Example sentences of "not [vb infin] i [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It has been seven years that life does not bring me any joy and being totally blasé , I have decided to put an end to those viragos . |
2 | I was up ‘ til midnight making the gekhakte chicken liver and roasting the turkey for the sandwiches and doing the potato salad , so you 'd better not give me any nonsense about your latest low-fat diet , Rebecca , or you either , Rainbow , though a little slimming routine might not be such a bad thing for you , except today 's a special occasion , so just tuck in . |
3 | Do not forget me dear comrade . |
4 | Cathy did not cause me any trouble at first . |
5 | She did not ask me foolish questions such as — ‘ How do you propose to go about it ? ’ but instead said with easy grace , reaching into a capacious velvet bag , handing me a card : |
6 | ‘ You could n't lend me some money , Sam ? ’ |
7 | ‘ Lady Lavinia , I beg of you , do n't make me any gifts ! |
8 | To realise that a crippled leg does n't make me some sort of oddity . |
9 | ‘ You did n't hurt me that day , ’ she said softly , her voice breathless with the pounding of her heart . |
10 | look at some the points , I 've heard , I 've been heckled yesterday do n't heckle me this week the section of level funding . |
11 | That wo n't do me any harm , for my position is assured ; but you are just beginning your career and it will help you a great deal . |
12 | I was at a stage where I was used to getting something like cannabis or whatever and , with none of that being around , I thought a bit of this wo n't do me any harm and it just took off from there . |
13 | I was at a stage where I was used to getting something like cannabis or whatever and with none a that being round I thought a bita this wo n't do me any harm and it just took off from there … . |
14 | ‘ It does n't do me any harm . ’ |
15 | Did n't do me any harm . |
16 | I mean , Doncaster did n't do me any harm . ’ |
17 | It 's a lovely world , beautiful world but it 's the people in it you see who are spoiling things so much and I do n't understand youngsters you see but because young people erm there , there was a time when youngsters just er do just as they like and they were n't reprimanded by the parents , whereas my parents were very strict you see and it did n't do me any harm and I 'm glad now that they were . |
18 | it did n't do me any good , you know . |
19 | They would n't do me any good with my Service I grant-you that . ’ |
20 | The gift is there , but until I make it mine , it does n't do me any good . |
21 | I just looked her straight back in the eye , as if to say , ‘ Do n't give me that bullshit . ’ |
22 | Do n't give me that shit Mr er er , we 're having the heating on at night while Andy 's not here ! |
23 | ‘ Do n't give me that stuff about children then . |
24 | ‘ Do n't give me that nickle and dime stuff ! ’ she burst out shakingly , her eyes blazing with pain . |
25 | So do n't give me that line , because I 'm not buying it ! ’ |
26 | Do n't give me that crap about being lower-middle-class : it really annoys me . ’ |
27 | Do n't give me that crap Helena cos you told me oh god Scott 's really pissed , he 'll have to stay as well . |
28 | ‘ Do n't give me that rubbish , Sid Watkins , ’ she began , ‘ with the average party in this place , that fish would go in one sitting and you know it . |
29 | ‘ Do n't give me that rubbish ! ’ the father shouted . |
30 | Do n't give me that rubbish . |