Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the overall shape of wage profiles are widely recognized why do workers not stay longer with one firm ? |
| 2 | Marguerite 's rush of words almost drowned out Alain 's harsh intake of breath , but he said nothing at all as Marguerite went on , ‘ Now I know why you could not stay longer . |
| 3 | Why not stay awhile and spend some time exploring the delights of this fascinating county . |
| 4 | Before turning to the detail of the debate , my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Health , who has been present for most of the debate , has asked me to apologise to the House on her behalf for the fact that she could not stay throughout . |
| 5 | In terms of a human life-span , the development of a hill-slope takes a very long time , and one could not stay around long enough to test alternative theories of hill-slope development if observation of processes acting on the present landscape produced the only relevant data . |
| 6 | The armed robber , needless to say , did not stay around to be sued . |
| 7 | That thought did not stay around long . |
| 8 | Carrie said , ‘ I 'll not stay where I 'm not wanted so you need n't think it ! ’ mimicking Hepzibah in a determined mood , and Albert laughed briefly . |
| 9 | Obviously the old bookmakers pitches could not stay where they were and had to be moved . |
| 10 | Try to go to bed only when you 're tired but do not stay up past a certain critical time , say one hour after you would normally go to bed . |
| 11 | Ten years and a couple of hundred hotel nights later , the memory lingers on : the yellow lino with glitter detail , the handle hanging from the wardrobe , a flickering fluorescent light over the bed , with its violent orange blanket and holed sheets , a television alternating colour and mono , and a bathroom straight from Fawlty Towers — threadbare towels , tacky unwrapped soap and a toilet lid which would not stay up . |
| 12 | They will not stay up there ! |
| 13 | She was able to will her longing into an unexamined haze but she could not stay away from the post office on Monday . |
| 14 | For weeks he tried not to go near it , but he could not stay away from it for long . |
| 15 | If I promise to keep perfectly silent , why not stay here with me ? ’ |
| 16 | Then this mood would lift , and she could write appreciatively again : ‘ We get snatches of divine loneliness here … why not stay here for ever and ever , enjoying this immortal rhythm in which both soul and eye are at rest ? |
| 17 | But he could not stay here and wait to be captured . |
| 18 | Knighton , whose bid to take over Manchester United failed in a blaze of publicity three years ago , said : ‘ Carlisle United will not survive without a development of some kind and I will not stay here subsidising the club . ’ |
| 19 | Why not stay here tonight and on the morrow I will have someone take you over to Briar Cottage with a wagon ? |
| 20 | ‘ It wo n't take long , but she 'd better not stay here . |
| 21 | You should not stay here ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ My mother can not stay here alone . |
| 23 | ‘ Rose , I can not stay here , in company . |
| 24 | There was a silence , then Héloise de Rochefort said , her voice grating , ‘ You can not stay here . |
| 25 | Prominent advocates of ratification included EC Commission President Jacques Delors ( who declared on Aug. 28 that he " would not stay on for another mandate if the " no " vote won " ) and also both the RPR leader Jacques Chirac and the UDF leader Valéry Giscard d'Estaing , although many RPR and UDF members were opposed to ratification . |
| 26 | ‘ It is simply that for tax reasons we can not stay overnight at Manton , ’ Mrs Sangster explained . |
| 27 | Visitors to Greece on a package holiday using a charter fight may visit Turkey or any other neighbouring country for the day but must not stay overnight . |
| 28 | Alice swore that he only took tea once , and certainly did not stay overnight . |
| 29 | She had been undaunted even when Henry said he 'd wager that she dare not stay alone in the Lodge while he and Lettice explored the woods outside . |
| 30 | ‘ I did n't ask ; I told Gina where I was going but I 'd better not stay too long . ’ |