Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [to-vb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not want to let her go . |
| 2 | The Minister has told us today that he does not want to let us know what his proposals will be when he goes into negotiations . |
| 3 | If you would like me to send you further copies of these agreements , please do not hesitate to let me know . |
| 4 | Egyptians , wary of historical backsliding , would not like to see them reopen . |
| 5 | And when he passed me I did not like to look at his face because it was dark like the shadows of the hill , and when he reached the door he laughed and I did not like to hear him laugh , and when he reached the yard he stopped because Beuno was there and he said to him , ‘ She 'll be all right now . |
| 6 | Cocaine is the kind of drug that does not have to do you harm — unless you 're stupid with it . |
| 7 | I do not wish to see it become our future . |
| 8 | Isambard did not mean to let him go for money , and was ensuring that the crown should not intervene to take him out of his hands perforce . |
| 9 | Ceauşescu did not mean to let it come again . |
| 10 | I did not mean to make you feel unwelcome . |
| 11 | Coming upon me as it did , however , in the midst of such a busy period , I could not afford to let it preoccupy me unduly , and I thus decided I should resolve it at the earliest opportunity . |
| 12 | They could not afford to let it fall apart . |
| 13 | I could not bear to see him suffer and so I threw myself wholeheartedly on to Nonni 's side , arguing passionately that my aunts ' lack of interest in day-to-day matters was a boring affectation ; that Nonni was much more ‘ real ’ and ‘ closer to life ’ . |