Example sentences of "[pers pn] [coord] [vb past] [pers pn] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you knew about the letter , you could just have phoned me and told me not to open it . |
| 2 | The main point was , did she or did she not think that the whole ghastly superstructure should be brought down and got rid of , root and branch , once and for all ? |
| 3 | ‘ Did you or did you not say that the purpose of my presence here this evening was to give you information about my work ? ’ |
| 4 | Well let me put it plainly , did you or did you not know that there were two children or three children indeed in that flat ? |
| 5 | ‘ Did you or did you not get a cheque ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Did you or did you not read this book to the reception class ? ’ yelled Ali . |
| 7 | Did I tell you or did I not tell you |
| 8 | it was someone else that told me but told me not to tell anyone and I had to beg it out of him cos I just wanted to know . |
| 9 | He said — he said he should n't know himself really , but one of the people there , the tour leader , told him and told him not to say anything , and Cedric ’ — she breathed deeply again — ‘ told me , and told me not to say anything . ’ |
| 10 | I got up , we were lying on the sofa , and knelt by him and told him not to worry . |
| 11 | Santerre hastened to open it but told us not to bring any torches in . |