Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] not [verb] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 kept the children in bed , told them not to move and the boy , the gi erm , what 's her name , I ca n't think of her name now , she erm , she woke her , her husband chased them both downstairs , tell you where they live , you know Lawrence Hill ?
2 However , from the moment they can talk , they should be encouraged to explain why they have done something you told them not to do and given time to do so , especially when they are still clumsy or slow with words .
3 In a moment of optimism my wife told me not to worry and pronounced that I could live perfectly well on one lung .
4 ‘ My GP told me not to worry and to drink more fluids .
5 I told him not to worry and that I was quite impressed and would be interested in managing the band .
6 ‘ I told her not to worry and that we 'd pull through together , ’ said Rosemary of Pentwyn , Cardiff .
7 When Wilson was obliged to rest on the stairs , they both begged her not to continue and when she insisted went either side of her , helping her along .
8 Well we said , did you not visit and Morpeth and Annick well we we went round a few castles in that area to keep out the rain .
9 ‘ Why on earth did you not go and see a doctor at your college , after this alleged incident had taken place ? ’ the lawyer demanded .
10 Why did we not get but I wan na do that part !
11 Well my Lord , all we know is that erm when the report was served on the defendant it then came through court they were going to have to call Mr and then last week it was suggested er that er not only did they not agree but that they were going to try to prevent it being admitted in evidence .
12 Did he not go and shoot someone at the clay-pigeon shooting in Ardallt two months ago !
13 If he is so concerned , why did he not come and talk to us ? ’
14 So there was the swings and roundabouts where had they not recognized and had come along with us , to the extent that we thought we could do our , a sharing objective er and it brought them out of the , the attitude that was hitherto adopted where well management really could n't care very much you know , if a man did suffer the loss of er five pound a week or whatever you know , and , and once it was made clear to him that there was no further er er use of the procedure and he could take it through his district you know , if he liked , the man did n't , well on exceptional cases perhaps they may have taken a case through , but er in the majority of cases the man just accepted it , and made up his losses er er later on .
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