Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] not to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edward advised me not to be fooled by this open confession of fraud : it was an early exercise in disinformation . |
| 2 | When Jesus was warning his followers about his own forthcoming death he told them not to be worried or upset but to put all their trust and confidence in him and in God . |
| 3 | Whereupon Luke lost his temper and told them not to be such fucking chauvinists . |
| 4 | ‘ Mills laughed in their faces and told them not to be so silly . ’ |
| 5 | She told me not to be embarrassed about asking Diana to do the washing up and so on . ’ |
| 6 | He told me not to be impulsive and think it over , but I sha n't stay . |
| 7 | She told me not to be silly and went and reported me . |
| 8 | I met our Tony and Helen as I was coming here and they told me not to be long . |
| 9 | ‘ I told you that , ’ said Sam , indignantly , ‘ and you told me not to be so stupid . ’ |
| 10 | He once told me not to be afraid as my death was many years off and would come in a way I least expected . |
| 11 | Mum told me not to be so silly . |
| 12 | Then he added that times were hard for small farmers and told me not to be in a hurry to send in the account . ’ |
| 13 | He brushed the newspaper angrily off his lap and told himself not to be a fool . |
| 14 | His fingers touched hers and his heart gave a jolt , but she seemed perfectly in command of herself and had apparently felt nothing , so he told himself not to be a dope , and carried his coffee back to the chesterfield . |
| 15 | But he told himself not to be crazy . |
| 16 | It appeared on the evidence that he believed himself not to be liable ; but he knew that the plaintiffs thought him liable , and would sue him if he did not pay , and in order to avoid the expense and trouble of legal proceedings against himself he agreed to a compromise ; and the question is , whether a person who has given a note as a compromise of a claim honestly made on him , and which but for that compromise would have been at once brought to a legal decision , can resist the payment of the note on the ground that the original claim thus compromised might have been successfully resisted … . |
| 17 | The court suggests that if the defendant ( D ) had ( wrongly ) believed himself to be liable to pay the charges , he would not have been liable on the notes ; but , because he ( rightly ) believed himself not to be liable to pay the charges , he is liable on the notes . |
| 18 | Jay resented him immediately , and immediately told herself not to be stupid . |
| 19 | She quickly told herself not to be ridiculous , that she did not believe in any of that mumbo jumbo . |
| 20 | She obviously had not noticed anything out of the ordinary , and Dorothy told herself not to be a fool imagining things . |
| 21 | She told herself not to be stupid , but stopped to draw breath . |
| 22 | Malcolm told him not to be so stupid . |
| 23 | North told him not to be downhearted , ‘ that the one bright spot is that the government is availing itself of part of the money for application to Central America . ’ |
| 24 | I told him not to be silly and then he stabbed me . |
| 25 | Anyway , Fiona told him not to be so bolshie , they 'll come about twoish and do n't forget you promised to give her your recipe for clafoutis . ’ |
| 26 | Everett told him not to be so ridiculous , grabbed the cheque and ran . |
| 27 | Seeing the shock she had caused , she then told him not to be so rattled . |
| 28 | ‘ Connor said he would climb out and I told him not to be stupid , ’ she said . |
| 29 | She told him not to be so possessive about her and her body . |
| 30 | With usual confidence , I told her not to be ridiculous , the possibility was infinitesimal — and not very big either ! ) |