Example sentences of "not [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have ignored signs telling them not to swim in the lake in the hot weather . |
| 2 | If you decide not to continue with the claim or if it is unsuccessful , you will still have to pay our bill . |
| 3 | This tendency not to see beyond the individual and his or her legal specialism that has been used before , to the other service available in the firm , is an old-established one — ‘ although , ’ said , ‘ I had hoped we were starting to get past that ’ . |
| 4 | I chose this frame especially for its plain qualities , so as not to detract from the shape of the design , but there is a small gold line on the inside of the frame to highlight the picture . |
| 5 | " Do n't be frightened , " he said , trying not to sound on the edge of panic himself . |
| 6 | Theodora had by now abandoned all attempts not to sound like an interrogator . |
| 7 | For this reason hourly based fee structures tend not to include within the cost estimate any MAS involvement at the completion stage . |
| 8 | She snaked her head forward and bit hard into his nose , biting down with all her strength , ignoring his shrieks of pain , trying not to gag on the blood that filled her mouth . |
| 9 | Howard gets up and walks about the room with his coffee , smiling , and taking care not to fall over the furniture . |
| 10 | The anthropologist who goes about things in this hard way ought not to fall into the error of supposing that kinship is " a thing in itself " . |
| 11 | It is difficult not to fall into the cliche trap when writing about 1992 and the Single European Market ( SEM ) . |
| 12 | ‘ I told him to be sure not to fall into the wastepaper basket on his way out , ’ said Felicity , attempting to bury her parti-coloured face in her hands . |
| 13 | Robson is anxious not to fall into the trap which ensnared Alf Ramsey in 1973 , when England sought a draw in Poland with a team packed with defenders and lost 2-0 , but sensible precautions will be taken . |
| 14 | If one intends to exclude both direct and consequential economic loss , such as in relation to loss of profit , then it is important not to fall into the trap of drafting the clause to exclude consequential loss only , although exclusion of consequential loss is obviously an important element . |
| 15 | It is possible to miss this important point about pragmatism , however , and we should be careful not to fall into the trap . |
| 16 | The case ended in April 1992 when the company decided not to appeal against an appeal court ruling made three months earlier [ see ED 55 ] . |
| 17 | The Foreign Office says he 's decided not to appeal against the sentence in the hope that he 'll get home more quickly . |
| 18 | The teacher accompanying the children had asked them not to sit along the back seat . |
| 19 | She accepted the coffee with a grunt and told Maxie not to sit on the bed , because he had cement on his jeans . |
| 20 | What you quickly learned was not to sit on the end of the row , because the usherettes would pass the trays down the row and as soon as everybody was served they 'd give the nod to the projectionist , the lights would go down again , and on the film would go . |
| 21 | We warned her not to sit on the chair , but she said she did n't mind . |
| 22 | Micky Yornutta is not so sure , so he asked Brian what exactly he expects from his side and Brian , as ever , decided not to sit on the fence , but the main concern being for his side to pass the ball as opposed to kicking it , but first Brian says that long ball to John Durnin is all wrong . |
| 23 | All of the grooms , except one who was asleep on some hay bales , had chosen not to sit in the car with their charges , and I imagined it was because of Leslie Brown 's daunting presence : racing lads on the whole felt a companionable devotion to their horses , and I would have expected more of them to be sitting on the hay bales during the day . |
| 24 | Be careful not to go over the edge of the image . |
| 25 | Be careful not to go over the edge of the image . |
| 26 | ‘ Carl 's decision not to go on the ranking devalues the No.1 position of Alan Cooke , ’ Douglas said . |
| 27 | Thomas Linehan of the IDA stated in court that a fencing contractor had been warned by pickets at the dump , one carrying a sign reading ‘ We want justice not asbestos ’ , not to go on the site or there would be trouble . |
| 28 | ‘ The whole point of this afternoon was to advertise my company , not to go for a jaunt along the river . ’ |
| 29 | One of Mr Gould 's followers , health spokesman David Blunkett , urges Labour not to go for the unity of the graveyard . |
| 30 | This raises the question of whether the interpretation of the Directive adopted in Katsikas confers any Community law right upon workers in the UK not to go with the business . |