Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pers pn] not [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | Did I tell you or did I not tell you |
| 2 | Or did you not tell her a time ? |
| 3 | What time did you tell Marg , or did you not tell her a time ? |
| 4 | Sometimes he talked to it , and asked it not to kill him . |
| 5 | I advised and charged them not to stretch themselves beyond their line by speaking out of the [ local ] society , or by fancying themselves public teachers . |
| 6 | If you knew about the letter , you could just have phoned me and told me not to open it . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | A BRAVE grandmother smothered a knife-wielding robber with kisses and begged him not to kill her or her three-year-old grand-daughter . |
| 10 | He never liked the woman , but when she wept and begged him not to turn her out he weakened . |
| 11 | I scampered to his window and begged him not to call my remaining number , but he did . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Vulnerable to the attacks of his enemies because of his religion , he publicly said little of the role of Catholics in the colony and urged them not to put themselves forward prominently . |
| 14 | And did he not save himself then ? |
| 15 | Yes , she would go into the country rather than to a seaside resort , for they were full of old , retired , ill-tempered people and had she not had her full share of that ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 ? |
| 19 | They had told him the chaprassi would want a bribe , but instructed him not to pay it . |