Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [coord] it be [adv] " in BNC.

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1 It is expensive to buy food that children do not eat and it is very easy for the mother to fall into the trap of offering the child only what she thinks the child still likes .
2 He did not succeed but it was not for lack of trying .
3 It was important that this strategy did not succeed and it was also important that the tactics of intimidation seen in 1979 did not win through in 1982 .
4 I did not speak to Harold Wilson or to Lady Falkender about the matter , since I was sure that strenuous efforts would be made to prevent disclosure , but I was equally sure from Denis Hamilton 's attitude that this would not succeed and it was therefore better not to try .
5 However , if the Transfer Regulations do not apply and it is not the transfer of a business as a going concern , the position is governed by the common law .
6 I always was attacked on the grounds that the world I wrote about did n't exist and it 's only in the last five to ten years here in Ireland , that my work is seen to be actually true .
7 Well if there 's stuff that 's you know , you do n't want and it 's all right for jumble , I mean if you want it for jumble take it , but if not we 'll have it for jumble , I mean you know it 's erm
8 Well I do n't know but it 's still going .
9 And he obviously did n't know and it was n't public knowledge that it was his wife that was
10 The squash had an undertaste that I could n't identify but it was n't unpleasant and I happily drank it .
11 As Branch Manager Ian Davies said ‘ the excitement must have been terrific because only at this point did anyone realise that Stella could n't swim and it was only Freddy and the wet suit that were keeping her afloat ! ’
12 I do n't mind but it 's just not fair at all
13 That is what Magnus says about girls he does n't like and it 's very funny .
14 I do n't drink and it 's very difficult to shut out the stresses of the day .
15 I was given anti- depressants , that did n't help and it was n't until four years later when they actually admitted me to hospital and then an ulcer and the depression disappeared once it had been diagnosed .
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