Example sentences of "not [vb infin] i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'll not ketch me complaining about my lot |
| 2 | Leslie did not want me to go with him to the station , and so I watched him from the hotel-room window , his jaunty walk bravely exaggerated . |
| 3 | My father and Elizabeth did not want me to go to England alone , because I had been so ill . |
| 4 | ( My ex-husband did not want me working in Oman with him , and even when I was in the UK arranging the divorce he took steps to prevent me returning to Oman to teach until he had himself left the country in 1987 . ) |
| 5 | The obligation of the bath Mrs Webster never failed to observe , though she did not trust me to keep to the statutory four inches , but ran the water in for me , adding , in spite of my protests , a most nauseous soap powder . |
| 6 | However , the hon. Gentleman can not expect me to agree with his preface , in which he said that his right hon. Friend the Prime Minister had negotiated brilliantly . |
| 7 | I , I er , you would not expect me to continue with the euphoria which you were trying to create earlier , and er , I have to say that I suppose that you would n't er , be proposing any different budget to this would you , in the circumstances that you 've got . |
| 8 | Order , or or or order , order , the honourable lady would not expect me to comment on something that has been on television , er in something that I I have no er I I did n't even see last night , it 's up to the minister whether he wishes to come and make a statement it is really not at all a point of order for me . |
| 9 | She will not like me to refer to this time when she is better , Dorothea thought , she will avoid my company and we will only wish one another the most formal good morning . |
| 10 | ‘ Indeed she does , but she will not have me write to her . ’ |
| 11 | Either he did not wish me to get into trouble or , more probable , he did not relish the thought of giving me so much gelt — sixpence . |
| 12 | Ah di ah but , did you not hear me shouting at them ? |
| 13 | However space does not permit me to digress into this topic . |
| 14 | You see , when Wolsey fell from power and died in Leicester Abbey , crushing my hand and whispering , ‘ If I had served my God as well as I served my king , he would not leave me to die like this , ’ Agrippa transferred his allegiance to Henry and brought those two witches over to build a special clock . |
| 15 | After we had the second child we had the rows , he 'd not let me go to her when she cried . |
| 16 | But that little plan was soon put a stop to , for mother would not let me go by myself , and there was nobody to go with me . |
| 17 | In fact a couple of nights later he took me to see Max Miller at Holborn Empire and would not let me pay for anything . |
| 18 | ‘ I am prepared for a partition that will not put me to shame before the Arabs ’ they reported him as saying , and he assured me of them , Golda Meir , ‘ that he would not attack the partitioned Jewish State but that he would annex [ Arab ] Palestine . ’ |
| 19 | They did not offer me works of comparable greatness as alternatives , so their objections were hardly a problem . |
| 20 | Belief … may be said to be the state of mind of a person who says to himself : " I can not say I know for certain that these goods are stolen , but there can be no other reasonable conclusion in the light of circumstances … |
| 21 | Peter does n't make me laugh at all . |
| 22 | Get out of the way and pushes me do n't make me start with you Jo , all this stuff . |
| 23 | Do n't make me think about it , just tell me how to do it ! |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't make me think of that . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Do n't make me suffer like this ! ’ |
| 26 | But let me do it in my own time , and do n't make me feel like a brood mare . |
| 27 | They 'd call me to say , ‘ This does n't make me sound like George Lynch , ’ and I 'd say , ‘ Well , do you play like George Lynch … ? ’ |
| 28 | Do n't make me sound like an idiot , Julius ! ’ |
| 29 | They did n't make me part of their discussions . |
| 30 | Playtex Secrets Lycra-control underwear ( even if they ca n't make me look like Ulrika ) |