Example sentences of "not [verb] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These do not exist to deal with virtually non-existent external challenges , but are necessary because the implicit justifiers of monarchy also possess the ideological wherewithal for implicit criticism . |
| 2 | And if you do n't resign then there 's no reason for you not to continue to act as adviser to Carlisle Flint . |
| 3 | So did the amusing little sag of her incipient double chin , the veining on her cheeks ( which , unlike Alix , she does not think to cover with Liquid Foundation ) , the slight plump soft dimpling of her upper arm , the raised veins in the backs of her hands , the broadening of her hips , the decreasing flexibility of her joints . |
| 4 | Against a background of thinking that a series should : a ) find a balance between the too general and the too specific ( in their Arnold series he would say that MacLoughlin was about right , Tarone too specific ) , and b ) be for the most part single-author monographs and only rarely , if ever , be edited collections of papers ( while recognizing that CUP has produced the occasionally successful collection ) , he suggested the following topics/authors : — universal grammar/Kevin Gregg , Japan ? — input and interaction in SLA/Jackie Schachter/Teresa Pica , Pennsylvania ? ( could be two separate volumes ) — cognitive processing and SLA/ ? — ‘ instructed ’ SLA/Patsy Lightbown ? — social factors and situations in SLA/Roger Andersen , UCLA ? — age and neurolinguistic factors/Mike Long ? ( who has apparently said he would not want to publish in his own series ) |
| 5 | There was a suggestion in Bridget 's tone she did not want to respond to . |
| 6 | It did not want to part with the medium-wave lengths which allowed simulcasting on both FM and medium-wave , so that the deficiencies of one could be remedied by the other . |
| 7 | He is more likely to borrow than barter , since he does not want to part with his own . |
| 8 | Mrs Knight said she did not want to part with her belongings but was ‘ dumbfounded ’ by Bruce 's actions . |
| 9 | You are not bothered whether the house is detached or semi-detached , but you do not want to live on an estate . |
| 10 | He added : ‘ It happens more often than people realise that children do not want to live with their parents . |
| 11 | In another passage evocative of past attempts to play the race card , Mr Tebbit wrote that ‘ most people in Britain did not want to live in a multicultural , multiracial society , but it has been foisted on them ’ . |
| 12 | Already the biggest obstacle to the dissemination of improved techniques of mud building is that scientists and housing experts have decried mud so much that even the poor , who have no alternative to mud , do not want to live in it . |
| 13 | Young people do not want to live in them , when as often as not work means agriculture or nothing . |
| 14 | Nemeth said of Hungary 's transition to multiparty democracy that " the revolution happened not only because people did not want to live in that way , but also because the government did not want to govern in that way " . |
| 15 | Now I would not want to live in a country where my ex-wife and I were denied the right to another chance . ’ |
| 16 | Remove handles , nameplate and door seal and carefully mask off all areas that you do not want to paint with overlapping sheets of newspaper . |
| 17 | Thus a Representative from a Midwestern State will not want to serve on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee , but would probably covet a place on either the Agriculture Committee or the Appropriations Committee ( especially its Agriculture Subcommittee ) . |
| 18 | ‘ You 'd have to signal in advance which issues you regarded as a matter of confidence — for instance , the Tories might have a crack at coal privatisation but might not want to go to the country on it if they failed . ’ |
| 19 | She did not want to go to the beach because the beach meant the bikini , and spending all afternoon sucking in her gut and wondering why her skin went straight from fishbelly white to lobster red while all the other kids had golden tans . |
| 20 | On page 12 Whit Deschner explains why you would not want to go to this prime honeypot river . |
| 21 | The main problem was that many graduates did not want to go to units where conditions were not seen as ‘ suitable ’ to their requirements . |
| 22 | " The burial regulations and provision of mourning " , notes Stephen Jones , " make it plain that many a coasting man did not want to go to his maker like his deep-sea brother , sliding down a plank in a canvas sack with the last stitch through his nose " . |
| 23 | I did not want to go to prison again . |
| 24 | She did not want to go to her parents through fear of her father and because she might run into her baby 's father . |
| 25 | All she knew was that , unlike Cinderella , she did not want to go to Roman 's ball … |
| 26 | You may not want to go to all this trouble so I 'll let you in on another easier method of finding some good swims . |
| 27 | If you do not want to go to the police , ring Sunday Life on Belfast 331133 ext 4316 and your message will be passed on to the McDermotts . |
| 28 | ‘ He did not want to go to prison , so he decided to try out one of the well-known methods of avoiding prison by offering his services as a police informer , ’ Mr Roberts said . |
| 29 | He wanted her to go , and she felt afraid as she realised that she did not want to go at all . |
| 30 | I did not want to go into the dark house , where I would spend the evening quietly with old Mrs Fairfax . |