Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [pers pn] at all " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , it may or not me noticeable if it 's a minor alteration in the surface geometry then it may be so slight as to make no difference in the way it performs so if , for example , it 's an enzyme it may not affect it at all . |
| 2 | But when I later tried to find my way back to the dining-room to finish my meal , which should have been a simple thing to do , I just could not locate it at all . |
| 3 | At least , if the resources in question were printed ones we would not consider it at all acceptable for teachers to be compiling course bibliographies solely from their own publications . |
| 4 | We did not discuss it at all . |
| 5 | It was an art which did not excite me at all , but there was no way out . |
| 6 | I ca n't tell you that this keyboard is the best you 'll ever buy , because its feel may not suit you at all , but if you take that and the monitor aside , and specify totally different units that do suit you , then the system box wo n't let you down . |
| 7 | ‘ The fact that in saying that you clearly mean to reassure me , ’ said Lydia , ‘ shows that you do not know me at all well . |
| 8 | I did not know Salisbury well enough — Wendy did not know it at all — to grope my way to an hotel ( and , anyhow , we feared we had not enough money for a bed ) . |
| 9 | Anything less and we might as well not do it at all . |
| 10 | My response to these people is , if you can , t do the thing properly , then , please , do not do it at all . |
| 11 | She would not do it at all . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't — yes , I could do that , ’ said Caspar , who could not do it at all , but could see that there was no other answer to be given . |
| 13 | They turned him down on ‘ security grounds ’ ; a lot of the Surinamese living in Holland make it plain that they do not like him at all . |
| 14 | They were quite convinced that if Jeopardy had not been quite so stunning to look at , most people would not like him at all because he was arrogant and cold . |
| 15 | He added : ‘ I was in a place once when a man fired a gun at me and I did not like it at all . |
| 16 | Some princes did not employ them at all until the second half of the century . |
| 17 | He did not see her at all as he got out of the car and Jenna had the chance to observe him without the dark eyes pinning her quizzically . |
| 18 | After that we did not see him at all . |
| 19 | She does not see him at all . |
| 20 | I do not see them at all . |
| 21 | Many of the topics they raise during this election campaign do not interest us at all . |
| 22 | Some judges make extensive use of shoulder headings ; some do not use them at all . |
| 23 | Considering the Hay & Maddock results for human geography , where the authors found that 40% of social scientists rarely refer to theses , and 29% do not use them at all , it will be apparent that geological theses form a significant element in the communication process , since almost half of them are cited . |
| 24 | Lots of young couples do not use contraception on their first time , and many do not use it at all . |
| 25 | I confess I did not remember her at all , but I have been in so many hoses , I suppose it is only natural … " |
| 26 | But she soon saw he did not remember her at all . |
| 27 | My parents had died when I was a baby , so I could not remember them at all , but quite often I used to visit the churchyard , about a mile from the village , to look at their names on their gravestones . |
| 28 | I can not remember him at all , whether he was young or old or fat or thin or short or tall or anything . |
| 29 | She sent for her confessor because she was in mortal sin ; she had withheld from him in confession a sin of which she was ashamed , but because he spoke sharply to her , she did not confess it at all this time either . |
| 30 | But I was surprised to find that Bessie did not scold me at all . |