Example sentences of "not [verb] [to-vb] me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boss knew I was worked to death , and not wanting to lose me said , ‘ Mick , you take a few days rest . |
| 2 | If you would like me to send you further copies of these agreements , please do not hesitate to let me know . |
| 3 | ‘ Pray do not attempt to move me to pity by a tale of innocence and woe , Warren . |
| 4 | ‘ She confessed she had not meant to let me see it or sign it and said Joseph had promised to take it to America and sell it under her own name . |
| 5 | Cos people often used to say to me because I 'd , I 'd played everything you could play except golf , and , and er , and I , I , people used to say you did two men 's work and you I , I met a chap one day , this was an instance , I 'm not trying to blow me trumpet do n't think that at all . |
| 6 | I often thought her blindness was not entirely physical : she wanted finally to shut her eyes to the sorrows and miseries of the son she still adored , for she could not bear to see me suffering . |
| 7 | My parents did n't want to let me go , but I begged them and promised to come back very quickly . |
| 8 | People have me in a little pocket of their minds in that role [ Ben Braddock ] and they do n't want to see me get out of it . |
| 9 | ‘ So he got me a few gigs round the Irish pubs , and I had to learn off some traditional Irish ballads quickly for the sort of audiences you got there certainly did n't want to hear me singing songs by James Taylor or Simon and Garfunkel . |
| 10 | You would n't want to have me arrested for abduction or worse crimes . ’ |
| 11 | I do n't have to ask you what I should do in my spare time , and — and I suppose now you wo n't want to help me find my mother , and that 's all right with me , I do n't care ! ’ |
| 12 | Kindly do n't presume to issue me orders in my own house . ’ |
| 13 | He could n't wait to get me sewn up , could he ? |
| 14 | ‘ That you did n't need to marry me to fulfil your ambitions ! |
| 15 | They did n't appear to mind me playing a double game , allying with each in turn , then becoming their opponent at the next round . |
| 16 | It was from a consultant psychiatrist from the Twickenham Area Health Authority who was fulsome in her compliments then added , ‘ Should you ever need any free psychiatric advice , please do n't hesitate to let me know . ’ ) |
| 17 | When you do come in , do n't hesitate to let me know . |
| 18 | " Not too well , " he said shortly , and then added an odd thing : " I hope being happy is n't going to stop me writing . " |
| 19 | It was okay painting window frames , but it was n't going to help me get a job when I got outside . |
| 20 | ‘ You wo n't forget to let me have that note about Artemis Kostika , will you ? ’ |
| 21 | But do n't forget to let me have it will you ? |
| 22 | Do n't forget to let me know what happens . |
| 23 | If Tommaso had n't troubled to have me paged at the opera , you would certainly have performed coitus with this young woman and d'ye know what would have happened then ? ’ |
| 24 | Yes , I , I was in er , I 'm not sure , I , I think I was in the top class in the junior school and er , without boasting , I was a good scholar and I eventually passed to go to the Q M and me dad could n't afford to let me go . |
| 25 | They did n't seem to mind me hanging in there , but it was getting a bit like the ocean liner scene in the Marx brothers ' Night at the Opera . |
| 26 | If you do n't care to have me arrange it for you , why do n't you remove yourself before it 's too late ? ’ |