Example sentences of "[adv] [not/n't] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Better not tell her the truth . |
| 2 | REPLYING to the letter from Brian Hunter ( HAS March 30 ) in relation to food for diabetics in hospital , he has obviously not understood what the trouble was . |
| 3 | Unfortunately he 's reactionary enough not to accord me the same freedom ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ If that was the case , Sir John , we would hang half of Cheapside for adultery and still not discover who the real murderer is . ’ |
| 5 | Microsoft may have decided not to bundle SQL Server directly in order maintain good relations with other database suppliers , ‘ but why not do it the other way around ? ’ asks Schuster . |
| 6 | Microsoft may have decided not to bundle SQL Server directly in order maintain good relations with other database suppliers , ‘ but why not do it the other way around ? ’ asks Schuster . |
| 7 | If he can do what he 's done with Everton 's rejects , why not give him the whole lot ? |
| 8 | Why not give me the letter — unless there 's anything private in it — and the woman 's address . ’ |
| 9 | Nevertheless she said , ‘ Why not give her the benefit of the doubt ? |
| 10 | Since the industry is in any case organized in some particulars by the Milk Marketing Board , a governmental agency , why not award them the contract for nationwide milk supply ? |
| 11 | And then she added , ‘ But why not tell you the truth ? |
| 12 | Why not join them the next time your barometer begins to fall rapidly ? |