Example sentences of "not [verb] [pron] by [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will not insult you by asking you to be my servant , Burkett , but nevertheless I could use a good man to drive this coach down to Grasmere , get me some fishing over a few days , be prepared to go the odd errand — about a week in all I would guess . |
| 2 | ‘ I hope I do not disturb you by telephoning you ; I find out you live in London from Piers , and so I think to myself that I will phone . ’ |
| 3 | The first example has not gained anything from introducing " I think that … " the second has not lost anything by omitting it . |
| 4 | ‘ I would n't insult you by thinking I could learn enough in a couple of days . |
| 5 | There is after all nothing inherently wrong with quoting fiction — with saying , for example , that Baker Street once housed a detective called Sherlock Holmes — so long as you do n't mislead anyone by palming it off as a fact . |
| 6 | Jesus used the illustration , he says , you parents , you fathers , if your children are hungry you do n't mock them by giving them a stone you give them egg , you give them bread , you give them meat , you do n't give them a scorpion , something to harm them , you do n't mock them by giving them some , something they ca n't eat ! |
| 7 | Jesus used the illustration , he says , you parents , you fathers , if your children are hungry you do n't mock them by giving them a stone you give them egg , you give them bread , you give them meat , you do n't give them a scorpion , something to harm them , you do n't mock them by giving them some , something they ca n't eat ! |
| 8 | I also told him of my affection for you and that I could n't injure you by marrying you without love . |
| 9 | Well look , we wo n't embarrass you by asking you to tell us what it is , but what we will do |