Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [pron] [prep] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marx claimed that bureaucrats typically lacked initiative and imagination , though this did not prevent them from trying to expand their powers and privileges . |
| 2 | Such was the Doctor 's rage , so accustomed was Louise to obedience , that she could not prevent herself from hurrying to execute his orders . |
| 3 | Language is activity and we will not understand it by trying to put a static model of a complete language-system into the lead of an individual user . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , her husband could not reconcile himself to having married a commoner and even taught their sons to be disrespectful to her when they were young . |
| 5 | I could not restrain myself from hastening to view one of those Druid circles , of which there are so many in the Isle of Lewis ; that given in the small vignette is the first one I reached . |
| 6 | But I will not humiliate myself by trying to justify what I do . |
| 7 | I can not console myself for having missed it . ’ |
| 8 | The British did not help themselves by continuing to try to make more precise and explicit in the relationship what — at best — certain American policy-makers were prepared to concede only in private . |
| 9 | But do n't suspect me of wanting to leave you . |
| 10 | It did n't stop him from wanting to ask questions but from now on he would have to find out the answers himself . |
| 11 | I mean , it does n't stop him from going shooting and fishing does it ? |
| 12 | ‘ I still ca n't read it without starting to cry , it was so moving . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't blame them for trying to make a bit of cash , but it gets ridiculous when they insult you for refusing to pay for something you did n't want doing , ’ fumes Mel , 39 . |
| 14 | It would be nice if the NHS could do this , but you ca n't blame them for trying to raise money in other ways . |
| 15 | " I have , of course , contributed to the difficulty by taking my suspicions to the police — I ca n't blame you for wanting to get to the bottom of things . |