Example sentences of "[vb past] not [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She flushed and tried not to let him rile her . |
| 2 | He swung his leg over the saddle , rocked the bike off its stand and balanced it with his legs while she put on the helmet , tugged on the huge gloves and tried not to let him know she was panicking . |
| 3 | She tried not to let it unnerve her . |
| 4 | She chose not to let them know she had proof this was a deception . |
| 5 | He dared not pull away , even though he did not want her to feel his changing body , but at this point one of her gentle caresses touched the corner of his mouth and before he could stop himself his mouth was on hers , and restrain himself as he might it was a lover 's kiss , not a friend 's . |
| 6 | He did not want her to think he was gloating . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Later I found that Mains did not want me watching his team train ‘ because I knew too much about rugby ’ and would tell the opposition of his plans . |
| 9 | I did not want him to see me . |
| 10 | She did not want him to hold her again . |
| 11 | She did not want him to exercise his leg until the infected burn had healed completely . |
| 12 | So I came out immediately , as I did not want him to pull me out . |
| 13 | I was pleased that he could come , although I did not want him to discover anything about my horrible work . |
| 14 | She had stolen many a glance at him since yesterday to see if perhaps there was anything that might show , but it was difficult , she did not want him to feel he was under examination , and anyway today the tired look was gone . |
| 15 | On second thoughts he also sent one of his aides to fetch blankets as well , for some of the ladies did not seem to be very decently attired and , although they did not look very enticing , he still did not want them to give his men ideas . |
| 16 | But he did not want them to follow him under any false delusion . |
| 17 | Odd-Knut — whose English was good enough to know that he did not want us to call him ‘ Odd ’ — suggested that he could leave us near the Finnish border and we could ski or walk the last bit . |
| 18 | I guessed , but did not make him confirm my guess . |
| 19 | The wife said in evidence that she knew the charge was a security but did not realise it affected her own share in the house . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 21 | Upon recovering , he admitted he had been extremely depressed since the death of his wife from cancer a year earlier and now did not think he had anything to live for . |
| 22 | When we met I told him that I did not think he had anything more urgent to attend to , and if he thought he had something more important , then his priorities were wrong . |
| 23 | She did not think he noticed her . |
| 24 | But it did not move him to pity her . |
| 25 | Breeze wondered why his righteous indignation did not prompt him to offer his seat to one of the women who had just got in , clutching a shopping-basket with one hand and a baby with the other . |
| 26 | My dad always used to say that we could not afford lunch , although , I have to say , this did not stop him eating it . |
| 27 | There was no way the police could hold Philip Drew , but this did not stop them following him . |
| 28 | But his wife was always his chief protector — he did not like her to leave his side for more than a day . |
| 29 | Her garden was a source of great pleasure and she was very proud of her wonderful displays of Pelargonuims — she did not like you to call them geraniums ! |
| 30 | Aubrey 's revelations had shocked her , but she did not doubt he knew what he was talking about . |