Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] be [verb] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sitting on a stone wall she listened to tourists who sprawled on grass where they were asked not to encroach . |
| 2 | I could see she was an unfit woman , and although I was resolved not to tell anyone now of my qualifications , except that I had been an ARP worker , I did try to be as helpful to her as I could . |
| 3 | ( And why should n't the kind of holism that I am espousing not help to make processes such as mental imagery more intelligible to us — Piaget published a number of experiments on the development of imagery . ) |
| 4 | It seemed that she was determined not to take him seriously . |
| 5 | Many broadcasters felt that they were expected not to say anything on the air which was in contradiction to Government policy . |
| 6 | She says that they were told not to come out , it was frightening . |
| 7 | They do n't like mixing with HIV-positive people and drug addicts and their husbands and boyfriends do n't like it , so they are encouraged not to get involved . ’ |
| 8 | Before it left Scampton it was inspected to gauge the material and manpower needed to re-finish the aircraft , and while it was at Bicester a team from St Athan completely stripped the Lancaster , although it was decided not to apply its new paint scheme until it was finally in situ at the RAF Museum , to avoid damaging the paintwork on its journey to Hendon . |
| 9 | Priestley supported them and made it well known , so much so that he was asked not to attend the dinner — just in case . |
| 10 | He looked straight at her , and she could tell from the way his lower eyelids were drawn up at the inner corners and his nostrils distended that he was trying not to cry . |
| 11 | Stephen 's voice had risen , as it had that morning in the garden , and again Kate thought that he was trying not to cry . |
| 12 | I 'm trying not to cry and I 'm trying not to cough , either , because that might make me cry . |
| 13 | I was trying to get away from percentages and I was trying not to pursue the thing any further . |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't let anybody beat you , do n't come back without the gold , ’ my friends had said to me , and I was determined not to let them down . |
| 15 | McLaren , he was convinced , was determined to get the better of him , ‘ and I was determined not to let him ’ . |
| 16 | Marie looks calm now , but she 's all tight in her body , like she 's real angry and she 's trying not to show it . |
| 17 | Louise realised that Nora wanted a fight in order to clear her growing frustration — and she was determined not to give her the opportunity . |
| 18 | And she was determined not to return . |
| 19 | She was neither Sinhalese or Tamil and she was known not to take sides . |
| 20 | ‘ I wo n't stop asking you , ’ I say , and she looks guarded , pleased , looks like she 's trying not to show anything . |
| 21 | For a moment after she 'd come in her face had gone all stiff , as if she were trying not to cry . |
| 22 | Yes , we went to school to learn and we were told not to talk . |
| 23 | YORKSHIRE bookies took a caning yesterday on the eve of Doncaster 's St Leger meeting — and they 're threatening not to pay . |
| 24 | Not for one moment did the two men believe that they would see anything , and they were determined not to allow the foggy weather to play havoc with their imaginations . |
| 25 | Ideally , avoid the company of those who are afraid , even if they are trying not to show it . |
| 26 | Typically , he summarises aphoristically the question of whether writers lose authority if they are found not to practise what they preach . |
| 27 | It also did something to the plumbing , and it was decided not to keep us for the month we had been promised , but to billet us out to houses nearby . |
| 28 | If this is correct then there are important implications for people who are ‘ near the borderline ’ , if it is decided not to change the clocks between the summer and winter , but rather to retain Daylight Saving Time throughout the year . |
| 29 | Where such a movement has occurred , or there has been rumour and speculation , the Panel should be consulted if it is proposed not to make an immediate announcement . |
| 30 | You would abort a DC if it was decided not to proceed and complete the proposed change . |