Example sentences of "not [verb] [noun] [vb infin] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Better not let Ryan find out . |
| 2 | Though the head needs to bubble with enthusiasm reasonable requests will sometimes need to be refused solely to keep a balance and not let pressures get out of hand . |
| 3 | Evidently I did not see fighters go down that day but I know they did but this was a first realization as if there was somebody up there to kill me and I guess this is the point at which you realize that you are going to kill them before they kill you and all of a sudden we are in combat all our lives and we take a complete change in outlook from everything because up to now everything had been practise and training just for this except we did not have that realization that they are there to kill us , who 's gon na be killed first ? |
| 4 | The next few years were difficult for them all , but when Eb came home , gassed and disabled , he had done his best to put the shop back on a business footing — going in every day to work behind the counter , keeping the books , and not letting customers run up bills they could n't pay . |
| 5 | Water your containers less frequently than in summer , but do not let pots dry out . |
| 6 | She was looking very pensive , and did n't hear Juliet come in . |
| 7 | She did n't hear Travis come over to her , only felt his strong arms raising her up . |
| 8 | As she muttered to herself about interfering Australians who could n't mind their own business she did n't hear Leo come back , or see him loom over the fence . |
| 9 | And so it was that she did n't hear Andrew come in and enter the sitting-room , there to see his daughter dressed for going out in her wide-skirted jersey dress , her black hair hanging loose about her shoulders , and wearing , of all things , green-lobed earrings . |
| 10 | Do n't let bureaucracy take over |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't let money lie around , ’ said Joe . |
| 12 | DO N'T LET IT GET UP YOUR NOSE |
| 13 | Well that 's what I would say about this if this was new I would n't let people go in ! |
| 14 | she said this wo n't help labour get in , these people were , page , five |