Example sentences of "not [verb] [pron] [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | This quiet group of people looked so simple and unassuming that at first he could not think what made them interesting to him , and then he realized that they gave every appearance of complete sincerity . |
| 2 | Liz was prepared to allow the therapist to talk to her parents , but she did not want her to tell them about her problems concerning the shop , preferring to discuss these with them herself . |
| 3 | This was largely because the Dutch were conscious that they were operating on a narrow margin , and they did not want anything to distract them from their main purpose , which was to bring goods for trade and re-export to their great complex of ports , banks , and merchant houses around Amsterdam . |
| 4 | When two sentences are placed together in sequence by a writer who does not want us to consider them as a continuous text , their separateness or disconnectedness must be positively indicated . |
| 5 | It would be better to admit that these murderous wishes and impulses exist than to deny them , and feel guilt-laden as a result of not allowing ourselves to see them for what they are . |
| 6 | For instance , suppliers to transport and defence industries are now being faced with strict safety and reliability specifications and do not win contracts if they can not demonstrate they meet them . |
| 7 | Children are often snappish and can not be touched ; they want to do as they please yet do not know what pleases them ! |
| 8 | Despite the strength of her misgivings , she could not bring herself to voice them . |
| 9 | All explanations , all excuses were crude and deadly , and she could not bring herself to make them , but she could not sit there either , contemplating her own slow lapse from grace . |
| 10 | They believed in the myth and Diana could not bring herself to tell them the awful truth . |
| 11 | If the pilot 's warning had not prepared him to recognise them , Rostov would have been unable to distinguish the Simonova 's reception party from the deckhands working around them . |
| 12 | I do hope the senders do not mind my reproducing them , but they certainly brightened Mike 's and my days as we slogged through the sorting and despatching process : |
| 13 | Her garden was a source of great pleasure and she was very proud of her wonderful displays of Pelargonuims — she did not like you to call them geraniums ! |
| 14 | They were hidden away , and people tried not to let anyone see them . |
| 15 | It 's naughty of your mother not to let you have them |
| 16 | And we 've educated them to go onto next day , and if we 're not performing we lose them . |
| 17 | To be honest , I do not recommend you to study them . |
| 18 | Forgive me for not inviting you to remove them with your teeth ! ’ |
| 19 | But this does not mean they caused them to appear . |
| 20 | The following paragraphs pointed out that in unlimited competitions , although successful competitors can reasonably expect to be employed , the Government can not bind itself to employ them , but in this case they should be employed on the new Foreign Office . |
| 21 | Is it wrong , then , to pay heed to Mr Ingham 's remarks merely because one can not say who made them ? |
| 22 | ‘ I believe that if the Institute were to make one of its inspections , it would not find anything to give them cause for concern over the way in which we have conducted our professional work , ’ Ms Harris says . |
| 23 | Do n't make me wear them , Nana , the other … ’ |
| 24 | No you ca n't make them buy them , no . |
| 25 | someone I was talking to er did n't want me to record them . |
| 26 | Louis Leclair — the uncle of one of the victims , Maryse Leclair — was director there and Dominique Leclair — Maryse 's cousin remembers : ‘ The employees did n't want him to serve them their lunch because of his acne . ’ |
| 27 | I mean I do n't want him to wear them all the time |
| 28 | I do n't want them to pity them , we can get hold of them and win . |
| 29 | And that 's why we do n't make money on carriage forwards cos we do n't sell carriage forwards for the positive reasons , we say , well if they do n't want them send them back , or if they 're damaged send them back . |
| 30 | He did n't want anybody to hear them . |