Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [pers pn] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , teaching Portuguese in primary school to children who do not speak it at home further isolates school experience from that of the home . |
| 2 | Why not do it at home , away from the distractions of the office , is the important thing . |
| 3 | ‘ They 'll not like it at home . |
| 4 | But as you can not see me at present with any advantage to yourself , I leave for Tunbridge , my dear , and hope we shall better understand one another on my return . |
| 5 | If those companies can not sell their products at home , and if the Government do not encourage them at home , people abroad will not be encouraged to buy them either . |
| 6 | And why , having quoted one or more of these primatial passages , did he not produce them at Rome for confirmation ? |
| 7 | We have created a framework in which Europe can develop its defence role in a way which complements the American presence in Europe and does not put it at risk . |
| 8 | Woolridge swore that he would not visit her at Windsor again , unfortunately an oath that he failed to keep . |
| 9 | If the killer wanted Michael dead , why not shoot him at Barak 's house ? ’ |
| 10 | The other three more closely fit the latter than the former model : Mrs Mitchell 's daughter wanted her mother admitted permanently to the local psychiatric hospital ( knowing that she would not be eligible for residential care because of the severity of her condition ) ; but she also added — ‘ not that I do n't want her at home too — I love my mother — it 's just that the strain is too much for me ’ . |
| 11 | They wo n't want 'em at t'front door . |
| 12 | Will did n't need me at home , because he was busy writing his new play , A Midsummer Night 's Dream . |
| 13 | My gran do n't buy me at Christmas . |
| 14 | She does n't do it at home , she can easily go out |
| 15 | Verbal messages become more hostile , more aggressive , and the threat of rejection may be offered ( ‘ If you ca n't do it this way , do n't do it at all' — fail and you must go elsewhere ) . |
| 16 | If you do n't learn , at school they 'd give you detention and lines and punish you for not doing it , if you do n't do it at college it 'll be your mistake and your fault |
| 17 | Paul is hyperactive — we ca n't keep him at school . |
| 18 | ‘ You ca n't keep them at home forever , you know . |
| 19 | ‘ I wish you would n't ring me at home . |
| 20 | Sneha , ( not her real name ) an Asian girl of eighteen living with her family near Birmingham , wrote me a long letter , but with the strict proviso that I did n't ring her at home or try to contact her at all . |
| 21 | It would have made her task easier if he 'd still been in the bitter , brutal mood that had possessed him after William Ash had delivered his ultimatum , but she did n't understand him at present . |
| 22 | She wo n't see me at night , because sometimes her husband rings up then . |
| 23 | " I did n't see her at Miss Lockwood 's funeral . " |
| 24 | We 'll never know if we do n't try it at Czerny 's tempo which also happens to be Beethoven 's for his Scherzo . |
| 25 | You know , if you ca n't sell it at home , you know , you get rid of it on the world market . |
| 26 | Edouard was sent back home , they could n't have him at work looking like that . ’ |
| 27 | You 've got Coke , that 's your treat each week , cos you do n't have it at home , you only have it on a Sunday |
| 28 | Do n't hold me at arms length , my child , |
| 29 | ‘ The ones who do n't leave them at home should be sent down . |
| 30 | I do n't mention it at dinner parties or evening drinks because people shift away from me or say ’ I must circulate ’ . |