 's rejects , why not give him the whole lot ? |
| 11 | I have a Roland U220 which would give me the sounds I want although I know it would not give me the great note-sequence loops which McLaughlin uses so beautifully . |
| 12 | You came here once before asking questions and perhaps I did not give you the best answers . ’ |
| 13 | However , this does not give you the automatic right to go overdrawn . |
| 14 | I can not give you the exact quantities you should use , for it will vary from one water to another according to the carp population . |
| 15 | Is the hon. Gentleman saying that he would not give it the limited powers of disposal available in clause 4(4) ( b ) ? |
| 16 | Because the first one was quite small I did not give it the full ‘ advance ’ treatment that I usually do . |
| 17 | It is a reminder that Chaucer and Langland do not give us the total picture . |
| 18 | But despite the undeniable tendency in financial markets towards a more laissez-faire environment , the term deregulation does not give us the full flavour of events . |
| 19 | However , although we can keep this association in mind , it does not give us the whole picture . |
| 20 | Why not join them the next time your barometer begins to fall rapidly ? |
| 21 | He did not hear her the first time , she had to repeat what she said . |
| 22 | The retailer should not sell you the first slice and the second cut should be of a bright , usually pink colour . |
| 23 | Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure . |
| 24 | Aye you see I can not tell you the right story , but when Mary Queen of Scots |
| 25 | I d I know that , there 's that phrase you know , we will never see his like again , I think we probably will , but it will be a very long time , and I can not tell you the infinite feeling of sadness erm , that I felt when I heard of his passing . |
| 26 | Because obviously if you had one particular factory on the tideway and another producing an identical product and identical effluent in one of the tributaries , you could n't treat them the same because they 're patently different cases . ’ |
| 27 | Plus , of course , he admitted to himself wryly , the fact that the hours and the work do n't make me the ideal boy-friend , let alone husband . |
| 28 | Thus he says of Ali , a member of Fatah , ‘ He knew I loved him , but it did n't make him the slightest bit arrogant . |
| 29 | I said to her if she did n't make it the first time , let her lend you my hammer she said do n't you talk like that and do n't you let e Geoff hear you ! |
| 30 | The new machine will set you back a cool £1,700 which does n't make it the cheapest machine in the world . |