Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [conj] [verb] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a trite observation , when considering the construction of statutes , that one does not imply or introduce words which are not there when the plain and natural meaning is clear . |
| 2 | It was about time she stopped feeling sorry for herself , the hurt and pain of losing mam would be with her for a long time , but Hari knew she could not let her grief incapacitate her , if she did not mend and make shoes she did not eat . |
| 3 | This has the real hard stuff — cattle mutilations performed by aliens ( apparently , ‘ for reasons we do n't yet understand ’ , they 're also interested in cows ' bottoms ) , UFOs and AIDS , stories about he ‘ men in black ’ , CIA men from space , who drive brand new Fifties ' cars , wear trousers that do n't crease and harass people who claim to have seen UFOs . |
| 4 | I do n't know whether to give Vera her present today or tomorrow . |
| 5 | ‘ I mean , he did n't go and strangle Leo himself . |