Example sentences of "not [vb infin] me [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Although the landscape did not disappoint me nearly as severely as it did Johnson — subsequent farmers have grown many trees , and in the distance a great house still touches the sky — Monboddo may no longer be considered a classical Scottish fortified house . |
2 | ‘ So why not join me there tonight in the enchanted garden and form your own opinion ? ’ |
3 | ‘ Oh , Neil , do not judge me too harshly . |
4 | ‘ I have no doubt about that , otherwise you would not annoy me so frequently . ’ |
5 | You would not leave me behind now ? ’ |
6 | I soon knew so much they could not deny me any longer ! |
7 | But if a cat is cornered and can not run away , even though it wishes fervently to do so , it may then make a sound which transmits the message : ‘ I fear you , but do not push me too far , or I will turn on you despite my fear . ’ |
8 | ’ Do n't make me sound as old as I sometimes feel . ’ |
9 | " If you do n't want me any longer I ought to be on my way to the hospital . |
10 | ‘ And nobody do n't want me there anyhow , ’ Dot finished out loud . |
11 | My social conscience is fairly limited in a lot of ways , there 's not much I 'm angry about that does n't affect me quite directly . |
12 | You do n't need me right away , do you ? ’ |
13 | ‘ You do n't need me any longer — you 've found Garry , and I 'm sure he 's going to do just as you want , is n't he ? ’ |
14 | One minute she was enjoying it — oh , with a few protests thrown in , like she did n't know me well enough , she should n't be doing it , and so on — nothing serious . |
15 | He said slowly , ‘ You do n't know me very well , Lissa , or you would understand that I do n't take kindly to facing the wrong end of a pair of shears . |
16 | ‘ What you 're saying , then , is that you do n't feel at ease with me , because you do n't know me very well . ’ |
17 | ‘ Ah , but you do n't know me very well , Leonora . ’ |
18 | Love did n't catch me entirely unawares — I had fair warning . |
19 | Do n't send me away again , he pleads , to ‘ durande doel ’ . |
20 | ‘ No , damn them , they wo n't give me any longer . |
21 | You ca n't stick me inside again . ’ |
22 | He does n't like me much either . ’ |
23 | " He does n't like me very much , " I explained , and it was the first time I 'd ever realized that " It was a very sad thing not to be liked by your own father , and obviously it must be just as sad not to like your only daughter . |
24 | ‘ I thought you … did n't like me very much . ’ |
25 | ‘ Do n't annoy me any more tonight , Shannon , ’ he said in a voice that was soft yet laden with threat . |
26 | A hundred-odd pounds would n't take me very far . |
27 | ‘ My belly would n't take me that far , ’ Sally groaned . |
28 | But do n't hold me so tight . ’ |
29 | I had me tea with her and the two boys and she did n't press me any further . ’ |
30 | And look , do n't drag me any further , Joe , please . |