Example sentences of "not [verb] [verb] you [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 If you prefer not to go camping you 'll find youth hostels at Bellever , Exford and Lynton .
2 ‘ But , then , why not steal stuff you can eat and do n't steal the stuff you ca n't and do n't bother with the dogs ? ’
3 If you do not like smoking you should say so if the candidate asks , especially if that may prove a stumbling block in the future .
4 If you 're not going to marry you must feel that there 's opportunity to use the gifts and abilities you have . "
5 He walked with a limp , and had you not known better you could have mistaken the sores and scabs on his face for the kind of wounds worn by down-and-outs in Cardboard City .
6 ‘ I feel that if you do not continue to love you will die in some way . ’
7 If you do n't want to go you 'll just have to say so . ’
8 ‘ Tulagai , if you do n't want to go you can always stay here and run caravans of supplies down to the escarpment camp .
9 ‘ I know , ’ said Nigel , ‘ if you do n't want to lurk you can amass . ’
10 Now , say more about that practically , because I mean if you 're depressed , you may feel too depressed to go to a a professional , you may have great difficulty getting there for whatever reason because you 're ashamed as someone mentioned , you 're embarrassed , you do n't want to admit you ca n't cope , which is a syndrome once you get there how do you pluck up the courage to say well actually what your offering me is n't good enough , I 've heard on on television there is something better and I want it ?
11 I would n't have believed you could have told me anything I did n't know about the seamy side of life in this town .
12 I would n't have thought you could have afforded it so soon .
13 You 're unemployed I would n't have thought you could 've stood a hundred and fifty , two hundred pounds withdrawal .
14 ‘ I should n't have thought you 'd have any reason to stay longer . ’
15 ‘ I would n't have thought you 'd want to go all down there again , dear , have n't you had enough walking for one day ?
16 Whereas the medical and schools I would n't have thought you 'd have any problem with .
17 ‘ You took a wrong path years ago , but that does n't mean to say you ca n't change , if you want to . ’
18 ‘ I know today now there are some good degrees and goodness knows what for the job , but it does n't mean to say you can do the job .
19 I mean , just because you do n't have chips does n't mean to say you can stop taking potatoes .
20 It does n't mean pretending you can not see the peeling wallpaper and moth-eaten curtains , and going wild with a credit card .
21 Do n't go thinking you can outrun the bullets .
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