Example sentences of "do not [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We did not we think I think we thought it would be seen merely as a gesture . |
| 2 | If they did , they were assessable to Hong Kong profits tax but if they did not they escaped assessment . |
| 3 | They must possess some hidden function to compensate their obvious disadvantages , because if they did not they would have been eliminated by negative selection . |
| 4 | My father feared my mother as much as I did and wished me to please and agree with her always , for when I did not she would complain to him of my behaviour and I suspected that when this happened his new wife would complain in her turn that he paid too much attention to us and too little to her and her own children . |
| 5 | Naturally , Greenidge tried to emulate Richards which , when things went well , was fine , but when they did not it meant that , for a while , he gained a reputation for not being over-reliable ; perhaps he suffered from trying to hit the ball too hard , for there were plenty of people who felt that he would have been a better player had he not tried to ‘ bury the ball into the wall of some distant building ’ ( his own words ) at every opportunity . |
| 6 | Culture thus transcends the lives of its living exponents in any one generation : if it did not it could not survive . |
| 7 | But at all events , it must be concluded that , assuming an entry age of 14 in most cases , the average length of time in the trade for those who married was ten or eleven years , while for those who did not it was very much longer . |
| 8 | You did not it was too bloody hot . |
| 9 | And his head was spinning from walking so far ; he walked everywhere , and though he stopped to eat every day when he was on one of these journeys of his he did not I expect eat especially properly . |
| 10 | Why did not I think of it before ? |
| 11 | Did not you hear Miss Rhymer say that it was poems , my dear ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Why did not you say so then ! ’ |
| 13 | It was in Mr Dunn 's interests to return the summons with his answers , because if he did not he would never know of judgement made against him in court declaring he owed Mr Rich the sum he claimed . |
| 14 | ‘ Did not he ever show himself a loyal supporter of the late king your husband ? ’ |
| 15 | With Thursday only a day or so hence , why did not he inform us there and then that he would be unable to convey our message to the queen our mother ? |
| 16 | On the other hand , it is by no means clear that all ‘ corporatist arrangements ’ involve the exercise of public functions by non-governmental bodies , and to the extent that they do not they remain beyond the scope of public law . |
| 17 | Do not they also draw attention to the willingness of some countries and some parties to sign up to measures that they have no intention of implementing ? |
| 18 | They know what to write and how to write , and if they do not they will be out the front door before they can pick up their hats and coats . |
| 19 | They are they do not they 're not printed . |
| 20 | ( Do not we see this in Lewis 's The Lion , the Witch , and the Wardrobe ? |
| 21 | Do not we owe it to all our children , right across the country and irrespective of their primary schools , to identify their needs , strengths and weaknesses at an early age ? |
| 22 | Why do not we set an example in Scotland , as we did for the poll tax ? |
| 23 | The N Y C C in their assessment do not we believe have taken into account the severe environmental damage which any western relief road would impose on the landscape . |
| 24 | But ulcers try very hard to heal — if they do not it is often because of nurses who unwittingly use the wrong treatment . |
| 25 | If you do not it could delay the item and the person receiving it might have to pay an extra charge . |
| 26 | Do not you mean the lady Anne , little brother ? ’ |
| 27 | I think that is nonsense , do not you ? |
| 28 | Do not I fill heaven and earth ? ’ |
| 29 | Do not I fill heaven and earth , if heaven and earth are words on my page ? |
| 30 | When visiting a foreign country , for example , I may feel that I have reason to obey its laws on the ground that if I do not I may bring the reputation of my university into disrepute . |