Example sentences of "not [verb] [prep] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Principia Ethica ( p. 41 ) Moore implies that what makes good a non-natural quality is that it could not exist by itself in time , as other properties could . |
| 2 | His books must sell , but he does not think of himself as an author . |
| 3 | The trainer also has the responsibility to convey to the trainees that they must not think of themselves as problem solvers , but only as facilitators . |
| 4 | Clearly , this standardised approach to search and retrieval is a major publishing limitation , all the more significant because Sony do not think of themselves as publishers and are seeking third parties to support their platform . |
| 5 | I did not think of myself as a racist but my experience of working in Ghana was making me irritable and critical , the first step on the way to making racist judgments . |
| 6 | Ruling groups have found that their interests are best safeguarded if they are supported by a work force which can not think for itself in the coherent way writing affords . |
| 7 | Apart from this final item — a charge which District Audit assure me is not made by most other banks and which was not made by yourselves in previous years — I have been very happy with the standard of service provided by Natwest Bank . |
| 8 | The different access that people from different social class origins have to resources in retirement is a major determinant of who can and who can not provide for themselves in old age . |
| 9 | But Anselm did not look on himself as an agent of papal policy : he was no Hugh of Lyons . |
| 10 | We do not look at ourselves in any kind of subservient relationship . ’ |
| 11 | Lennie knew about George 's craving for freedom and often threatened to leave , but George felt obliged to look after Lennie as Lennie could not fend for himself in a cave and Lennie could not cope with going to jail or a home to be treated like an animal . |
| 12 | Johnson took McQueen 's side and observed acidly that it was the Laird who should be forced to emigrate , at which McQueen respectfully and loyally demurred , knowing that the laird , to quote Boswell , ‘ could not shift for himself in America ’ . |
| 13 | Of course , psychiatric diagnosis is not an error free process , and it is possible that in a proportion of the cases where there was diagnostic disagreement it was the research assessment that was in error ; it should be noted that in some cases the research psychiatrists could not agree among themselves on the diagnosis . |
| 14 | The thirty seven strong women 's could not agree among themselves on what 's known as a . |
| 15 | Children do not listen to themselves in the way that adults ( sometimes ) do . |
| 16 | ‘ Well now , Barney , ye may think yerself an old man but I do n't think of meself as such ! ’ he exclaimed testily . |
| 17 | At least now I know that perhaps one day we might get a car — even save up for a house — and that 's something to look forward to … so I do n't think of myself as a cabbage . |
| 18 | I think of myself as a housewife , but I do n't think of myself as a cabbage . |
| 19 | I did n't think of myself as one of them , then ; now I do n't see I should have left myself out . |
| 20 | I do n't think of myself like that . |
| 21 | ‘ But I 'd rather you did n't think about yourself as anything in particular at the moment . |
| 22 | I mean apart from a monstrous attack on our own officers who ca n't answer for themselves in this place . |
| 23 | It takes a little longer but is time well spent , DO N'T JUMP IN YOURSELF WITH THE REPLY . |
| 24 | * Do n't refer to yourself as " one " or " we " ; use " I " only when you want to introduce a special , personal note ( see p. 86 ) . |
| 25 | But I 've never been one of those guys who set out to be a technical guitarist and I still do n't refer to myself as a technical player . |
| 26 | I 'm not a great rhythm player , I do n't look at myself as a great chops dude and arranging is definitely not my forte . |
| 27 | ‘ She does n't look upon herself as a special person , a fairytale creature in an ivory tower . |
| 28 | This was very common in the past and I 'm sure many shop stewards here who 've dealt with redundancies in the past , know about the poor members who get quite a nice lump sum redundancy , but in fact , they 've only been in pension schemes a short while , so they ca n't provide for themselves in old age , once they 've spent the redundancy money . |
| 29 | I expected him to answer her back — there was such a passion in his music , he did n't sound like himself at all , any more than he had looked like himself yesterday — but he just struck the wires of his guitar into a discord and after that there was a beaten silence , and Doris stamped off downstairs again , talking all the way about her poor legs and her poor head . |
| 30 | I 've mentioned in the past that vinyl does n't adhere to itself with wallpaper paste , a simple and quick-to-use latex adhesive being the most effective way of dealing with normal corner overlaps . |