Example sentences of "not [adj] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | However bored I am with the election , my calling is to shine the light of the good news on areas of darkness , whether or not that makes me unpopular , no matter what colour No. 10 becomes ! |
| 2 | ‘ Jane , it is not polite to question me in that way . |
| 3 | But I was told that unless I could produce a current driving licence or passport — neither of which I possess — they were not prepared to give me an account . |
| 4 | If you are not prepared to let me see the original letter then this pretence of cooperation becomes a farce and I see no point in continuing it . ’ |
| 5 | Sixty six she was , so in we go , and it 's got open to the general public , so this man said to her something about I ca n't serve you I 've had a robbery , she said I do n't know why they advertise it on the window if he 's , if he 's not prepared to serve me and when I looked round there was all the taken over , they had a burglary . |
| 6 | My father earns too much money and he was not prepared to subsidise me to do what he thought was a ridiculous waste of time . ’ |
| 7 | And he said , ‘ I have in my mind a million notes , and every one which is not perfect makes me mad . ’ |
| 8 | But what the screens revealed was not likely to make me feel easy . |
| 9 | I do n't think I know anyone who has made a fortune from their knitting machine , but then they are not likely to tell me if they have a yacht in the Mediterranean and a villa in the south of France , are they ? |
| 10 | ‘ She 's not likely to tell me , ’ Mitch stated grumpily . |
| 11 | He 's not supposed to kill me now , the old witch said . |
| 12 | But I found it too embarrassing to keep suggesting to a fellow professional that he should take time off from his own work to accompany me to functions where he was not able to join me at the dinner table when he got there . |
| 13 | As you will have observed , your wife was not pleased to see me ; she remained impatient of my attentions throughout , and the only prof it from the visit is my own . |
| 14 | ‘ Not even that , if you had not pleased to tell me . |
| 15 | ‘ I told Richard I 'd say nothing to you , but I ca n't keep silent , ’ she said , ‘ it 's not fair to ask me . ’ |
| 16 | But even being able to articulate my needs was not sufficient to protect me from further abuse . |
| 17 | Why did you create me if you were not ready to love me ? ’ |
| 18 | Yeah , tell your Mum , if she ai n't pregnant to give me my money back . |
| 19 | Plus , there would n't be any girls there , did n't that worry me ? |
| 20 | ‘ And wo n't that teach me to make judgements ? ’ she asked with a laugh . |
| 21 | ‘ You are n't half confusing me , ’ said Constance . |
| 22 | It did n't 'alf make me feel posh . |
| 23 | He was n't supposed to give me any objections |
| 24 | But only when you were n't likely to need me , of course . ’ |
| 25 | " Look , the thing is , I want to go out tonight , but my mother was n't likely to allow me … " |
| 26 | I could tell Gillian and Stuart were n't thrilled to see me at the airport . |
| 27 | The Jungle Book was not mentioned again by any of them , as if they were n't ready to see me as an actor but preferred me in my old role as a useless boy . |