Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a very old set and did not always work ; as I did not make contact with the control tower I came round and I saw that it was all clear for me to land , so I put my wheels down and made my approach . |
| 2 | I decided to try to ignore it as I did not want anything to distract me from my purpose . |
| 3 | So I came out immediately , as I did not want him to pull me out . |
| 4 | There were seventy- five paintings in the exhibition and by the time I left , which was quite early as I did not stay for dinner , most of the pictures had a little red sold label . |
| 5 | I have added a 40W actinic and a reflector as I did not think I was seeing the true colours of my fish . |
| 6 | I did not know whom I might meet there , and cramped as I as I did not fancy my chances at running away if it came to a straight chase on a hard surface . |
| 7 | ‘ They told me that as long as I did not rush back too quickly , I should have another four or five years . |
| 8 | The calculations I must have performed to decide where the ball was going to be , and to hit it , are staggering , but I managed ( so long as I did not stop to ask how I was doing it ) . |
| 9 | My idea was to have my carers living in , as I did not like the idea of people popping in and out to see to me . |
| 10 | As long as I did not look at her , Sadie resigned herself to wandering behind me . |
| 11 | erm In fact a simple formulation of this problem occurs in the opening paragraphs of À la Recherche , erm when the narrator writes this : ‘ When I woke in the middle of the night , I could not tell where I was , just as I did not know at first who I was . |
| 12 | Anyway the next day they were on the er if machine is not clean when I come in then I should not run as I did not run this morning for four hours as I might as well come in on Saturday morning and clean them myself So she in . |
| 13 | As I did not have a woman companion , they tended to ignore me , but I called to one and bought a little bouquet to put in my hotel bedroom 's tooth-glass . |
| 14 | Again I was making no contact with the flying control and as I did not have a WT operator I could not use my wireless set to inform the station that I was in this predicament . |
| 15 | As I do not sleep well I find I am very tired in the afternoon . |
| 16 | I am being a trifle cunning in this , as I do not want you to forget me . |
| 17 | I should like to learn what , if anything , I can do here to enrol for any suitable course to get me into the business world or administration as I do not want to wait till I return to the UK , on leave , in mid-June till I begin finding out more about your courses . |
| 18 | I got up quite late today as I do not do anything important and it is my one real chance for a lie-in . |
| 19 | Mr Fallon said : ‘ I would have to think very seriously about it as I do not think Dr Clarke 's views should be given air time . ’ |
| 20 | As I do not suggest or recommend that we reduce our intake to such a very low level , we need not concern ourselves that we will eat insufficient quantities to endanger our health . |
| 21 | Perhaps I had better measure my words carefully , as I do not wish to embarrass anyone . |
| 22 | My solution , as I do not use a machine for tying my hooks , is to tie reverse knots which do not put undue pressure on the section of line which ends up immediately above the hook . |
| 23 | The juniors were very earnest and keen cricketers and I always found umpiring a ticklish business as I do not know the rules . |
| 24 | Bartram s query regarding Kalm s American observations was dealt with : Miller had not seen whether Linnaeus had included them in his Species of plants , but mentioned that Kalm had published them himself ; ‘ in the Swedish language ; but as I do not understand it , so I have not been curious enough to send for the book , nor do I hear any good character of it . ’ |
| 25 | He was never a favourite character of mine , as I do not approve of the British partition and subsequent desertion of India , mismanaged by Mountbatten against a horrific background of massacres . |
| 26 | As I do not have any record of Richard Bean being a shareholder in Cotswold Steam Preservations , he would not be expected to know the background to 2807 's history since being rescued by our society in 1980 . |
| 27 | ‘ As I do not have the good fortune to know your family , Emilia , I am hardly in a position to say , though I feel sure they would wish to know of your distress . ’ |
| 28 | I also think Bishop Thomas knows this and does not , can not , forgive me , as I do not forgive myself . ’ |
| 29 | The hon. Gentleman does not set an example to others in the consumption of champagne , as I do not believe that he seeks such a tipple |
| 30 | Much as I would like to assist the hon. Gentleman , I can not as I do not accept that transport for students at boards of management colleges should remain with education authorities . |