Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What he says about the king 's own explanation for his forwardness in battle is one of a number of examples of d'Ayala 's perception of the Scottish kingdom : ‘ He ( the king ) said to me that his subjects serve him with their persons and goods , in just and unjust quarrels , exactly as he likes , and that therefore he does not think it right to begin any warlike undertaking without being himself the first in danger . ’ |
| 2 | I do not think it right to ban all these services . |
| 3 | But that does not make it right to encourage disaster in search of diversion . |
| 4 | And I am also thinking of the identification of Rahila Khan — a novelist supposedly Asian and female — as an Anglican vicar ; and of the attempt to thwart a biography by the Englishman Ian Hamilton of the American J. D. Salinger , whose novels tell the story of his life , but who does not want anyone else to do so , preferring to keep his facts to himself . |
| 5 | It did not suit her now to observe the emotional turmoil inside Rose . |
| 6 | Brian did not know what else to say . |
| 7 | On the other hand , she did not know what else to say , so she said nothing . |
| 8 | He said said the Government was keeping interest rates high because it did not know what else to do . |
| 9 | They do not know what else to do . |
| 10 | Do you cling to problems because you do not know what else to think about , and what else to discuss with friends ? |
| 11 | and quite honestly , I think they not only do they not bring them up to do , I mean useful like that , but I thought Ken 's his family never showed any affection any warmth , any caring , any love , and I would do anything for anyone if they just say thank you , but with Ken |
| 12 | ‘ We did not bring them here to sit in the stand , ’ Roxburgh said , although he would not commit himself as to whether either was considered a starter against the French . |
| 13 | More importantly , he was not tonsured : Lothar , perhaps moved by the obligations of a godfather , could not bring himself thus to exclude Charles from the ranks of the throneworthy . |
| 14 | If a bench of two justices can not bring themselves thus to dispose of the case there was no other sensible construction of section 9(2) then that a bench of three must become seized of the matter , rehear the evidence and comply with the statute , i.e. convict or acquit on the evidence . |
| 15 | Dublin can not bring itself publicly to renounce its territorial claim to the North , while privately living in dread of ever having to acknowledge a direct responsibility for Northern Ireland 's Protestants . |
| 16 | I will not expect anyone else to make me happy but will find it within me . |
| 17 | The conductor does not show them how to play , he probably ca n't play more than one or two instruments , but he understands the purpose of each instrument and its usefulness . |
| 18 | In the meanwhile , we did not feel it right to make aspects of knowledge about language in the programmes of study ( which will be legally obligatory for every pupil working at levels 5 to 10 ) too extensive or demanding . |
| 19 | Privately Vitali will feel relieved that his yearning can finally be classed as hopeless — that he need not spur himself recklessly to act in regard to me ; and maybe die as a result . |
| 20 | You need not hurry them away to lie in your sewing-basket or run upstairs to fold them under your handkerchiefs . |
| 21 | Seals have almost spherical lenses and can not flatten them enough to see far through the air . |
| 22 | It did not take her long to work out that the meal was going to cost her considerably more than she 'd saved by spending a rather miserable night in rue Roland . |
| 23 | Apparently it did not take her long to provide services for both husband and wife . |
| 24 | It did not take me long to wish that we Christians might have a similar preparation for confirmation and acceptance as a full worshipping and working member of the Church . |
| 25 | It did not take me long to realize that this was the man I had needed so badly . ’ |
| 26 | But it did not take him long to sort out what was wrong with it . |
| 27 | As a free man in a growing country , it did not take him long to see the potential . |
| 28 | It did not take them long to make their minds up : mobility , Jessica said , was the nicest thing she knew about being well-off . |
| 29 | It did not take them long to inform us that we had arrived with their traditional enemies , the Bugis . |
| 30 | If their attackers were in any strength it would not take them long to get through . |