Example sentences of "[pers pn] not [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Got to have that Dils doo dee doo doo doo I 'll go and change I 'm gon na let my hair go down am I not wearing a football shirt ? |
| 2 | Now I was impressed : I not seen a ski hill like this before . |
| 3 | You therefore , constantly and vigilantly , ask yourself , ‘ why am I not doing a priority task instead of this one ? ’ |
| 4 | I told myself that not only had I not had a choice , but that in fact I had n't really needed to make one . |
| 5 | He was shaken , but unhurt , and merely ordered me not to say a word . |
| 6 | Saying this to me was like holding a red rag to a bull : the more anyone told me not to do a thing , the more I tried to do it . |
| 7 | ‘ Promise me not to wear a switch again , ’ he said , after a fool 's pause . |
| 8 | Then I remembered Stephen Roskill telling me not to believe a word Mountbatten said or claimed unless it was corroborated from other sources . |
| 9 | Obviously I ca n't do anything dramatic overnight , due to circumstances , what with my little girl being a ward of court , and me not having a home . |
| 10 | She 's open-minded , and a single parent : maybe that has something to do with it and with me not having a husband it made it easier for her to come in and see me sometimes . |
| 11 | She told me not to make a fuss over such a small thing . |
| 12 | George Williamson and three other men did not hesitate to launch to the aid of Ralph Pottinger , even though the coastguard had advised them not to attempt a rescue , and they cast off from Scalloway Harbour at 2138 , aboard Challenge , a steel-built 36ft salmon work boat . |
| 13 | You not got a day off ? |
| 14 | you not got a driving lesson this week then ? |
| 15 | You not got a mind of your own , do what you want to do |
| 16 | Well ha ha had I known I would have told you not to take a copy you see . |
| 17 | Would you not think a statute prohibiting abortion except in the case of rape distinctly better than a statute prohibiting abortion except to women born in one specified decade each century ? |
| 18 | ‘ Will you not make a sound ? ’ he whispered pleadingly . |
| 19 | And when your time was out there was no question of you not getting a journeyman 's wages you were you were paid that alright . |
| 20 | ‘ Not only do you not wear a wedding-ring , but you have the air , the aura of sexual uncertainty which belies a history of nights spent in connubial bliss . ’ |
| 21 | Has n't anyone ever told you not to shine a torch in someone 's eyes . |
| 22 | ‘ Could you not take a powder ? |
| 23 | You not need a coat on ? |
| 24 | ‘ Did you or did you not get a cheque ? ’ |
| 25 | A testator who had a son and daughter made a will and provided for his daughter as follows : ‘ I instruct you not to make a will until you have children . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I thought I warned you not to make a habit of this , ’ a deep voice remarked gruffly , close to her ear , and she realised that the swaying sensation was that of Fen carrying her to her own bunk . |
| 27 | Unless you return to the UK with my business , not only do you not have a job , but the whole future of Grantham and Marsh is on the line . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 've been dead worried about you , it did n't seem right you not having a fella and liking children and all . |
| 29 | So the political commissar has got to convince you , you see , as to who was responsible for you not having a rifle . |
| 30 | Can you not stick a band on pretty soon or nothing like that ? |