Example sentences of "not [verb] [noun pl] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must learn to flow with your experience , not make others dance to your tune . |
| 2 | The compound did not make animals sleep and very large doses could be given without causing death . |
| 3 | We know that many people in Britain who are on poverty wages , even if they are in more regular forms of work , simply can not make ends meet . |
| 4 | These must not be sung in the unfamiliar acoustic of the Church hymn , but suitably doctored so that they do not make shoppers stop their trolleys to listen . |
| 5 | Talk too much , and not let others have their say . |
| 6 | Though the head needs to bubble with enthusiasm reasonable requests will sometimes need to be refused solely to keep a balance and not let pressures get out of hand . |
| 7 | Evidently I did not see fighters go down that day but I know they did but this was a first realization as if there was somebody up there to kill me and I guess this is the point at which you realize that you are going to kill them before they kill you and all of a sudden we are in combat all our lives and we take a complete change in outlook from everything because up to now everything had been practise and training just for this except we did not have that realization that they are there to kill us , who 's gon na be killed first ? |
| 8 | " It is up to them not to let circumstances get the better of them . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , my Mum told me not to let boys fondle me or kiss me now I 've started me periods , otherwise , if I did , I 'd soon be having a baby . ’ |
| 10 | There is a strong determination to put it right this time and not to let things slip . |
| 11 | She 's had to restrict the amount of time he spends playing them , and she 's warning other parents not to let children use the games for long periods unsupervised . |
| 12 | But Keegan warned his players not to let standards slip following the controversial 4-2 defeat at Oxford on Monday . |
| 13 | Why on earth should people here who do not have families pay for people who do have families ? |
| 14 | Green-fingered George , who won £1,700 for his two specimens , did not hear organisers say unclaimed vegetables would be sold . |
| 15 | The figures for Newham are dated 14 November , so I hope that we do not hear Ministers say that they are not up to date . |
| 16 | The next few years were difficult for them all , but when Eb came home , gassed and disabled , he had done his best to put the shop back on a business footing — going in every day to work behind the counter , keeping the books , and not letting customers run up bills they could n't pay . |
| 17 | ‘ Christ , you 're not letting Nails loose with one of those ? ’ |
| 18 | Yet in the national interest as well as for the electoral advantage of his own party , the Prime Minister can not let matters drift any further . |
| 19 | In a statement , the boys ' father said he told them : ‘ Do not let women come between you . |
| 20 | I told him you would not let things rest and would look for me . |
| 21 | And perhaps , she decided , being realistic , as long as she did not let things go too far it would do her no harm to stop trying to resist them and simply go with the flow of her feelings for a while . |
| 22 | They usually do not let things get to them . ’ |
| 23 | Do not let foals get cold or wet out in the field . |
| 24 | Water your containers less frequently than in summer , but do not let pots dry out . |
| 25 | encourage others and do not let disappointments show . |
| 26 | Perhaps he was trying to infuriate his enemies in the conservative Arab world , especially Saudi Arabia , which , because of those sanctions , will not let pilgrims fly directly from Libya to Saudi Arabia to take part in the haj . |
| 27 | Their treatment of pupils was seen as important , not making pupils look foolish in front of classmates , not swearing and not being overbearing or sarcastic . |
| 28 | He talks a lot of tommy rot about not making ends meet , but what I say is you 've got to cut your coat according to your cloth . |
| 29 | This chapter : ( 1 ) describes how an expert is appointed , either by the parties or by a professional body ( 10.2 ) ; ( 2 ) explains the problems created by the absence of effective appointment machinery independent of the parties ( 10.3 ) ; ( 3 ) shows how an appointment may be invalid ( 10.4 ) ; ( 4 ) provides a list of appointing authorities with figures for some of their rates of appointments ( 10.5 ) ; ( 5 ) outlines procedures for making an application to an appointing authority ( 10.6 ) ; ( 6 ) shows that the court will not help parties obstruct appointments ( 10.7 ) ; ( 7 ) considers the difficulties that can arise from perceived conflicts of interest ( 10.8 ) . |
| 30 | The severest critics of exclusively personal , creative writing are the Language in Use team , who argue that such work does not help pupils achieve social competence . |