Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] not [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A short , dumpy lady shaped rather like a cottage loaf , she seldom smiled and woe betide anyone not paying attention . |
| 2 | ‘ You British people , ’ he said , ‘ come to our country , you take it over , you make us learn your language , you teach us your history which is full of your own struggles for freedom , you teach us your literature which enshrines just the same principles of freedom , and then you expect us not to want freedom ! |
| 3 | The notion of a tenancy from year to year , the lessor binding himself not to give notice to quit , which was once thrown out by Lord Mansfield , has been long exploded . |
| 4 | The notion of a tenancy from year to year , the landlord binding himself not to give notice to quit , which was once rejected by Lord Mansfield and exploded long before 1807 according to Lawrence J. in Doe d . |
| 5 | She handed me Little Ben , advised me not to let Home Sister catch me leaving it so late , and took herself off . |
| 6 | Something about the look on his face told me not to waste time asking questions . |
| 7 | we had a meeting earlier this week were I got huge support , indeed some were urging me not to give way at all on the Paignton amendment . |
| 8 | ‘ I already told you not to waste time asking questions ! |
| 9 | I told him not to lose sight of the helicopter . |
| 10 | In November 1988 Nelson was charged with threatening to kill a man from Sandy Row and warning him not to attend court as a witness in an assault case . |
| 11 | In old age he used to regret that he did so well in the classical scholarship because it caused him not to read history . |
| 12 | Although this is also true , we might not be surprised if the judge interrupted this witness and accused her of being facetious , or told her not to waste time . |
| 13 | ‘ You , like myself , my lord , are in but your thirteenth year — pray let us not give thought to death ! ’ |
| 14 | Health promotion has , rightly , moved away from the traditional approach , but let us not dismiss health education fully until it has been properly implemented , let alone evaluated . |
| 15 | Let us not lose hold on the essential proposition that the machine is indeterministic . |
| 16 | Advise them not to bring jewelry or too much money . |
| 17 | A peeling notice warned us not to throw ordure . |
| 18 | He could talk to Michael Harvey and trust him not to make use of what he said . |
| 19 | We do always tell them not to keep cash at home . |
| 20 | He said foreign mediators had asked him not to use force to break Gen Aoun 's control of the enclave . |
| 21 | He said foreign mediators had asked him not to use force to break Gen Aoun 's control of the enclave . |
| 22 | The Ministry did tell us not to waste effort growing flowers , but somehow one always felt they were not quite as right as they might have been on that one . |
| 23 | ‘ Remind me not to take sugar in my coffee . |
| 24 | The court seemed to be afraid that if it allowed the jury to take account of one characteristic , such as sexual impotence , then it would be illogical to direct them not to take account of another characteristic , such as irascibility or bad temper . |
| 25 | Not only did I not want surgery or drugs , but I hoped that in refusing them I would not be offending my surgeon ! |
| 26 | As an old friend — as more than friend — I beg you not to contemplate marriage with him — ’ |
| 27 | Did they not Did you not tie rope over them or something ? |
| 28 | ‘ Did you not take action ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Why do you not need protection ? ’ |
| 30 | Why did they not give tea parties for their own men ( if they were able to find any ) ? |