Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pers pn] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | If the present article can not answer every question raised by Carse , it will answer this one : ‘ did they [ at the Opéra ] or did they not beat time with a baton throughout the whole opera ? ’ ( p.311 ) . |
| 3 | Or did she not think at all ? |
| 4 | The main point was , did she or did she not think that the whole ghastly superstructure should be brought down and got rid of , root and branch , once and for all ? |
| 5 | Was Mr. MacGregor lying , or did he not know ? |
| 6 | Or did they choose a kind of evening do you know ? or did it not matter ? |
| 7 | Did I tell you or did I not tell you |
| 8 | Or did you not bother with the slap because you were enjoying the tickling so much ? ’ |
| 9 | Or did you not tell her a time ? |
| 10 | What time did you tell Marg , or did you not tell her a time ? |
| 11 | ‘ Did you or did you not say that the purpose of my presence here this evening was to give you information about my work ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Did you or did you not get a cheque ? ’ |
| 13 | Well let me put it plainly , did you or did you not know that there were two children or three children indeed in that flat ? |
| 14 | ‘ Did you or did you not read this book to the reception class ? ’ yelled Ali . |
| 15 | Or had they not known about it ? |
| 16 | Roman thanked the girl and asked her not to tell Mr Smith he had been asking for him . |
| 17 | He said he was sorry and asked her not to contact the emergency services . |
| 18 | So I fell on my knees and asked them not to punish the child any more . |
| 19 | Sometimes he talked to it , and asked it not to kill him . |
| 20 | ‘ He was n't the type to moan and asked us not to complain until he got out . |
| 21 | By studying the gospel references to the apocalyptic Jewish figure of the ‘ Son of Man ’ — whom Jesus sometimes appears to identify with himself , but sometimes not — Wrede had come to the conclusions that Jesus had not in fact applied the title to himself ; that after his resurrection the church had come to anticipate his return ; that it had then identified Jesus himself as the coming Son of Man ; and that the impression given in the gospels of a ‘ messianic secret ’ that Jesus in his lifetime conveyed only to his closest disciples , and charged them not to reveal to others until the proper time came , was a mere literary device to support that identification . |
| 22 | I advised and charged them not to stretch themselves beyond their line by speaking out of the [ local ] society , or by fancying themselves public teachers . |
| 23 | If you knew about the letter , you could just have phoned me and told me not to open it . |
| 24 | He said — he said he should n't know himself really , but one of the people there , the tour leader , told him and told him not to say anything , and Cedric ’ — she breathed deeply again — ‘ told me , and told me not to say anything . ’ |
| 25 | He knew somehow that I was dealing with this section and gave me the serial number of a wagon and told me not to go anywhere near it . |
| 26 | The boss nurse gave her two minutes and told her not to talk . |
| 27 | Bejan greeted the 75 audience members and told them not to hold back — and they did n't , loudly voicing their preferences . |
| 28 | He said — he said he should n't know himself really , but one of the people there , the tour leader , told him and told him not to say anything , and Cedric ’ — she breathed deeply again — ‘ told me , and told me not to say anything . ’ |
| 29 | I 've given him an anti-tetanus injection and told him not to shave over those scratches for the next few days . ’ |
| 30 | Carefully he tried again but Cameron took his arm and told him not to hurry unduly , the joists had only been pinned in place and they were still waiting for the long nails from Grandtully . |