Example sentences of "not [verb] you [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | She wrote back to him careful little letters to which no one could object , fearing to display too much emotion in case it called attention to the boy 's over-regard for her but she managed all the same to make her affection felt , telling him : — Pilade looks for you everywhere and will not believe I have not hidden you in a box . |
2 | If this was n't enough , the state does not recognise you as a mother until you are sixteen , when you are eligible to claim supplementary benefit , maternity grant and milk and vitamin tokens . |
3 | ‘ That is , of course , if I 'm not keeping you from a million other engagements . ’ |
4 | ‘ I 'm not asking you for a penny . ’ |
5 | I 'm not tying you to a specific month , but about January nineteen eighty five you would give the figures for the printing of the first brochure |
6 | eighty obviously I 'm not tying you to a figure we just want to get some idea , so seventy , eighty or ninety as maybe , about eighty schemes over five years you 've given estimates for |
7 | At £26 or so a square yard , Cottage Collection may not leave you with a lot to spend on lavish celebrations . |
8 | AT £26 OR SO A SQUARE YARD , COTTAGE COLLECTION MAY NOT LEAVE YOU WITH A LOT TO SPEND ON LAVISH CELEBRATIONS . |
9 | And remember , the aim here is not to turn you into a super-mathematician but to accustom you to thinking somewhat differently to the way you were taught at school and thereby to make things easier for yourself . |
10 | Conversely , taking articles with a local authority does not commit you to a career in local government . |
11 | Even though your school may not have the most modern and well equipped building set in extensive playing fields serving a prosperous suburb this need not put you at a great disadvantage in marketing the school . |
12 | It seals up every nick , stimulates the skin to a tingling glow , leaves it looking and feeling very pleasant indeed , Corvette After-Shave may not turn you into a film star , but it certainly helps to make a man worth a second glance ! 3/9 a large bottle . |
13 | ‘ But I do n't want you for a stonechipper ! |
14 | Well , I do n't want your sympathy , and I do n't want you as a sister — I already have more than I can handle in that department , thank you . ’ |
15 | ‘ If it were n't for me old bones and the fact that I might be overlooked when the bidding starts , I would n't want you within a mile of that sale room . |
16 | This does n't qualify you as a racist — just a bit slow . |
17 | Once you have rehearsed , you will need to record a demo , especially as many venues wo n't consider you for a gig unless they have heard you on tape . |
18 | Well , Karen , I would n't rape you with a ten-foot pole . |
19 | And if you come from a family that do n't bother and they have n't got the time to show you how to do things , or do things with you , and do n't send you to a nursery school then you start you know just I suppose like what they do is . |
20 | ‘ Have n't seen you for a while . ’ |
21 | ‘ Have n't seen you for a while , Mac , ’ she said , tight-lipped as she dropped the cheese rolls into a brown paper bag . |
22 | I went out and saw it a minute ago and I thought I 'd bring it in and I thought I had n't seen you for a couple of days . |
23 | Have n't seen you for a long time have you ? |
24 | Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning . |
25 | ‘ I have n't seen you in a long time . ’ |
26 | I have n't seen you in a long time . |
27 | But , in the final analysis , if you ca n't get any help , if he wo n't refer you to a specialist for help change your doctor ! |
28 | A year ago , when your trousers did n't condemn you as a person , Bobby Gillespie started going to house clubs ; he wore ripped jeans and a sad top , but was truly touched by what was happening around him . |
29 | would n't use you as a punching-bag |
30 | But I did n't ring you for a critical appraisal of my work . |