Example sentences of "[pron] not [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We walked up to the fall and what would I not give if I could convey to you the images and feelings which were then communicated to me . |
| 2 | It 's a shame you ai n't got no 'ome nor fam'ly , but I do n't like to see someone not eatin' when they 're laid up , you need a bit of food then . |
| 3 | He woke me at two this morning and gave me his best horse and bid me not to stop till I had overtaken you on the way . |
| 4 | In all this , as in everything else in their lives , you can help them best by listening with patience and sympathy , never dismissing their anxieties — however unreasonable they may seem to be — simply by telling them not to worry because you will always see that they are all right . |
| 5 | I do remember that I left a sort of note for my family telling them not to worry because I 'd got a good job and I might not be in touch for a while , but then it all gets kind of overlaid with a memory of a headache like you would n't believe , and shock at being connected to all these horrible machines and — ’ |
| 6 | Its not known if the Government will take on any of the reports recommendations but as far as the campaigners are concerned the battle is far from being lost . |
| 7 | When they were so intimately joined , how would she not know if he were cheating on her ? |
| 8 | ‘ Why did you not go before we came ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I can only go along with you , but I 'm still asking you not to leave until Dana does . |
| 10 | It 's great to see you not looking as drawn and haggard as usual . ’ |
| 11 | Did you not think when you saw the girl in the way you found her that I had actually ruined her , as she calls it ? |
| 12 | do you not laugh when a squeezy bottle does it ? |
| 13 | I know I told you not to write except in emergency but I did n't mean it . |
| 14 | I would n't trust even the most loving one not to leave when another man offers more . ’ |
| 15 | Should we not ask whether it is right for people with high salaries to give up some of their income to give to pensioners the means to live with dignity ? |
| 16 | I 'm not going to say does anybody not know because we 're all new . |
| 17 | She swam and sunbathed , went sightseeing , worked on her designs , talked brightly on the phone with Lucy , or Dad or Charles whenever they rang her , forcing herself not to ask whether Guy had moved in on the firm yet , and then wincing when Lucy said that he 'd made his mark in a dramatic emergency board meeting , put up the backs of most of the board of directors when he announced sweeping measures to increase profitability , cut overheads … |
| 18 | He tapped on the window , and she had to force herself not to cringe as Luke Calder pressed a button on the dashboard and it slid down . |
| 19 | When he came for Sunday lunch , I wept and clung to him , begging him not to leave until he had to prise me off . |
| 20 | It 's me that told him not to go cos I said , I did n't want to go this week and he did n't go . |
| 21 | One man , John Kelly , a former offshore worker and trained first-aider , claimed police told him not to interfere when he asked why they were not helping Mr Murphy . |
| 22 | All that the jury found was that had they not done so they would probably not have survived to be rescued . |
| 23 | She returned to her car , and a passing police patrol told her not to worry as she would get priority . |
| 24 | His request to her not to wash because he was coming reflects the customs of his time . |
| 25 | Teacher : Why will it not float if the stone is in , Gary ? |
| 26 | Would it not help if the board gave a written assurance to the people who 've been complaining here that they will meet them on any occasion to discuss the problem in writing please because from Brenda it appears that it just does not happen . |
| 27 | Presumably he would have continued in the office for the whole of the pontificate , had he not died before it ended . |
| 28 | Your not waiting till you 've been up to London . |
| 29 | ‘ He was n't the type to moan and asked us not to complain until he got out . |