Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] not be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sub-text : ‘ I have to convey my message , which is more important than yours ( and I may not be listening to you ) . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I must not be understood to be laying down a rule that in no case where a wife acts on her husband 's instructions and under his influence is it necessary to show that she has received independent advice . |
| 3 | Just one day when I 'll not be dictated to by this thing inside me . |
| 4 | ee , cos the pain is too strong aye well I go to the doctor 's on Monday er a , and so I 'll not be going to our Ann 's this |
| 5 | ‘ I knew that I would not be allowed to box but I proved a point by showing up , ’ he said . |
| 6 | I silently vowed I would not be returning to Coldstream . |
| 7 | Taylor said : ‘ I shall not be going to Italy to see him again . |
| 8 | ‘ Louise , ’ her mother burst out in irritation , ‘ I will not be dictated to by that lot up at the Mansion . |
| 9 | You could even say that you should worry if a child reaches the age of seven or eight without ever using swear words , since he or she may not be listening to people perhaps not even to you . |
| 10 | I would say that if you 're sixty years old and looking for meaning in life you should not be listening to this kind of music . |
| 11 | ‘ Then I shall drive you to Wellington , where I 'll meet your parents and inform your father you 'll not be returning to the office . |
| 12 | I have sometimes gone into it when the King was absent from Delhi and once pretty far I thought , for the purpose of giving my advice in the case of a great lady so ill that she could not be moved to the outward gate ; but a Kachemire shawl covered my head , hanging like a large scarfe down to my feet , and a eunuch led me by the hand , as if I had been a blind man . |
| 13 | You shall not be deemed to be in breach of this Agreement if you are compelled by law or any regulatory authority to disclose the Information or any part thereof . |
| 14 | Where notification is given at the first stage , but not in accordance with the procedures laid down for the first stage , you shall not be disentitled to SSP for that day for that reason only . |
| 15 | Where further notification is not given on the fourth day in accordance with the procedures laid down for the second stage , you shall not be disentitled to SSP from the fourth day of absence for that reason only . |
| 16 | She lived in Half Moon Crescent ( he had checked the number and the street before he 'd started out on his trek , so that even if Slater had lost or forgotten her number , she would not be lost to him ) . |
| 17 | She would not be reduced to skulking in the back room of her own shop . |
| 18 | Her younger brother was sent by Teresa later in the day to say she would not be returning to a house where a dangerous lunatic lived and no one could expect her to — she would rather forfeit that week 's wages than wait long enough to give notice . |
| 19 | However , you would not be limited to advising on existing law . |
| 20 | Then you would not be talking to me like a business client with whom you have experienced an unfortunate misunderstanding . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I told him you would not be returning to Milano for a few days . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ What I should have done , ’ he said smoothly , as he pressed the glass into her hand , ‘ was tell you that you would not be returning to Milano at all . ’ |
| 23 | The rationale of treatment should be explained fully , reassuring the patient that she will not be confined to bed , subjected to high doses of drugs , or isolated from her family and friends . |
| 24 | There was , too , the how-dun-it , the book in which it soon becomes evident who the murderer is but in which he or she can not be brought to satisfying justice unless some ingenious , proof-defying method used is brought to light . |
| 25 | I have been there three times , but each time they say I must go back to the Home Office and try to get my daughter a visa for longer than a six months ' stay in Britain ; otherwise she can not be admitted to school . |
| 26 | A As you have had such success in breeding your fish , and raising the fry to a reasonable size , you can not be judged to be doing anything wrong . |
| 27 | We should not be converging to the lowest common denominator in Europe . |
| 28 | We 're not , we 'll not be allowed to . |
| 29 | ‘ Because , Colonel , we will not be dictated to , certainly not by blackmailers with bombs in their hands — ‘ |
| 30 | ‘ We will not be returning to commercial property as an investment , ’ said Mr Costain yesterday , outlining the group 's strategy to build up its engineering , construction and mining interests and reduce debt . |