Example sentences of "not [verb] to her [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Later she wondered if he was counting on her not sticking to her resolution .
2 The problem is that the mother does not relate to her child .
3 She did not refer to her anguish ; nor did she to mine , but she bent all her energies towards distracting me , insofar as that was possible .
4 I do n't know what maggot has got into her head , but I will not dance to her piping , any more than you .
5 She was also advised that she should continue to try to reduce weight and should not return to her work ( which involved standing all the time ) until she had been seen in the Outpatient Clinic in six weeks time .
6 By this time Mrs R. was not speaking to her daughter so the social worker aimed to improve this relationship .
7 It means devastation and despair if you are not invited to her party !
8 Ann Clwyd who was not re-elected to her heritage post used her address to the Welsh Labour Women 's Conference to attack macho M Ps .
9 He was an ungallant swine for deliberately not coming to her aid , but in truth he really wanted to see which of the likely lads , would dash forward .
10 After the break between his father and mother , he could not respond to her affection .
11 The lights were dim , and the room was dark ; her brother did not respond to her cries , so the girl went inside to look for him .
12 When weddings were weddings , and the scullery maid would faint if she were seen by her ladyship in the wrong part of the house not attending to her duties , there were rules of etiquette and runic codes to cover every contingency .
13 But a doctor at the inquest said he believed the complications could have happened anyway and the unmatched blood did not lead to her death .
14 The inquest was told Sarah left her digs in early December but did not go to her home .
15 She chided him for not responding to her Christmas cards .
16 Seduced by all things fine and feudal , Meridon will not come to her senses until she returns , like an avenging O'Hara to her Tara , to the land .
17 He did not come to her bed that night , nor for many nights after .
18 She had the feeling that this morning 's events would have been faithfully reported by Marie and she sincerely hoped that the girl did not add to her earnings by serving as a waitress here .
19 Being infected should not add to her credibility , while not being so should not disqualify her from comment , she says .
20 Tantrums at this time are common when she is thwarted and she hits out at people and objects when they do not bend to her will .
21 ‘ All right , ’ her father conceded , but not referring to her apology .
22 She tried hard not to complain to her father .
23 She would have been asleep if the fly had not returned to her hand .
24 Vass , predictably , did not rise to her challenge .
25 He would not listen to her instructions and caused a lot of damage by climbing on furniture and shelves , banging things with his toys , knocking down displays in shops , and so on .
26 In casual , chatty tones , she told me that " my news " had n't penetrated to her Surrey retreat , and in fact had n't reached her until an hour ago when she 'd arrived , having had nothing to the contrary since last year , to keep the traditional family tryst at my father 's house .
27 Of course John , her husband , told Elizabeth that Ivy had been right about the fuse-boxes : they just had n't come to her notice , so she had to eat humble pie .
28 She 'd be surprised if it was n't applied to her rump in the very near future .
29 I ai n't used to her voice
30 She did not dare stop talking because she knew that Constance was n't speaking to her mother and that Nora would be unable to resist goading her daughter with a volley of questions .
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