Example sentences of "not [adv] [vb infin] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Such a sight might not altogether displease me , but I certainly would n't find it amusing . |
| 2 | ‘ You promise ? ’ mother said , a slight stitching of her brows as she sat back in the ladder-backed seat the only indication that she might not entirely believe me . |
| 3 | Nowadays Tristan und Isolde would not especially exhaust me . |
| 4 | Uncle Walter would not only disinherit me , he would disown me ! ’ |
| 5 | This babble shall not henceforth trouble me . |
| 6 | My hon. Friend paints a vision that does not exactly fill me with glee . |
| 7 | You did not just give me my money for passing ! |
| 8 | ‘ Do not ever thank me . |
| 9 | My mother , quite properly , did not believe me , but as I was now clearly an adult , even if an unsatisfactory one , she could not directly accuse me of lying . |
| 10 | Elizabeth does not love me , but she does not always hate me , and when she brushes my hair perhaps she means to be kind . |
| 11 | Many of these depend on rather sophisticated biochemical arguments which do not really concern me here ; just two must suffice . |
| 12 | ‘ And I know you do not really believe me . |
| 13 | Other writers will make different choices , and that in itself does not particularly worry me . |
| 14 | He may not even see me . |
| 15 | He rewarded me with a puzzled smile , as if he wanted to show he did not quite believe me , then with a kiss from sun-blistered lips , dry and firm . |
| 16 | Knowing that I would be visiting Australia on a project which did not actually take me to Sydney , yet sensing the need for images for general library use , I talked the matter over with my agent . |
| 17 | Knowing that I would be visiting Australia on a project which did not actually take me to Sydney , yet sensing the need for images for general library use . |
| 18 | Even after all this time , they still speak ill of him ; why it does not therefore make me , his victim , welcome among People I do not know . |
| 19 | ‘ So you do n't properly believe me either ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Well , that would n't altogether surprise me because I know you 're up to something , buying second-hand clothes from those dotty old maids next door . |
| 21 | She told me this when I was very small , so I 've always known my real mother did n't just give me away . ’ |
| 22 | Well if I 'm there and I 'm a guest if she cooked for her and Martin she ca n't just ignore me ! |
| 23 | You ca n't just discard me like an empty cigarette packet . |
| 24 | You ca n't just accuse me without backing that accusation up . |
| 25 | He might kill me , but he could n't just let me die . |
| 26 | He sort of said , sort of went no , so I went do n't fucking apologise me you shit and all this sort of stuff right . |
| 27 | Do n't fucking hit me ! |
| 28 | And working at the Shakespeare School of English does n't exactly hinder me in that direction . |
| 29 | That does n't exactly make me feel good . |
| 30 | ‘ And threats from kids do n't exactly make me inclined to cooperate . |