Example sentences of "[pers pn] not [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Got to have that Dils doo dee doo doo doo I 'll go and change I 'm gon na let my hair go down am I not wearing a football shirt ? |
| 2 | Did I not stop the lorry by the power of Arnold Bros ( est. 1905 ) ? ’ |
| 3 | Would I or would I not welcome the security of a rope ? |
| 4 | Now I was impressed : I not seen a ski hill like this before . |
| 5 | You therefore , constantly and vigilantly , ask yourself , ‘ why am I not doing a priority task instead of this one ? ’ |
| 6 | I thought for thought for fifteen minutes I was er should I or should I not join the company . |
| 7 | I told myself that not only had I not had a choice , but that in fact I had n't really needed to make one . |
| 8 | And had I not wiped the floor with the little squirt , conversationally speaking ? |
| 9 | He was shaken , but unhurt , and merely ordered me not to say a word . |
| 10 | Saying this to me was like holding a red rag to a bull : the more anyone told me not to do a thing , the more I tried to do it . |
| 11 | ‘ Promise me not to wear a switch again , ’ he said , after a fool 's pause . |
| 12 | I remember he once told me not to move the head too much as it weighs 22lbs . |
| 13 | I suppose now you 're going to get timid , and tell me not to rock the boat . ’ |
| 14 | Then I remembered Stephen Roskill telling me not to believe a word Mountbatten said or claimed unless it was corroborated from other sources . |
| 15 | Guy told me not to lower the bridge for anyone except the villagers until he gets back . |
| 16 | At first he tried halfheartedly to appeal to me not to send the story to England for ‘ the sake of the side ’ . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Obviously I ca n't do anything dramatic overnight , due to circumstances , what with my little girl being a ward of court , and me not having a home . |
| 19 | She 's open-minded , and a single parent : maybe that has something to do with it and with me not having a husband it made it easier for her to come in and see me sometimes . |
| 20 | She told me not to make a fuss over such a small thing . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Honda immediately withdrew the two affected models — the HR-EL 171 and 172 and has contacted all its 4,500 owners warning them not to use the machine until a solution is found . |
| 23 | By section 12 , the senior police officer is empowered to impose conditions on the proposed march if he reasonably believes that it may result in serious public disorder , serious damage to property or serious disruption to the life of the community , or alternatively that the purpose of persons organising the march is to intimidate others ‘ with a view to compelling them not to do an act they have a right to do , or to do an act they have a right not to do . ’ |
| 24 | The wording of section 12(1) ( b ) is , however , slightly unfortunate in requiring the intimidation of others ‘ with a view to compelling them not to do an act they have a right to do , or to do an act they have a right not to do . ’ |
| 25 | The grounds upon which the powers to impose conditions may be exercised are very similar to those which are available in relation to processions ; section 14 provides that if the senior police officer believes that a public assembly may result in serious public disorder , serious damage to property or serious disruption to the life of the community , or that the purposes of the persons organising it is to intimidate others with a view to compelling them not to do an act they have a right to do , or to do an act they have a right not to do , he may impose conditions as to the place of the assembly , its maximum duration or the maximum number of persons who may constitute it as may appear to him necessary to prevent the disorder , damage , disruption or intimidation . |
| 26 | ‘ In order for them not to happen the law would have to be changed and , with the time it would take to change the law , we would n't be able to do so before the elections are due to happen . |
| 27 | So I fell on my knees and asked them not to punish the child any more . |
| 28 | Many , many of our students are coming back from teaching practice reporting that teachers are urging them not to enter the profession ’ . |
| 29 | And I can understand them not having the pricing right , I do n't think they 've spent long enough working out what the prices of things are . |
| 30 | George Williamson and three other men did not hesitate to launch to the aid of Ralph Pottinger , even though the coastguard had advised them not to attempt a rescue , and they cast off from Scalloway Harbour at 2138 , aboard Challenge , a steel-built 36ft salmon work boat . |