Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pers pn] not [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or does it not do it ? |
| 2 | If you knew about the letter , you could just have phoned me and told me not to open it . |
| 3 | In fact the first thing I did was ring my 35-year-old daughter who has been a ‘ fitness freak ’ ever since Jane Fonda took to jumping about our TV screens and warned her not to overdo it if she intended to buy the tape — which I am certain she does . |
| 4 | John told Anne that this was embarkation leave and he would soon be going to France but warned her not to mention it to anyone . |
| 5 | She thought that he was about to choke , or to strike her down , and that would be the end , the very end ; but did she not deserve it , and more , for the way in which she was speaking to him ? |
| 6 | They had told him the chaprassi would want a bribe , but instructed him not to pay it . |