Example sentences of "[adj] of [pron] not [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't polite of them not to answer the door , knowing that he was standing there , but it did n't really matter . |
| 2 | How typical of her not to tell me . |
| 3 | It would be churlish of me not to say how much I welcome that statement , and how much I rejoice in the fact that to add to the four climbdowns that I announced at 4 o'clock , there is a fifth — the abandonment of the proposal announced by the Home Secretary in column 167 of Hansard on 2 July . |
| 4 | They also eat about 3,000 midges a night each , a contribution to Scottish life which it is churlish of you not to acknowledge ! |
| 5 | Stupid of me not to realise that here , also … |
| 6 | What I have advocated is possible and not just a dream , but it would be remiss of me not to consider the nightmare scenario of colliery closures at a time when we are increasing restructuring grants by £1,000 million . |
| 7 | In their friends ' eyes it would have been unreasonably proprietorial of him not to have released her with a minimum of fuss . |
| 8 | It would have been parochial of us not to have mentioned it as it is still used in many other countries . |
| 9 | The funeral directors ' lobby is very strong ; I suppose it was naïve of me not to have realized before that they would clamp down hard on any wholesaler who dared to step out of line and supply the public direct . |
| 10 | It was tactful of you not to say so . |
| 11 | ‘ How kind of you not to resent being told ! |
| 12 | Her critics thought it crude of her not to care what they thought of her . |
| 13 | ‘ I always think it 's very nice of you not to mind being a baritone rather than a tenor , Charlie . |
| 14 | He will agree that it will be only wise of me not to attempt to comment on or in any way to qualify the words that the Prime Minister used this afternoon — and I have no intention of doing so . |
| 15 | ‘ Lovely bit of weather , ’ said her father , and her mother remarked that she always thought it so silly of them not to go out in the country more when they lived so near to it . |