Example sentences of "not [verb] [pers pn] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( When you 're not eating it with other meats , try melon , fresh figs or avocado . ) |
| 2 | We should give children books which stimulate them , which open their eyes , not confine them with safe lists . ’ |
| 3 | But I 'll not bore you with second-hand accounts of the way he lives . |
| 4 | However , and with great irony , it was the Government 's cuts which led to the virtual abandonment of the Council 's housing policy since the Council decided that whereas it was cheaper to service houses in groups , it was even cheaper and perhaps even permissible not to provide them with certain expensive services at all . |
| 5 | If we lose them as doubting teenagers by not stimulating them with well-made and provocative stories , what kind of audiences will we have left when they become adults ? ’ |
| 6 | She could not provide him with small talk , or prod him to abandon his silences . |
| 7 | They 're certainly not doing it with other men ( only 3.6 per cent claim to have had homosexual intercourse ) , so can we presume yet again that men just like to say they do it more often . |
| 8 | She wanted to be gone before the police arrived and Ayling did not press her with convincing enthusiasm . |
| 9 | The fact that such technology has already had a major impact upon the leisure industry should not fill us with wild joy . |
| 10 | Her husband and children respected her privacy at this time and did not interrupt it with trivial enquiries like : ‘ Where 's my shirt ? ’ or ‘ What 's for dinner ? ’ |
| 11 | Section 240 seeks to ensure that recipients of the latter will not confuse them with statutory accounts . |
| 12 | Please candidates , do not deafen us with meaningless statistics about global sums and ‘ improvements in real terms ’ — they are political jargon for covering up the truth . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're an architect , someone who 's supposed to improve this planet , not festoon it with ill-placed coils of lurid metal . |
| 14 | It is a peaceful fish which likes a quiet life , so do not house it with lively fish . |
| 15 | If you 're planning a formal herb patch , do n't edge it with conventional box — use edible plants instead ( above ) . |
| 16 | I ca n't do mine with little one , I got like I 'll |
| 17 | ‘ They do n't insult you with weak dialogue or a stupid plot . ’ |
| 18 | Cameron do n't poke him with long poles . |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't appal you with gothic stories of ill-treated wives and neglected children . |
| 20 | Mm mm mm , what 's happening ? now you know , you woul it 's not standard form , do n't confuse it With standard form , you always have integer indices here . |
| 21 | The most he conceded was that Claire Fraser was nice and did n't pester him with silly questions . |