Example sentences of "not [verb] [pron] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Branson did not need them to tell him the damage that could be done to the airline 's reputation by a story appearing about engine failure on the day before the inaugural flight . |
| 2 | They believed in the myth and Diana could not bring herself to tell them the awful truth . |
| 3 | It is not known who gave him the letter but it was to set him off on the road to fame and fortune . |
| 4 | I could n't see him throwing it away , but I did n't want him to give himself the chance . |
| 5 | I mean , I expect she knew how you felt about the only things worth having being the things you 'd worked hard for and earned for yourself , so you would n't want her to leave you the house ] But she did n't want you to think she 'd forgotten you , or that she was just being spiteful , or something … ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't think anyone knows what the immediate future holds at the moment . ’ |
| 7 | In fact , I do n't think I knew what the word ‘ erudite ’ meant until I met Kenneth . |
| 8 | I do n't , I do n't think he knows what the word love or anything means . |
| 9 | Well I do n't know you know what the name we 've used |
| 10 | So although I did n't like him touching me the way he had , I decided not to tell anybody . |
| 11 | ‘ She was picking them up at random and saying things like , ‘ This boy 's in a wheelchair but that does n't stop him giving me the eye , ’ or , ‘ This is the college stud but he cuts no ice with me . ’ ’ |
| 12 | I ca n't recall who gave me the information . |
| 13 | And I would n't let him give me the strap then . |
| 14 | " Hearken , you three , " he said , picking out three-goblin brothers , " follow those boys , stay with them , and , whatever you do , do n't let them remember what the sun-god told them to do . " |