Example sentences of "not [verb] [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One Friday afternoon , I looked steadily at one of those great green trees for ten minutes , and knew then I would not want to teach in grammar schools for ever . |
| 2 | I had tried to tell him that the world had changed drastically , but Bonefish did not want to believe in change . |
| 3 | A few years later he wrote Peter Pan for those who believed in fairies but did not want to believe in death . |
| 4 | ‘ It is a very distressing case , We do n't know what the full facts are , and I would not want to comment in detail . |
| 5 | We do n't know what the full facts are , and I would not want to comment in detail , ’ he added . |
| 6 | We do n't know what the full facts are and I would not want to comment in detail . |
| 7 | He shivered , not daring to move in case they noticed and dragged him out . |
| 8 | She sat very still , letting his words flow over her , not daring to comment in case she said something stupid and broke his mood . |
| 9 | The two slipped quietly over the tailboard and marched off smartly along the Commercial Road , not daring to run in case they attracted the policeman 's attention . |
| 10 | The assumption of those who decide where research money should go seems to be that surgeons do not need to participate in research ; they should be content to operate somewhere in the depths of the hospital and speak when spoken to . |
| 11 | You do not need to invest in technology to comply with the quality standards , but they concede that a computerised accounts system is really the only cost-effective way to deal with the financial management requirements . |
| 12 | The share of profits was able to rise quickly because real wages did not need to grow in line with productivity . |
| 13 | A man who touches a hot stove does not need to believe in pain . |
| 14 | Schoolteachers were not expected to engage in research , and by the 1870s this was anyway much more difficult than it had been in 1800 : there was more to master first , and more equipment was needed . |
| 15 | The review will refer to , but is not expected to cover in detail , the adult education literature nor that on the 14-18 pre-vocational curriculum . |
| 16 | But in those far off days , we were not expected to speak in class except to answer a teacher 's question . |
| 17 | The next day she left for Amsterdam , earlier than expected , after asking him not to try to get in touch with her there . |
| 18 | Moreover , sales staff are not permitted to speak in jargon and are obliged to help the layman understand exactly what their products are all about . |
| 19 | Apparently conflicting messages emerge from these two branches : the former branch seems to be saying that decision-makers do not appear to behave in accordance with the basic accepted paradigm ( Subjective Expected Utility Theory and Game Theory ) ; while the latter branch seems to suggest that market outcomes coincide with those which would be predicted by this accepted paradigm . |
| 20 | Please continue to send papers for any relevant meetings and an attempt will be made to respond to appropriate issues , if there is any specific topic you wish to be considered , please do not hesitate to get in touch so I thought that was quite a nice letter seeing as I practically read them all |
| 21 | ‘ The big companies were not going to invest in equipment for maintaining these engines , ’ argues Mendoros . |
| 22 | I 'm not going to live in fear of him . ’ |
| 23 | She was not going to fall in love with him , but even as she said this vehemently to herself , Sara was afraid that she had already gone over the precipice she had been conscious of this morning . |
| 24 | I do n't love them , I 'm attracted to them but I 'm not going to fall in love with them like that man . |
| 25 | Mont Blanc , to be sure , has existed for a long time , and probably will exist for a while yet , but it does not work to stay in existence . |
| 26 | Not wishing to live in south Durham and commute daily , this had presented something of a problem for him . |
| 27 | If we have a night sitting service , an elderly person may not have to go in hospital if they are temporarily gone off their legs as sometimes happens . |
| 28 | Rather , the most powerful individuals are often those who do not have to engage in conflict but who obtain what they desire because everyone accepts unconsciously that they should benefit ( third dimension of power ) . |
| 29 | We can guess that both the lords and the village community found a uniform system , in which all the tenants had land of their own , and all worked to till the lord 's domain , had its advantages ; in particular , that the lords preferred the service of serfs , whose lives they did not have to organize in detail , to that of slaves , who were dependent on them for food and clothing and a roof over their heads . |
| 30 | The respondent does not have to appear in leave proceedings . |