Example sentences of "not [verb] them [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , these Creole features of grammar do not appear to carry any particular symbolic value either ( see the quote from Hewitt above ) and the contexts in which they occur do not make them look like code switches . |
| 2 | Could we qualify that that we do not want them to go down School Lane ? |
| 3 | We would also not want them to fall into the hands of children . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You may not want them to begin with , but you should n't fix it , do n't say ‘ I 'll never want children ’ , and do n't put him in that position either . |
| 5 | I do not want them buried under mounds of paper . ’ |
| 6 | The men who had not heard them arrive in the courtyard looked up in surprise . |
| 7 | The formula ‘ protects ’ the incomes of second families by not allowing them to fall below income support levels plus £8 and 10 per cent of the difference . |
| 8 | For government to pursue a regional policy either by offering incentives to industries to move into depressed areas or by not allowing them to expand in the affluent parts of the country is tantamount to impeding economic growth and wasting resources . |
| 9 | This facet of the culture is perhaps the reason why the British administrative and academic élites have obliquely indicated to the police that they do not consider them fit to be allowed to take charge of police research . |
| 10 | The Government must recognise that there needs to be a positive approach to young offenders if we are not to encourage them to grow into hardened and repetitive offenders . |
| 11 | Mr Fordy said : ‘ Our concern is not to catch them going over the bridge but to stop them going over the bridge . ’ |
| 12 | But if the electrons in the inversion layer are connected to a reservoir , as we have asserted to explain the plateaux , one would not expect them to behave like free , independent particles . |
| 13 | You can not expect them to fight for you but their presence may deter the less determined thug . |
| 14 | if they if they did this i would it not give them practise at at being able to do the |
| 15 | I 'm disturbed with what Phil says as he argues that we should trust staff but we would not like them knocking on doors . |
| 16 | Is not to persuade them to change on that call . |
| 17 | ( Hence when the evangelist has the women discover the empty tomb , he does not have them witness to the resurrection but rather go and tell the men . ) |
| 18 | And now my family have offered forty-nine cattle to his family , but the government will not take them to give to his family in England . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ We 're not asking them to stay with Queen 's for the rest of their lives , just take the opportunity to represent the university when they are studying here . |
| 20 | In these schools , while national legislation will nudge staff to introduce procedures for involving and informing parents where this is required by law , it will not encourage them to go beyond such procedures to establish the kinds of voluntary open dialogue and day-to-day collaboration which can do so much to enhance the quality of a child 's education . |
| 21 | I 'm not having them stay at my house , it 's not big enough anyway |
| 22 | There is also a far greater chance of tackling the issues the schools feels are important and not having them lost in the large number of demands from outside . |
| 23 | When the children grew up they had a restricted freedom because the ‘ little people ’ did not permit them to go beyond certain points on a piece of land so the giants rebelled against this , thus starting a war . |
| 24 | Shareholders are requested to complete and return the proxy card , but this does not preclude them coming to the meeting and voting in person . |
| 25 | Jane had not wanted them to stay against their will , and once they were gone , she plunged into work . |
| 26 | I would not let them suffer from my selfish desire to have my own life . |
| 27 | Everyone should demand if the security guards are not functioning their duty we should not let them go by so |
| 28 | Where there is a pavement or foot path used , do not walk next to the curb with your back from the traffic , look both ways before you step into the road where there is no foot path , walk on the right hand side of the road , it is safer to walk on the side facing on coming traffic , keep as close as possible to the side of the road , take care at right hand bends , keep one behind if that is possible , particularly line heavy traffic on flurry , do not allow children under age five at least out alone on the road , go with them , walk between them and the traffic and always keep tight hold of their hands , if you ca n't do this then use reigns as security , secure them firmly into the pushchair , do not let them run into the road , always wear or carry something bright or light or reflected within the dark of light , this is especially important , that all uses it it 's just the rules I suppose |
| 29 | The idea is to be able to play melodies using only arpeggios , but not making them sound like arpeggios . |
| 30 | Why not get them thinking in terms of ‘ peach ’ or even ‘ cracker ’ ? |