Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [verb] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conservative Members do not want to hear what a former Conservative leader has to say . |
| 2 | The Good Retirement Guide is not designed to offer you a ready-made philosophy or a few rose-tinted blueprints on the theme ‘ Life Begins in Middle Age ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ I was struck by two things — the refusal of battered victims to give in to despair , those who could not speak gave me a thumbs up , and the insistence of sorrowing parents and girlfriends that ‘ we 'll never let them win ’ , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Yeah , I mean that 's not going to miss us a particular slot in the in the publication . |
| 5 | ‘ Any damages are not going to give her a holiday in the Caribbean . ’ |
| 6 | But Corden , mindful that in football a firm show of boardroom backing so often heralds managerial upheaval , said : ‘ I 'm not going to give him a vote of confidence ! ’ |
| 7 | So that when we have the thing that he calls an annual review and I call a pain in the neck , I do n't actually have to put in very much work to come up with the fact that no , I 'm not going to give him a salary increase , erm , because I have his , his performance , you know , already researched throughout the year . |
| 8 | I sure hope you 're not going to give me a hard time after I just travelled three thousand miles to see you , ’ Donna said , her eyes crinkling as she gave Alex another bear hug . |
| 9 | I am not going to give you a list of Reasons to Be Cheerful . |
| 10 | I am not going to give you a series of " how to do it " lessons . |
| 11 | ‘ I mean , ’ said Mounce , ‘ I 'm not going to give you a lot of crap about being pure as the driven snow myself . |
| 12 | Mum said that as a Christian She was not going to write me a note when there was n't anything wrong with me and that I was to remember that we Christians are the light of the world . |
| 13 | Democrats are hence navigating , as one of them put it , between the Scylla of not wishing to undercut Mr Bush 's diplomacy and the Charybdis of not wishing to give him a blank cheque . |
| 14 | It was a joke really , because if she was one of the male officers then she would not have given it a second thought . |
| 15 | ‘ They were always totally supportive of the company and the publicity from the Embassy could not have given us a better boost or image . ’ |
| 16 | In my wildest imaginings , I could not have foreseen what a wonderful life lay before me . |
| 17 | And while she might not have done herself a lot of favours over the last five years , it has to be concluded that she is better getting out while the going 's still good . |
| 18 | The nearest neighbours of Ben Nevis , Carn Mor Dearg and Aonach Beag , both have summits above the 4000 mark ; to another of the group , Aonach Mor , the Ordnance Survey rather churlishly ascribes a height of 3999 only , a tribute to their meticulous accuracy but a pity they could not have permitted themselves a slight error of twelve inches . |
| 19 | Do not try to give yourself a head start by dieting earlier than you should . |
| 20 | He possibly through guilt at not stopping to give her a lift , though she had n't asked . |
| 21 | If he does this easily enough we probably would not bother to call it a " problem " , but in a sense it is . |
| 22 | ‘ I mean , my dear Laura , that , since you are married to me — and I do not intend to give you a divorce — any question of your remarriage to anyone else simply does n't arise ! ’ |
| 23 | What is more , you are not permitted to marry , and you know it ; yet you let me spend money I could not afford to buy you a ring . |
| 24 | Furthermore W. 's foster parents indicated at about this time that if W. were discharged they could not continue to offer her a home . |
| 25 | You 'd have to be daft not to want to give it a go . |
| 26 | If you had n't stopped to give me a lift this morning , I 'd still be shuffling along the road to Tangiers . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I just do n't fancy tackling her a third time . ’ |
| 28 | D I did n't want to give him a false impression . |
| 29 | No , he did n't want to give her a rose , or a spoon , or a baby . |
| 30 | Now , I do n't want to give you a boring lesson about the markets of the day , suffice to say that in 1520 hard cash was rare , most of it being tied up in fields , lands and houses , so it was natural for people like Ralemberg to tout for business . |