Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ British soldiers are the best in the world , ’ a schoolmaster told his class , adding , for the benefit of the Kindertransporte pupils , ‘ You people did not think we had it in us . ’ |
| 2 | Liz was prepared to allow the therapist to talk to her parents , but she did not want her to tell them about her problems concerning the shop , preferring to discuss these with them herself . |
| 3 | But he did not want them to follow him under any false delusion . |
| 4 | This was largely because the Dutch were conscious that they were operating on a narrow margin , and they did not want anything to distract them from their main purpose , which was to bring goods for trade and re-export to their great complex of ports , banks , and merchant houses around Amsterdam . |
| 5 | I decided to try to ignore it as I did not want anything to distract me from my purpose . |
| 6 | When two sentences are placed together in sequence by a writer who does not want us to consider them as a continuous text , their separateness or disconnectedness must be positively indicated . |
| 7 | It would be better to admit that these murderous wishes and impulses exist than to deny them , and feel guilt-laden as a result of not allowing ourselves to see them for what they are . |
| 8 | Only her resolve not to irritate him prevented her from letting the scissors stray towards his temptingly close ears , and she swallowed hard on the furious retort which jumped to her lips . |
| 9 | James Harris , writing in 1751 , saw that ‘ all Conversation passes between Particulars or Individuals ’ , and argued that when , at the formative stages of human language , a speaker met another whose name he did not know he addressed him by using ‘ , that is , Pointing , or Indication by the Finger or Hand , some traces of which are still to be observed as a part of that Action which naturally attends our speaking ’ . |
| 10 | Vienna Dear Fräulein Arandt , I am sorry you could not bring yourself to tell me about your parents . |
| 11 | And a photographer told how he saw a girl of about six so severely burned that a fireman could not bring himself to treat her by dousing her with a hose . |
| 12 | She wanted desperately to confide in someone about this , but once again found it impossible to find anyone suitable her mother was too distraught , her father was dead , and she could not bring herself to mention it to Miriam for fear of provoking some too blunt observations on the mysterious workings of a lady 's insides . |
| 13 | These doubts , hard to pin down , because reason easily disposed of them all , crystallised around the fact that Comrade Andrew too often smelled of drink ; she could not bring herself to criticise him for his partiality to the goose-girl , because she had learned so long ago and so thoroughly simply to switch off in this area . |
| 14 | So , whilst they may encourage an atmosphere of informal comradeship and sociable learning , college teachers are not your equals and you should not expect them to treat you as such . |
| 15 | And even if they do know , they 'll not expect us to pursue it after this , neh ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I really can not expect you to accept me after the way in which I have behaved , and then was wicked enough to read your private book , and the cuttings are there , I knew that you would want them back , and I expect that you will wish to make a career in journalism , and why accept a poor doctor , no need to do that , you can always live on your father 's allowance and what a remarkable man he is , so like you , or earn your living by your pen … ’ |
| 17 | A single instance of B , and of B on its own , can not enable us to associate it with A. The universe as a whole , however , is just such a single instance : we have no direct experience either of other worlds or of world-designers . |
| 18 | Mr Beckenham , however , would not have me disturb you on the matter . ’ |
| 19 | I mean , I 'm not saying I want us to be living at the top of a tower block on some vandalized estate but there 's more to life than this , I know there is . ’ |
| 20 | Not letting her see me of course . |
| 21 | I told her I 'll do my own thing , I 'm not letting them do it for me . |
| 22 | ‘ That 's why I 'm not letting you take me to the airport . ’ |
| 23 | Only in the evenings did I spend some time with Mr Rochester , and I was careful not to allow him to hold me in his arms or kiss me . |
| 24 | Forgive me for not inviting you to remove them with your teeth ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Do not let me persuade you against your will , now . |
| 26 | ‘ Why not let me write it for you ? ’ said Nurse Rose . |
| 27 | Even after the king is killed and Macbeth is named king his ambition will not let him leave it at that . |
| 28 | She would not let him confuse her with his lies . |
| 29 | and the furry monster was there and the church bells rang unceasingly , my muse was red with righteous anger , o my love , and her hound barked at the furry monster and her frankfurter but i did not let them see me for worshipping in silence is the artist 's choice , that is the way for growth . |
| 30 | The Minister 's only defence I do not recall him using it in Committee — against the charge that he is wantonly selling public assets cheaply is that we always have recourse to the Public Accounts Committee . |