Example sentences of "not [vb infin] me [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually Mrs Webster explained that she had had an evacuee before me , who had ‘ breathed on the wall ’ , and she did not want me to do likewise . |
| 2 | Here he bade me stay , saying that there was only the laboratory overhead , and that he did not wish me to enter there . |
| 3 | He said , ‘ Senhor Abul will not permit me to dine quite so lavishly . ’ |
| 4 | they did n't want me to go naturally . |
| 5 | You do n't want me to sleep here ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I know you did n't want me to come here tonight , but there is an enchanted magician in that box and I promised him that I would get him to you so that you could change him back . |
| 7 | ‘ Mummy did n't want me to come here , ’ she told Anne in what Anne thought of as a ‘ far back ’ voice , ‘ but I did n't want to arse around playing Lady Bountiful I wanted to do real war work . |
| 8 | One day my mum rang up and said she did n't want me to come home again and that I should go to Social Services because she was sick and tired of all the bother and everything . |
| 9 | ‘ You do n't expect me to give away the tricks of the trade , do you ? ’ snapped Casey Kucharyk , who was to win Amateur Class II ( up to 5ft 9in ) . |
| 10 | But you ca n't expect me to stand here meekly … ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You ca n't force me to go anywhere with you . |
| 12 | ‘ If one brand of chocolate does n't allow me to earn enough , I 'll just switch over to another brand , ’ she says . |
| 13 | ‘ You ca n't ask me to leave just because someone has blackened my name — ’ |