Example sentences of "not [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was afraid you might not think him the right friend for me , ’ said Mrs Ames . |
| 2 | This birth was so quick and easy , Wilson could not think it the same process as Oreste 's . |
| 3 | WHATEVER the home unions committee may care to think , the team who performed with great distinction in Paris are Lions to a man — and if the powers-that-be will not grant them the honour with a large ‘ L ’ they can hardly begrudge it with a small one . |
| 4 | Catalogues and mail order services share the disadvantages of offering a limited selection , and , more importantly , not allowing you the chance to examine the item until it arrives at the door . |
| 5 | The local ombudsman found Lancashire SSD had not given her the support and counselling she needed . |
| 6 | I 've been using RapidCad for a month or so and It 's not given me the slightest problem . |
| 7 | No Alan 's not given me the go ahead really to , to do . |
| 8 | He had not provided water to wash the feet and had not given him the traditional greeting of a kiss ( Luke 7:44–45 ) . |
| 9 | We must also recognise that we have not given them the support and management guidance on practical recruitment that they , as volunteers , need . |
| 10 | If the police had not given us the benefit of the doubt , I should have been more than a little proud to go to jail in his company , together with the Cup . |
| 11 | It was clear that Holmes ' cleverness with the telegram had not given us the proof we needed . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't you know God has not given you the spirit of fear but of love and a sound mind ? ’ |
| 13 | Though he did not know it the San Antonio had turned tail and was even now on her way back to Spain , ‘ bearing a cargo of falsehood against Magellan ’ . |
| 14 | and it 's on minimum premiums , you 've got a little bit of a discount there , but again , bearing in mind nine pound sixty might not buy them the cover they want . |
| 15 | She gazed , wide-eyed , at the first large town she had ever visited , for Matilda had not permitted her the freedom of Gloucester . |
| 16 | Their nimble dexterity even made them preferred in the manufacture of buttons and in lacquering and japanning , although it did not bring them the wages of skilled male artisans . |
| 17 | Yet this did not bring us the surrender we hoped for . |
| 18 | Basically , the methods we used , although tried and tested by other organisations did not bring us the 4,000 members we hoped to see by the end of 1992 . |
| 19 | Even though the story reverberated through the Highlands , there is no evidence that either Boswell or Johnson knew the tale — had they done so , Boswell might have been less merry with his lubricious reasons as to why the woman would not show them the bedroom . |
| 20 | She said : ‘ Claire did not show me the power of attorney … nor did she tell me that I had been made Michael 's attorney . ’ |
| 21 | If you get stuck , pressing a combination of keys will show you one solution but , will not show you the graphics display that follows , to see that , you must solve the puzzle yourself , and judging by the opening graphics should be pretty good . |
| 22 | Due to the constraints of the Trove system we can not show you the policies as they are actually printed . |
| 23 | It is argued here , that economics can not show us the correct policy choice ( as some economists would appear to claim ) ; yet it may help us to avoid a wrong , or overly costly , policy choice . |
| 24 | Take her to Nicosia , but only if you will not do her the service of remaining here , in this town , at her side . ’ |
| 25 | A tough looker is not necessarily a tough fighter , and we should not do him the favour of allowing his warpaint to add to our problems . |
| 26 | Microsoft may have decided not to bundle SQL Server directly in order maintain good relations with other database suppliers , ‘ but why not do it the other way around ? ’ asks Schuster . |
| 27 | Microsoft may have decided not to bundle SQL Server directly in order maintain good relations with other database suppliers , ‘ but why not do it the other way around ? ’ asks Schuster . |
| 28 | Can you not do it the coffee break ? |
| 29 | In looking back at my records I notice that I did not send you the enclosed form which I have now completed . |
| 30 | If the surveyor states that the property is most definitely not worth the agreed price and the building society will not advance you the money you need , you have three choices : abandon the property and look again , or go to another building society and hope that another surveyor will not make the same judgement , or go to your vendor 's estate agent , explain the situation and hope that the vendor will drop the price . |