Example sentences of "not [verb] [verb] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or a verdict in the field , ’ he said , abruptly flashing fire , ‘ for if you have occasion to speak with the Lord Owen again , you may tell him I will not spare to do my uttermost against him . ’ |
| 2 | I do not want to waste my time writing for silly buggers like you . |
| 3 | ‘ Whatever they do will personally sadden me because I do not want to see my constituency chopped up , ’ he said . |
| 4 | No , I guess I might not want to spend my life teaching . |
| 5 | Lord Palmerston sent for me and told me in a jaunty way that he would have nothing to do with this Gothic style , and that though he did not want to disturb my appointment he must insist on my making a design in the Italian style which he felt sure I could do as well as the other . |
| 6 | I did not want to leave my sad family , but we all knew that I should go . |
| 7 | I had decided that all my stuff was irretrievably lost ; that I did not want to continue my projected journey but would strike out and do something different — go to Ecuador perhaps and if possible from there into Brazil . |
| 8 | ‘ I did not want to lower my standards and lose the special relationship I had with the fans . |
| 9 | I did not feel sympathetic towards Catherine , and certainly did not want to frighten my poor master by telling him she was ill . |
| 10 | However , I do not want to offend my local church organist by asking her to step down . |
| 11 | ‘ I do not presume to counsel my sovereign on the choice of her advisers , ’ he once grandly told a journalist who had rashly asked him how he was going to vote in a parliamentary election . |
| 12 | For the remainder of the carol I was on tenterhooks , not daring to take my eyes from the lectern . |
| 13 | I zipped up the flaps , not daring to show my anger . |
| 14 | I did not choose to leave my country . |
| 15 | It would not do to alienate my oldest friends . ’ |
| 16 | The familiar comment of ‘ Darling , what I could have achieved had 1 not had to consider my pension and the mortgage ’ reflects this conflict . |
| 17 | If you have any queries do not hesitate to contact my colleague[] or myself . |
| 18 | If you require further information please do not hesitate to contact my assistant Mr Hill . |
| 19 | I do not claim to have my hon. Friend 's detailed knowledge , but I remember my attitude when the Council of Europe recently passed a resolution calling for an armed intervention force in Yugoslavia under the aegis of the United Nations . |
| 20 | He wanted to tell me off about not going to see my father before he died . |
| 21 | I 'm not going to lose my two best friends . |
| 22 | ‘ I am not going to lose my credibility on this train by being caught coming out of the help 's bedroom . ’ |
| 23 | I 'm not going to lose my head and try and rush out at the first chance . |
| 24 | ‘ I hope they are not going make my trip across the Atlantic a waste of time , ’ said Maloney . |
| 25 | ‘ They 're not going to take my word for it . ’ |
| 26 | Eventually he smiled again and said : ‘ As I say , I 'm not going to waste my time on our French friend over there . |
| 27 | I 'm not going to hang my head and run , she told herself . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm not going to turn my back on you , if that 's what you were hoping . |
| 29 | I know there are people around who think I 'm an OK teacher , so if I screw up occasionally that 's not going to sink my reputation . |
| 30 | This is one time when the Powers that Be are not going to pat my head and say all is forgiven — |