Example sentences of "not [verb] [noun sg] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is trying to make explicit what lies hidden at another level , one which the participants , whether schooled or unschooled , are not drawing attention to themselves : the cognitive level . |
| 2 | But on receiving no reply , he seemed hellbent on goading her , and she found she had no chance to be passive , meek and mild , when he went on to taunt , ‘ You 're paid well , I 'll grant , but even so … ’ his eyes flicked over her good quality suit which , while not drawing attention to her figure , had been costly ‘ … |
| 3 | It did not make sense to her . |
| 4 | The graveside note about missing her ‘ Darling Daddy ’ did not make sense to anyone who knew the family , since Diana rarely saw her father . |
| 5 | Stapleton took care that Sir Henry did not make love to her . |
| 6 | ‘ I did not make love to her , Leonora , ’ he said forcibly . |
| 7 | Charley did not make love to her , and he ought . |
| 8 | Would streptomycin have become available if the example of penicillin had not given impetus to its investigation ? |
| 9 | We are not given access to her private emotional struggles , but we are clear that she can not reject social values . |
| 10 | But the biggest drawback is that there are very few places left in the world where the malaria parasites ( species of Plasmodium ) have not developed resistance to them . |
| 11 | Similarly , we can say that the purchase of a new machine by a firm is investment — the machine itself will not yield utility to anyone in the current period but will produce ( or help to produce ) consumer goods probably for a long time into the future . |
| 12 | The given user is not associated with the Design Change and , therefore , is not permitted access to it . |
| 13 | Suppose farmers have a right in law to enjoin the railway company not to set fire to their fields : the result is that the company will fit spark-suppressing equipment to their trains , and there will be less damage to the farmers ' fields . |
| 14 | Admittedly , dealing with a woman as dominating as Catherine de Medici and a family as powerful as the Guises , which all three had to do , would have put strains on personalities far stronger than Francis II , Charles IX and Henri III ; but the fact remains that while , unlike Mary , they did not show indifference to their kingdom , they were exactly like her in failing to assert their control of it . |
| 15 | While such phrases do not do justice to its many insights — to which I will return in Chapter 8 — there are nevertheless some serious weaknesses in the approach . |
| 16 | Indeed , so diverse are the pleasures awaiting you at Craigendarroch , I feel a letter alone can not do justice to them … |
| 17 | ‘ She may be articulate but feel upset that she can not do justice to herself . |
| 18 | If you suggest that he has done anything for a base motive such as money , he replies , ‘ That does not do justice to you , or to me . ’ |
| 19 | Only passing accounts of his life and work have appeared in the literature , and while brief references have been made to Nicholson 's excellence as a chemist , these have not done justice to his achievements , or set them against the London localities where they occurred . |
| 20 | No special LIFESPAN privileges are required to use this option , however you can not send mail to yourself . |
| 21 | We do not send information to your home . |
| 22 | I would not anticipate taking more than half an hour to complete the filming during which time we would make every endeavour not to restrict access to your shop by other customers . |
| 23 | I shall not give way to my hon. Friend , as I believe that I have done so once already and I have only a little time left . |
| 24 | I must not give way to it , because it is so unlike me and quite causeless . |
| 25 | But his beautiful mother Forbids him to go , will not give way to his wishes . |
| 26 | Manjiku was the creature who wanted to be a woman ; the beast that stole children for his own because he could not give birth to them himself . |
| 27 | The purpose of etiquette is to provide an easy set of rules which we can follow when we are in a hurry and want to make sure that we do not give offence to anybody . |
| 28 | Those soldiers on Ukraine 's territory who would not swear allegiance to it were shipped off home . |
| 29 | I explained to the man that I could not carry cheese to my appointment but that I would be back another day . |
| 30 | In March 1991 , a bank as unpaid mortgagee had taken possession of the debtor 's business premises and he had not had access to them since that date . |