Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was always the one cast member who always stood up for me if there were any bleating from Equity members about them not getting their money from repeats , compilations and so on . ’ |
| 2 | criticism about them not turning up and this sort of thing . |
| 3 | There is as much chance of them having it , as them not having it . |
| 4 | I do n't think you can do anything about me not getting an erm they should just pay me more should n't they , if they ask to ? |
| 5 | All of a sudden , she whined something about me not knowing what I had done and she broke down into tears . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , you 've proved your point about me not knowing enough to be a manager . |
| 7 | She is worried about me not eating , she is worried that my periods have stopped , that I look thinner and thinner , that my hair has gone dry and flat and rasps like paper when you touch it , but she also admires me . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , you know you are always moaning about me not taking you out enough . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ What would my dad say about me not going to school ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ In order for them not to happen the law would have to be changed and , with the time it would take to change the law , we would n't be able to do so before the elections are due to happen . |
| 11 | There 's no excuse for them not to go into the medical practice booklet because they 've got fifteen thousand patients or thereabouts . |
| 12 | She came to see him once , was shy and vague and noncommittal , later wrote to say it was best for them not to see each other again . |
| 13 | Er our distribution system has got great press recently and it 's regarded as one of the three best distribution systems in the U K. One of the things we 're trying to do is to pay less for our books , it 's very easy to pay very very fancy prices for , for er mid-range authors and for them not to earn out , so we 're looking for much cheaper books . |
| 14 | For the normal continuation of the museums ' collecting and activities , it is better for them not to collect pictures by European masters for kopeks in Russia , but to buy equipment and restoration materials with serious money in the West . |
| 15 | Erm it would be extremely difficult t for them not to occupy our thoughts , I 'm not sure whether your question is is inviting me to consider what the European Community should be doing in the context of Bosnia . |
| 16 | So they reverted to their original position : that as neither of them missed sex , it was OK for them not to have it . |
| 17 | Gives her income and it 's balanced by her allowances and if you move not sufficient to , for the income to exceed that then at the same time it goes into a bank or building society you apply for them not to deduct income . |
| 18 | He thought it was reasonable for them not to provide night care even now and essential for them to have a night sleeper for seven nights a week from this time on . |
| 19 | Either they operated some kind of taboo against such things , or else the technological relics of past civilisations were commonplace enough for them not to attach importance to a vessel which they must at least suspect to be in operable condition . |
| 20 | While members were asked not to behave in a representative manner , the source of their nomination ( councils , fellow doctors , nurses and trade unionists ) made it very difficult for them not to consider ramifications on their constituencies . |
| 21 | It is hard for them not to believe , for they slip in and out of belief caressed by the changing breezes of cultural fashion . |
| 22 | In general , it is often unnecessary for exporters to cover every currency risk but imprudent for them not to cover any risk . |
| 23 | This partly explains why they 've been struggling on for around six years now , but is no excuse in the current climate for them not gaining some long overdue recognition . |
| 24 | The third is sexual love and enough illustrative material is on show in cinemas for me not to need to labour this point . |
| 25 | On the few occasions I have met him it has been very difficult for me not to let slip something about you . |
| 26 | ‘ But he has kept goal exceptionally well , not only this season but for two or three years and it would be unwise for me not to look at him . ’ |
| 27 | Chris was a learner driver at this time , and he used to drive me to hospital ; driving practice for him , but a great relief for me not to have to drive myself . |
| 28 | ‘ Then you 'd have had another reason for me not to stay on board . ’ |
| 29 | but , she prefers for me not to stay on the phone for very long she does |
| 30 | But it is impossible for me not to feel that my body is other than I , that I inhabit it like a house , and that my face is a mask which , with or without my consent , conceals my real nature from others . ’ |