Example sentences of "not [verb] them [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not a position where A number of people have the idea that it ca n't be a beneficiary , it can , it often is a beneficiary for the obvious reason that if the beneficiaries are getting the goodies , why not make them do the work necessary to get hold of them ? |
| 2 | There is nothing wrong with being interested in , say , television but that does not make them research social scientists . |
| 3 | It does not make them feel he is one of them ; it merely makes them feel he has no longer any clout . |
| 4 | There was a box of matches in his top pocket , but when he got them out his hands were so wet that he could not make them strike . |
| 5 | Furthermore , these Creole features of grammar do not appear to carry any particular symbolic value either ( see the quote from Hewitt above ) and the contexts in which they occur do not make them look like code switches . |
| 6 | He had not heard them pass him ; he had been too intent on watching the singer . |
| 7 | The men who had not heard them arrive in the courtyard looked up in surprise . |
| 8 | it sort of er er gave them lee a , ladies leeway who wanted to work after they were married , some married and then could they come back well they could n't keep me on and not let them work you see , so oh yes it was mostly married women , there were a lot of married women there when I left , but erm it sort of set a precedent I suppose for , for them but it did , it did them some good really . |
| 9 | Perhaps the police would n't even let them do that , perhaps they would treat them like gypsies and move them on and on and not let them stop anywhere . |
| 10 | We had to keep going , not let them see how we felt . ’ |
| 11 | You have to make things happen , not let them get mentioned , discussed and then forgotten . |
| 12 | She had not made them learn a definition of a sentence , which would be entirely inappropriate for this age group , nor did she ask them to complete meaningless exercises . |
| 13 | I think the important thing is not to let them go away thinking , you know , oh , why did I bother , there 's obviously no point in carrying on with it . |
| 14 | Cornelius had heard tell of bastards and how , if you ever met any , you should be careful not to let them grind you down . |
| 15 | ‘ We are determined not to let them ruin our motorcycling . ’ |
| 16 | I have tried , without , I hope , ignoring economic and social factors , not to let them obliterate what is after all the key to any historical situation — the men who thought or acted in this way or that . ’ |
| 17 | The NSFU found it necessary to escort its men from the vessel through the BSU pickets , with their branch secretary French at their head , while the BSU men , led by Shinwell , were determined not to let them pass . |
| 18 | Just when Tod has established our relationship with Irene on a secure footing , the kind of set-up that any sane man would kill for , with her punctual visits and affectionate phone calls , the movies we enjoy together , the fine dining , the peace and safety ( the forgiveness ) that her presence confers , plus the exquisitely torpid lovemaking which takes place right on the button every couple of months or so , and reaching the stage , now , where I think we can tackle her , gently but firmly , about her untidiness around the house , because it 's best to get these things out in the open , not to let them rankle and fester , and so on-guess what . |
| 19 | And therefore grumbling couples complain in cars on their way to Harley Street from the Home Counties and beg one another not to let them drink too much : therefore Esther and Alix meet and laugh on a street corner a few hundred yards away : therefore stepchildren muster and stepparents-in-law assemble : therefore Liz Headleand 's mother sits alone , ever alone untelephoned , distant , incomprehending , incomprehended , remote , mad , long mad , imprisoned , secret , silent , silenced , listening to the silence of her house . |
| 20 | She chose not to let them know she had proof this was a deception . |
| 21 | not to let them get out of the pov that 's what I 'm saying , it suits them because they can buy up property much cheaper than if that two hundred pounds a week that 's being spent on bed and breakfast , that , they were spent on helping them with the problems as they are at the moment . |
| 22 | So high that I can not hear them speak . |
| 23 | I did not hear them say this , but I am told that they do , and if you think what that would mean , I guess , whether you agree about the deer or not , that this is not a sensible suggestion . |
| 24 | I told her I 'll do my own thing , I 'm not letting them do it for me . |
| 25 | He was not letting them get away with this easily . |
| 26 | Remember , though , that badgering agents is quite useless ; if they want to come they will come , but telephoning them and overselling yourself can be just as useless as not letting them know that you 're alive and working . |
| 27 | In addition it warns Sun that it is alienating its customers by not letting them apply their corporate discounts to the Classic and by letting them perceive Sun as turning its back on its established technical clientele to pursue the commercial marketplace . |
| 28 | They also want the trees kept to a height which will not let them block the track should they be blown over . |
| 29 | I would not let them suffer from my selfish desire to have my own life . |
| 30 | We can not let them ruin our lives . ’ |