Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] not [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I agreed not to speak more than half an hour , but I see that I have been speaking for a little longer than forty-five minutes . |
| 2 | ‘ Marilyn said I shoud n't wear green to a wedding , she said it was unlucky . ’ |
| 3 | Oh I quite agree because I think that there people that have , I 'm a car driver , but if I 'm in inner city I tend not to use that , I use public transport |
| 4 | COOK 'S NOTE : I tend not to use virgin olive oil for this dip as I find the flavour too strong for the roe . |
| 5 | I tend not to read long interviews with top celebs , as much to avoid discovering that they are dickheads as anything else , so I look for the news , gossip and reviews . |
| 6 | I tried not to let this interfere with les très riches heures de James Kirkup , but the wretchedness and misery were overwhelming . |
| 7 | In the last six articles I tried not to describe any canoeing technique as right or wrong . |
| 8 | I tried not to give any extra weight to the explanations or justifications made by one individual rather than another . |
| 9 | Suppose , well , I say not thinking one evening , I nearly missed the bus this morning , I had to run like billy-o , sure as fate Aunt Annie would say , think yourself lucky you can run . |
| 10 | I sat up feeling strangely light-headed and carefree ; maybe I 'd not had much sleep , but at least I had beaten the organist , at least I 'd been spared the Magnificat on an empty stomach . |
| 11 | Well I think I 've been rather more fortunate , the two branch managers I 've had er , before , I 'd not had long enough , er , both have given albeit not regular , but feedback both positive and negative , er , when you 're doing a good job and when you 're doing a bad job , and er , in all honesty , it 's probably the appraisal itself , that 's actually been unnecessary because of their feedback they 're given me during the year , because the appraisal is just a formal repetition of what 's already been said . |
| 12 | Oh I can I do n't carry two cups I ca , dare n't carry a cup and saucer |
| 13 | Well I would n't er I do n't expect most things will completely but anyway we 'll see . |
| 14 | Cos you ca n't I do n't want that on the tape . |
| 15 | But I mean often women would say , what can I do , I do n't want any more babies , what can I do ? |
| 16 | Well do the best you can er I do n't want exact words obviously but what was the burden of what he was the gist , the effects of what he was saying ? |
| 17 | I think that 's diff you see I , I do n't think that 's possible for everybody to keep in touch with everybody else , I think you 've got to have one person , that everybody looks to , to say , right |
| 18 | I felt like deciding then and there never to get drunk again , but being so young I decided that this was probably a little unrealistic , so I determined not to get that drunk again . |
| 19 | No , because I 'm frightened o I might I have n't done that . |
| 20 | You see I have n't got any unus , I 've got stuff a bit like that , but I have n't got any anything like this . |
| 21 | Mm , what shall I have , I have n't got any more cakes left . |
| 22 | right , I 'll just nip over and get it , cos I have n't locked up yet maybe I wo n't I have n't got ten P , I 've only got two pennies , just have to make sure back |
| 23 | I decided not to go straight back to the house . |
| 24 | I pledge not to buy any products made from tropical hardwoods . |
| 25 | I started not having much time for the French and the Walloons , which is to say the French-speaking Belgians , when I found myself among them in 1944 . |
| 26 | ‘ I try not to show any favouritism to the horses , ’ says John . |
| 27 | And I try not to get stroppy , I try to be you know , otherwise I 'm being a complete crab and not joining in , but |
| 28 | But I do not regard these factors as justifying sweeping away the law which for so long has regulated the conduct of charitable corporations . |
| 29 | However , I do not regard this problem as insuperable . |
| 30 | One can not prove a personal judgment of this kind , and I do not expect immediate assent to it . |