Example sentences of "not [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I guessed , but did not make him confirm my guess . |
| 2 | We can create conditions for an employer , but we can not make him employ someone under those conditions . |
| 3 | It does not make them feel he is one of them ; it merely makes them feel he has no longer any clout . |
| 4 | No logical reason , he wrote , but that will not make me change my plans once I have begun . |
| 5 | It can not make me change my mind , so if you intend using it use it and shoot me now . |
| 6 | I have been reassured on countless occasions that a hypnotist can not make me do anything against my will . |
| 7 | He had not heard them pass him ; he had been too intent on watching the singer . |
| 8 | She had not heard him approach her . |
| 9 | I 'm not helping you do it . |
| 10 | Why not let him think he 'd won the argument ? |
| 11 | ‘ Better not let him hear you say that , sir . |
| 12 | She finally turned to face him , determined to smile and not let him know what she 'd heard . |
| 13 | it sort of er er gave them lee a , ladies leeway who wanted to work after they were married , some married and then could they come back well they could n't keep me on and not let them work you see , so oh yes it was mostly married women , there were a lot of married women there when I left , but erm it sort of set a precedent I suppose for , for them but it did , it did them some good really . |
| 14 | I find it really funny , these people playing things backwards , you just want to say your mind has n't got the capacity to pick out this message as it goes by , turn it around , interpret it and still not let you know what you 've just heard ! ’ |
| 15 | I find it really funny , these people playing things backwards , you just want to say your mind has n't got the capacity to pick out this message as it goes by , turn it around , interpret it and still not let you know what you 've just heard ! ’ |
| 16 | That would have been rather But I come out here but I can not see you know you can just just get them I seen some in that |
| 17 | On the day I moved in my Mother had warned me not to let him rule my life like he 'd ruled my Father 's , but it never occurred to me to disobey him and seemed natural to follow the ‘ week planner ’ he 'd written out and pinned to the notice-board in the kitchen : Monday — Washing Tuesday — Ironing Wednesday — Youth Club etc . |
| 18 | Apparently everyone was hoping that he would n't come back here , because his people moved out after he went to prison , and asked Mrs McD not to let him know their address . ’ |
| 19 | He swung his leg over the saddle , rocked the bike off its stand and balanced it with his legs while she put on the helmet , tugged on the huge gloves and tried not to let him know she was panicking . |
| 20 | She was determined not to let him know he still had the power to make her feel anything at all . |
| 21 | She flushed and tried not to let him rile her . |
| 22 | Cornelius had heard tell of bastards and how , if you ever met any , you should be careful not to let them grind you down . |
| 23 | ‘ We are determined not to let them ruin our motorcycling . ’ |
| 24 | I have tried , without , I hope , ignoring economic and social factors , not to let them obliterate what is after all the key to any historical situation — the men who thought or acted in this way or that . ’ |
| 25 | She chose not to let them know she had proof this was a deception . |
| 26 | Although she dislikes her father 's will — not to let her choose her own husband — she has no intention of rebelling against it . |
| 27 | It 's naughty of your mother not to let you have them |
| 28 | Y'know kind of kind of comments or playful thoughts you might pass about somebody but you you try not to do it seriously as it were , you try not to let it affect your behaviour towards them , you try to not be surprised if they disclose they 're gay or heterosexual or whatever so er |
| 29 | ‘ Mind you , I try not to let it cramp my style unduly . |
| 30 | She tried not to let it unnerve her . |