Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] not [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It makes you look like a sheep , ’ she observed coldly , but even this seemed not to offend him . |
| 2 | More than eight out of 10 consumers , out of a sample of about 1,500 , said their consumption of meat and fish was unaffected by health considerations and 60% did not care about calories , while more than half claimed not to worry about calories , while more than half claimed not to worry about salt , sugar or caffeine . |
| 3 | More than eight out of 10 consumers , out of a sample of about 1,500 , said their consumption of meat and fish was unaffected by health considerations and 60% did not care about calories , while more than half claimed not to worry about calories , while more than half claimed not to worry about salt , sugar or caffeine . |
| 4 | Much later , in 1975 , the Lebanese chose not to refer to this period . |
| 5 | The difference is subtle , but the difference is fundamental , even though for a hundred years the British managed not to realise it , because they desperately wanted not to . |
| 6 | The fact we were chatting about a programme on Radio 4 while standing on a dainty platform hundreds of feet tall seemed not to bother him . |
| 7 | Mujjaddedi had on June 21 threatened not to hand over power ( as required by the Peshawar accord ) to Rabbani , whom he branded as a Khomeini-like Islamic radical . |
| 8 | Three chose not to complete the diagnostic process . |
| 9 | Many seemed not to know what the knives and forks were for and took the napkins for handkerchiefs . |
| 10 | Shana was going to come but because she was pregnant decided not to risk it . |
| 11 | For their part , radicals assessing the outcome of the congress at a meeting on Sept. 29 voted not to split from the BSP . |
| 12 | The government after 1980 chose not to use this method of controlling bank lending and hence the figure for special deposits in Table 16.2 is zero . |
| 13 | Although the CSCE committee meeting on Sept. 16 decided not to accept Macedonia as a regular member of the CSCE , on Sept. 18 in Prague the CSCE crisis committee on Yugoslavia decided to strengthen its permanent mission in the republic . |
| 14 | As it got dark 1 decided not to fish for the carp at night . |
| 15 | For weeks life was very difficult as they both tried not to upset each other , even slightly . |
| 16 | Seb and Nahum looked across at each other and both tried not to smile . |