Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time of the last election , he and Douglas Hurd , then the Home Secretary , drew up a list of the jobs they would seek not to do after the election . |
| 2 | " The school should seek not to make primary reading the fetish that is has been . |
| 3 | Traditionally , phonemes were supposed not to overlap in their allophones , so that the only plosives that could have allophones with bilabial place of articulation were and ; this restriction is no longer looked on as so important . |
| 4 | A bruising-looking man in a navy-blue , pin-striped suit with trousers frayed at the turn-ups and a beige and brown shirt of the sort that is supposed not to show the dirt . |
| 5 | Charlie Allen of the CIA did not report it either , for a long time ; but he heard about it more than anyone else who was supposed not to know . |
| 6 | If I meet my young son from school , laughing with his friends and waving to me and the dog , who wags its tail and barks in return , should I be supposed not to know what I am talking about if I pronounce them both to be conscious ? |
| 7 | Page numbering not starting at 1 |
| 8 | Wh while you 're on that madam chairman , I 've had two persons er contact me as regarding , you know playing field and er it 's a no go for dogs is n't it , and th and we therefore the people have mentioned they had to go down the side of the playing field onto the onto the old , and er have we an obligation to er to pave not pave it but er make it , it 's a very steep bank , a very steep old ladies dare n't go down , and they know they 're breaking the law by taking the dog in the in the er recreation ground , and I just wondered whether we had an obligation to er . |
| 9 | But I have enough honour not to tell that lie . |
| 10 | At the local elections in May 1976 , the Conservatives won control of the council and on 7 June told the Secretary of State that they proposed not to implement the plans for the conversion of the five grammar schools into comprehensives and sixth-form colleges . |
| 11 | He called for constructive co-operation between all parties in the transition to a market economy , and proposed not to implement a state of emergency . |
| 12 | I 'd hate to do that , so tell me where I blundered and I 'll know not to do it again . ’ |
| 13 | And this time she 'd know not to ask anyone to store her furniture . |
| 14 | The Football Association will know not to mess with the PFA . |
| 15 | It was important that she ring her parents to let them know not to expect her that day . |
| 16 | S5 At the moment very few pupils elect not to try Higher . |
| 17 | Americans knew far too much about the reality of strikes to accept a film in which , in the words of James Shelley Hamilton , ‘ the trouble arises not from working conditions but from a professional trouble-maker and is solved not according to any principles but by an act of sheer moronic terrorism ’ . |
| 18 | Under the terms of a final communiqué issued on June 26 all the factions agreed to implement an indefinite ceasefire and promised not to receive any further foreign military aid . |
| 19 | However , the judge said that even though the man promised not to do it again , he found such behaviour extremely offensive and ordered him to give £50 to each of the women . |
| 20 | Connor said later that Cripps pointed out unlawful payments recorded in the books to Bromley but promised not to mention them outside the club . |
| 21 | And would n't it be ironic if John Smith , after much agonising about Labour 's soul and purpose , bit the bullet , and , abandoning what many say was the reason for failure last time , promised not to put up taxes — and nobody believed him . |
| 22 | When she promised not to attend any more meetings without his permission , they were reconciled , but he died the same night , probably of a heart attack , with only Agnes in the house . |
| 23 | In the indenture , Gloucester undertook to be the earl 's good and faithful lord and promised not to claim any office or fee granted to the earl by the king or others and not to take into his service any men retained by the earl . |
| 24 | In the indenture , Gloucester undertook to be the earl 's good and faithful lord and promised not to claim any office or fee granted to the earl by the king or others and not to take into his service any men retained by the earl . |
| 25 | The government finally agreed to fresh negotiations and promised not to proceed with legislation on banning strikes for two years . |
| 26 | Our they 'll want to forget that the Tories programme and policies , they lied about taxes they promised not to extend V A T they lied about protecting the value of pensions well I hope the people who get the eight four P and the one twenty , the one 's that the old dears will remember that because that 's what they will be getting . |
| 27 | Clarissa kindly offered him first bath — if he promised not to go looking for pretty Mosleyites , but Charles smiled and shook his head . |
| 28 | They said goodbye to each other and promised not to ignore each other the next time they met . |
| 29 | The have-nots promised not to acquire nuclear weapons . |
| 30 | I faithfully promised not to breathe a word to ‘ my friend ’ , went back to the room and sought Brian 's opinion . |