Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Other clubs should know that we want to buy their players , not sell to them . ’ |
| 2 | They walked on , not speaking , not reacting to what he was saying . |
| 3 | On occasions I looked at the casualty cards myself and identified potential clients that for one reason or another were not referred to me . |
| 4 | ‘ I made one speech on the subject and I 've not referred to it since , and there seems no purpose in doing so . ’ |
| 5 | Developments in safety after that time will not make the producer liable if his product has not conformed to them . |
| 6 | It is not your blame , and I will not spare to you what is mine . ’ |
| 7 | The fact that our conceptual scheme is inseparable from the idea of such particulars , he might argue , does not testify to their existence per se . |
| 8 | Later she wondered if he was counting on her not sticking to her resolution . |
| 9 | Develop good habits like keeping records : cheque book stubs , credit card dockets , receipts , and a proper filing system so that you can see your outgoings at a glance — and take corrective action early by spending less if you find you 're not sticking to your budget . |
| 10 | She had no advice about it ; she did not read it ; it was not explained to her . |
| 11 | The Oral Replacement Workers had not explained to them that this would be the case , ie. that the lobon-gur solution only treats the dehydration and malnutrition resulting from diarrhoea rather than the purging itself . |
| 12 | The evidence which is directed to the appellants ' intentions in relation to this matter of contempt is , first , that the appellants claim that the terms of the injunction made by the deputy judge in October 1989 were not explained to them . |
| 13 | They will be wholly ineffective for this purpose if the patient is incapable of understanding them , they are not explained to him and there is no good evidence ( apart from the patient 's signature ) that he had that understanding and fully appreciated the significance of signing it . |
| 14 | Even though insects did not answer to their names , they had to have them ; otherwise nobody knew what anybody else was talking about . |
| 15 | Amanda Lavelle , a urology ward sister at St Bartholomew 's Hospital , London , sees many patients with prostatic cancer : ‘ Men tend not to go to their GP when they first have urinary symptoms , because they think it is a normal part of aging . |
| 16 | After my own experiences I wo I would n't advice someone not to go to their G P , but firstly , I would advice them to contact the Eating Disorders Association er , because they are very helpful and they 're more supportive than any G P I 've ever come across . |
| 17 | How they used to ask him not to go to their posh prep school , but to meet them in the town . |
| 18 | Best not to go to your patch . |
| 19 | I told my mother where I had been without explanation as to why I had chosen not to go to our own church , and she said nothing . |
| 20 | ‘ I decided not to go to my room after all . |
| 21 | But then the property was not given to her ; it was given on the face of it to the trustee . |
| 22 | Was my freedom not given to me then in order to build the world of the You ? |
| 23 | the ‘ evidence ’ comes from the subject himself and is not given to him by another person . |
| 24 | It is quite simple : to acquire contemplation means much time and hard work , and it is not given to anyone any time anyhow , even though its possession brings unspeakable joy . |
| 25 | When respect is not given to our tears we are denied the relief they can bring . |
| 26 | Afterwards Holly could not explain to himself his action . |
| 27 | Why not explain to us why we must perforce accompany you , and where to and suchlike , and mayhap things will be a little clearer . |
| 28 | The problem is that the mother does not relate to her child . |
| 29 | Mildred Gordon MP , formerly a teacher , said in her speech that ‘ far too often young children are presented , in schoolbooks and in pictures in school with the vision of the normal , acceptable , happy family as comprising a married , white middle-class man and woman , with two prissy children who are clean , neat and tidy , and yet the majority of children find that this does not relate to their households . ’ |
| 30 | And if certain areas of life and behaviour are deemed suitable for morality , but not law , this suggests a view that law has internal limitations which do not relate to its pedigree . |