Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not demanding we spend the entire weekend locked in a clinch , ’ Vitor said impatiently when she started to protest , ‘ but we should appear to be on good terms . |
| 2 | Personally , I do not think we need an alternative god to look up to . |
| 3 | ‘ You should not think you have the Merkuts to thank for your freedom , ’ Jehan said conversationally . |
| 4 | Secondly , I do not think it does a college principal any harm to operate in a different framework , see how others organise themselves and bring a principal 's view to bear upon validation exercises — and possibly upon SCOTVEC itself ! |
| 5 | I have never completely resolved my own dilemma , for I do not think it has a simple resolution . |
| 6 | I do not think I have the strength . |
| 7 | After his signature , he added : ‘ P.S. Do not think I stole the plate , linen , etc. from you . |
| 8 | I use to dread going in to work — in the two years I worked for the Inland Revenue I do not think I worked a full month — and in the end I left . |
| 9 | He also gave the impression , although I do not think he made a specific statement , that he had in fact had discussions with the Biafrans . |
| 10 | Callaghan seemed to be implying that it was not enough to offer young people a broad liberal curriculum in school , if such a curriculum did not prepare them to face the unthinking anonymity of the factory production line . |
| 11 | It 's not a position where A number of people have the idea that it ca n't be a beneficiary , it can , it often is a beneficiary for the obvious reason that if the beneficiaries are getting the goodies , why not make them do the work necessary to get hold of them ? |
| 12 | How then can God say to Moses ( Exodus 6:2–3 ) that " by my name the Lord I did not make myself known the them " ( i.e. Abraham , etc . ) ? |
| 13 | The argument about rhythm should not make us forget the very important difference in English between strong and weak syllables ; some languages do not have such a noticeable difference ( which may , perhaps , explain the subjective impression of ‘ syllable-timing ’ ) , and for native speakers of such languages learning English it can be helpful to practise repeating strongly rhythmical utterances since this forces the speaker to concentrate on making unstressed syllables weak . |
| 14 | Priestley concludes that ‘ twenty Marxian treatises about the proletariat would not make you feel a tenth of the compassion for the dispossessed urban masses as this bit of pantomime does ’ . |
| 15 | I always said yes , even if I was drained , because I did not want him to chuck the ball to someone else . ’ |
| 16 | They did not want him to make the comparison himself . |
| 17 | ‘ But you do not want me to do an article for the City Press ? ’ |
| 18 | I did not want her to face the rings that dissolve into the banks of time 's pond when the dead-weight falls to its depths . |
| 19 | She could hardly descend on Giovanna Sassanta 's house without an appointment , and Anthony had made it abundantly clear that he did not want her to cross the threshold of his hospital . |
| 20 | They connected him up , but there was nowhere to hang the bag of saline solution , and they did not want someone blocking the aisle holding it . |
| 21 | ‘ I do not want you to say a word until you have drunk at least two glasses . ’ |
| 22 | Nutty had given them a thorough grounding in the process , and put out the evening feeds ready , not trusting them to get the quantities right . |
| 23 | I have not heard anyone propose a serious project for the restoration of full employment at the national level . |
| 24 | ‘ You 're not suggesting we steal a plane ? ’ said Gurder , by this time totally horrified . |
| 25 | I 'm not suggesting you know the switch |
| 26 | She did not want to talk to her friend about Jamie , and she did not trust herself to hold a lengthy conversation with Bridget without mentioning his visit . |
| 27 | Cassie , who by now was trembling so violently that she could not trust herself to lift the loaded tray , said lightly : ‘ Take the tray , will you , Jenny ? |
| 28 | It must surely be the case that the cat is competent to act as observer of its own survival or demise and does not need me to settle the issue for it . |
| 29 | The air waybill is not a full fledged document of title because the consignee does not need it to obtain the goods from the carrier . |
| 30 | Although this is so , it does not trouble anyone surveying a piece of land . |