Example sentences of "not [verb] [conj] [vb infin] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It seems a shame not to try and do something for him after he 's sent a letter all that way . ’ |
| 2 | ( a ) The Agency Principle Section 5 of the Partnership Act ( power of partner to bind the firm ) states that : Every partner is an agent of the firm and his other partners for the purpose of the business of the partnership ; and the acts of every partner who does any act for carrying on in the usual way of business of the kind carried on by the firm of which he is a member bind the firm and his partners , unless the partner so acting has in fact no authority to act for the firm in the particular matter , and the person with whom he is dealing either knows that he has no authority , or does not know or believe him to be a partner . |
| 3 | An act carried out by a partner in the usual course of the business of the firm will be binding on the firm notwithstanding that the partner concerned lacked the necessary authority unless the third party knew of the limitation to that partner 's authority or did not know or believe him to be a partner . |
| 4 | 5 Corps was still under orders not to provoke or resist them by force , for the reasons Macmillan had explained on his visit on 13 May , and on the evening of 14 May Gen McCreery confirmed this in a message to Gen Keightley [ KP 106 ] : agreement confirmed that Maj Dubajic would remain at Kappel with Lt Lochhead of 6 SF ( SOE ) to make arrangements for the hand-over of further 10,000 Croats by 23 May making a total of 13,000 Croats to be repatriated . |
| 5 | If you were to come yourself Lily or the child 's Father I could not stand in your way whatever my feelings which are strong , but to hand over my Precious little one to a Young and Foreign girl who spoke his only language poorly that I could not do and send him with her on a dangerous voyage most frightening to him . |
| 6 | You can avoid any foods you do not like and replace them with others from these lists so long as you do not exceed your daily calorie allowance . |
| 7 | The general law of confidential information would impose a duty to the donors of information not to use or disclose it beyond the purposes for which it is given without consent of the donors . |
| 8 | If someone very close ( a member of your family , for instance ) were to come into the room while you were in that state , you would be aware of it but you probably would not move or do anything about it because it felt ‘ right ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ Do we ask Sir John to restrain the soldiers — which he can not do — or do we bind him not to pursue or hound us for this action ? |
| 10 | Did he not go and shoot someone at the clay-pigeon shooting in Ardallt two months ago ! |
| 11 | ‘ Why not go and see him in the proper way instead of lurking around by night ? ’ |
| 12 | DO NOT drink or eat anything at all . |
| 13 | We must not disable or marginalise them in a society that increasingly seems interested only in the successful . |
| 14 | ‘ I could n't aid and abet you against Susan . ’ |
| 15 | It 's not been for us to tell people what they should or should n't eat or do anything with , because the , in , in one respect that 's a nann nannying attitude from er , whether it 's the legislators saying we 're not going to approve the right legislation so that you have that information , but on the other hand by manufacturers and others saying you trust us . |
| 16 | It was her apartment , paid for with her own money , and she did n't need or want him in her life any more . |
| 17 | But we do n't need or love you as an organ gone sour that stinks in the wind . |
| 18 | They move around the tank , scattering the smaller fish in all directions , although they do n't attack or harm them in any way . |
| 19 | We should review the resources we have but do n't use and use them for mission . |
| 20 | Do n't try and do it at too fast a speed . |
| 21 | ‘ Look , do n't try and push me into anything , Julius . |
| 22 | The idea is , I 'll present it you and you you can I wo n't try and astound you with it because it is hard to do that under these contexts . |
| 23 | If I ca n't read or understand something in the paper he discusses it with me — about what is happening in the country or the community or about what politics can mean . |
| 24 | If you have a car crash , then yes , you did create or allow it , but do n't blame and harass yourself for that . |
| 25 | You ca n't go and dunk it in there . |
| 26 | er the one 's that I choose to make , but I would n't go and ask someone to , to help me with it . |
| 27 | But er no , we were talking and she said if I give you the money you wo n't go and spend it on the |
| 28 | You 're working and you 're not bugging anyone and you turn yourself in — they do n't come and pick you off the street — and still they do this . ’ |
| 29 | I do n't chatter and allow myself to be dismissed as an old fool ! ’ |
| 30 | NINE out is today 's bulletin but do n't let that fool you into thinking the whole nine would be in if they were available . |