Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | It does not make them feel he is one of them ; it merely makes them feel he has no longer any clout . |
2 | I was desperate enough to consider rushing round the table pretending to be Pumblechook 's carriage , but I could not make myself do it , and just stood there helplessly . |
3 | He had not heard them pass him ; he had been too intent on watching the singer . |
4 | She had not heard him approach her . |
5 | I 'm not helping you do it . |
6 | Why not let him think he 'd won the argument ? |
7 | ‘ Better not let him hear you say that , sir . |
8 | it sort of er er gave them lee a , ladies leeway who wanted to work after they were married , some married and then could they come back well they could n't keep me on and not let them work you see , so oh yes it was mostly married women , there were a lot of married women there when I left , but erm it sort of set a precedent I suppose for , for them but it did , it did them some good really . |
9 | I can guarantee that Wolstenholme has not seen anything like it before . |
10 | I 've not seen anything like it since I went to the cinema as a child . ’ |
11 | That would have been rather But I come out here but I can not see you know you can just just get them I seen some in that |
12 | He swung his leg over the saddle , rocked the bike off its stand and balanced it with his legs while she put on the helmet , tugged on the huge gloves and tried not to let him know she was panicking . |
13 | She was determined not to let him know he still had the power to make her feel anything at all . |
14 | She flushed and tried not to let him rile her . |
15 | Cornelius had heard tell of bastards and how , if you ever met any , you should be careful not to let them grind you down . |
16 | She chose not to let them know she had proof this was a deception . |
17 | They were hidden away , and people tried not to let anyone see them . |
18 | He had shared a bed in the mean inns along the way and preferred not to let anyone know he was a woman . |
19 | It 's naughty of your mother not to let you have them |
20 | She tried not to let it unnerve her . |
21 | ‘ As long as it 's later , ’ he remarked with cheerful optimism , ‘ I 'll try not to let it worry me . ’ |
22 | Not letting her see me of course . |
23 | I told her I 'll do my own thing , I 'm not letting them do it for me . |
24 | He began to speak out loud over the sound of the copious running water ; he congratulated himself for not crying in public , he congratulated himself for not getting hurt , for not letting himself be assaulted on the way home , for not letting anyone corner him or get him down on the floor or up against a wall but for keeping walking instead . |
25 | ‘ That 's why I 'm not letting you take me to the airport . ’ |
26 | ‘ He would not let me tend it properly before , stubborn man that he — ’ |
27 | ‘ Do not let me persuade you against your will , now . |
28 | PAMELA : [ aside ] Now I begin to know too well why all his hard trials of me and my black apprehensions would not let me hate him . |
29 | Do not let me discommode you none , Miz Scarlett , I 'm sure ! |
30 | ‘ Look , ’ she said quickly , ‘ why not let me get you a drink ? |