Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pers pn] not [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 I think from what I 've heard , every shift had its own little methods of trying to turn people away or advising them not to come in .
2 ‘ And before I go tomorrow we 'll compose a joint letter to the two of them , pointing out how well we get on without them and urging them not to hurry back .
3 Bejan greeted the 75 audience members and told them not to hold back — and they did n't , loudly voicing their preferences .
4 I 've given him an anti-tetanus injection and told him not to shave over those scratches for the next few days . ’
5 The pygmy king gave Herla a small dog to set on his saddle as a parting gift , and told him not to get off his horse until the dog did .
6 He had a good degree in art history , and had he not gone in for politics he might have made a name for himself as an art historian .
7 As they passed one of the Mason 's guards , they startled him out of dozing , and he hastily got up , cursing them and telling them not to go out of sight .
8 But had he not fallen in with it too readily and too rapidly simply because it was a testimony to his secure tenure , a declaration before the world that he was a king indeed , and his progeny fit mates for the royalty of Europe ?
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