Example sentences of "not [verb] [to-vb] [pron] by [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For them , the change in leadership and the promise of reform opened up opportunities denied to the Red Guard generation and they did not want to jeopardise them by becoming too involved in a politically orientated movement . |
| 2 | We 're not going to get it by resurrecting the stadia that we 've got at the moment ; new ones have to be built , and if they 're going to be built in the high population areas , you know , then I think it 's realistic for the clubs in that particular area to share . |
| 3 | I 'm not going to please you by doing that . |
| 4 | I 'm not a good speaker so I 'm not going to bore you by making a long speech . |
| 5 | As one vice-chancellor said to New Scientist this week , ‘ a government scientist does not stand to gain anything by backing a successful idea . |
| 6 | ‘ And I do not intend to entertain you by dressing while you watch . ’ |
| 7 | I would n't want to upset it by walking on it too hard with my heavy boots . ’ |
| 8 | She tried to ignore the feeling that she did n't want to leave him by telling herself that she must be there if Dana needed her . |
| 9 | She could n't hope to achieve anything by exploding in his face all the time . |
| 10 | I think the Danuese battalions were the idea of someone high up at home and they did n't wish to offend him by indicating that his brainchild was , as Mr Burnett would have said , a white elephant . |