Example sentences of "not [verb] [pn reflx] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now she was only safe with Felipe because she did not fool herself one bit . |
| 2 | The ‘ working class ’ collectivity is , in a sense , centred on manual industrial labour , at least for the adult male members of working class families , although ( a ) by no means all people who consider themselves working class are employed in that sphere and ( b ) a not insignificant minority of people employed in that sphere do not consider themselves working class . |
| 3 | The despair of Jack 's friends has always been that he will not give himself any trouble . |
| 4 | Just , just so that we can erm , make sure for the cabaret committee you have n't given yourself enormous pay rises in the first half can you , can you split out in the corporate expenses less other , what the er , er , profit on the sale of some of your Cedar Fayre investment was ? |
| 5 | Yet at other points the problem is rather the hijacking of the original message , as in the phenomenal lines : ‘ If the real Jesus Christ were to stand up today/ He 'd be gunned down cold by the CIA/ Oh the lights that now burn brightest behind stained glass/ Will cast the darkest shadows upon the human heart/ But God did n't build himself that throne/ God does n't live in Israel or Rome/ God does n't belong to the ‘ yankee dollar ’ / God does n't plant the bombs for Hezbollah ’ . |
| 6 | Er that was silly er I did n't allow myself sufficient time to prepare for this opening and ob obviously to compose myself . |
| 7 | But she would n't allow herself that deception . |
| 8 | FOOTBALL shares are about as safe as betting that Gazza wo n't injure himself this season . |