Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [vb infin] do so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maxton led the opposition to this view , claiming not that the Party should disaffiliate immediately , but that it should not hesitate to do so if its freedom to advocate the Socialism in Our Time policy were limited . |
| 2 | But I might not wish to do so because I might believe it to be wrong to buy an Italian car for one reason or another . |
| 3 | I had had no intention of seeking to intervene in the strike and would not have done so but for the ubiquitous activity of George Wigg . |
| 4 | I knew Mum would not have done so because they did n't get on , although I never found out why . |
| 5 | They would not have done so if they had been loose on their mountings . |
| 6 | Responding to Heath 's invitation , Wilson wrote that he was not a member of the Conservative Party , or of any political party , and while he was willing to assist the Advisory Committee by participating in the work of its study group on post-war crime , he would not wish to do so if the implication of his participation was to become politically committed . |
| 7 | And given that it was Godolphin himself who supplied these items — most were simply terrestrial trivia , revered in the Dominions because of their place of origin — and given that he would not cease to do so as long as the fever of collection was upon him and he could exchange such items for artifacts from the Imajica , Peccable 's business would flourish . |
| 8 | The sufferer has to want to seek help and will not want to do so if other people cover up the consequences of addictive disease . |