Example sentences of "[pron] not [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a moment of optimism my wife told me not to worry and pronounced that I could live perfectly well on one lung . |
| 2 | ‘ My GP told me not to worry and to drink more fluids . |
| 3 | However , from the moment they can talk , they should be encouraged to explain why they have done something you told them not to do and given time to do so , especially when they are still clumsy or slow with words . |
| 4 | kept the children in bed , told them not to move and the boy , the gi erm , what 's her name , I ca n't think of her name now , she erm , she woke her , her husband chased them both downstairs , tell you where they live , you know Lawrence Hill ? |
| 5 | ‘ Why on earth did you not go and see a doctor at your college , after this alleged incident had taken place ? ’ the lawyer demanded . |
| 6 | Well we said , did you not visit and Morpeth and Annick well we we went round a few castles in that area to keep out the rain . |
| 7 | It is an awful mess but will you not come and sit by my fire– ’ |
| 8 | Mr Hughes believes it is the only such electronic game aimed at an adult market and the only one not designed and manufactured in the Far East . |
| 9 | 12.2 Should the Proprietor for any reason whatsoever not prepare and deliver such updating revision and correction within such time as may be reasonably required by the Publisher the Publisher shall be free to employ for that purpose such writer ( or writers ) as it may think fit and to deduct all or part of the remuneration payable to such writer(s) from any monies due to the Proprietor for such updates , revisions or corrections . |
| 10 | Yeah oh it 's lovely to see him not shaking and coming over to you . |
| 11 | I told him not to worry and that I was quite impressed and would be interested in managing the band . |
| 12 | So there was the swings and roundabouts where had they not recognized and had come along with us , to the extent that we thought we could do our , a sharing objective er and it brought them out of the , the attitude that was hitherto adopted where well management really could n't care very much you know , if a man did suffer the loss of er five pound a week or whatever you know , and , and once it was made clear to him that there was no further er er use of the procedure and he could take it through his district you know , if he liked , the man did n't , well on exceptional cases perhaps they may have taken a case through , but er in the majority of cases the man just accepted it , and made up his losses er er later on . |
| 13 | When Wilson was obliged to rest on the stairs , they both begged her not to continue and when she insisted went either side of her , helping her along . |
| 14 | ‘ I told her not to worry and that we 'd pull through together , ’ said Rosemary of Pentwyn , Cardiff . |
| 15 | I 'd told her not to worry and that he was one of the lads , although I 'd never seen him before , and we were just waiting for her to go before we started the party . |
| 16 | Luckily Tim Dunton had been very understanding , telling her not to worry and to take as long as she needed to sort matters out . |
| 17 | Did he not go and shoot someone at the clay-pigeon shooting in Ardallt two months ago ! |
| 18 | Is he not conceding and making clear something that was always true : the 2.5 per cent . |
| 19 | If he is so concerned , why did he not come and talk to us ? ’ |
| 20 | I think that evening I felt instinct for the first time — what not to do and what to do . |
| 21 | After they 've scalded my ears with their abuse for a few weeks , and paraded my wreckage before the assembled ranks as an edifying example of what not to do and how not to do it , they will probably just turn me into a stone gargoyle on the roof of some Gothic cathedral . |
| 22 | The authoritative parent tells us that we should do things and judges us ; the loving parent tells us not to worry and that they care . |