Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [verb] [prep] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could see that if the others achieved their work ambitions they would not be in the house all day , and I did not want to be at home on my own . |
| 2 | Gedge can not remember a time when he did not want to be in a pop group . |
| 3 | At the same time they wanted to be able to increase their staffing as and when orders came along , and did not want to be in a position to have to refuse orders because they did not have the staff , or lose them because they could not promise fast enough delivery . |
| 4 | Contamination of environmental surfaces within the Edinburgh outpatient clinic did not appear to be of clinical significance given the scarcity of evidence for nosocomial spread . |
| 5 | MacDonald 's rhetoric did not solve the problem identified by the League 's advocates — peace through democracy required a scale of popular revolt that did not appear to be on the agenda in the winter of 1916 . |
| 6 | First , if the plaintiff did not intend to be on the land , i.e. if he was thrown there , no trespass is committed ( Basely v Clarkson ( 1681 ) 3 Lev . |
| 7 | The Genoese city of Famagusta did not intend to be at the mercy of Mamelukes . |
| 8 | The other lesson where I ‘ doubled-up ’ was observed by the Director of Studies , whose presence did not seem to be at all intrusive and distorting in effect . |
| 9 | It did not seem to be of any consequence , for it made no immediate difference . |
| 10 | The produce did not seem to be of high quality . |
| 11 | But he did not seem to be in any hurry . |
| 12 | Still resolute , she turned to the desk : something was wrong , her books and papers did not seem to be in their usual place . |
| 13 | His brief judgments were conscientiously prepared , but his heart did not seem to be in the job . |
| 14 | It did not have to be on a vast scale , dazzling or absolute . |
| 15 | This model did not have to be of the same sex . |
| 16 | Still it was not vital and buckles , buttons , thimbles , locks , tobacco boxes , wire , nails et al , did not have to be of brass or copper , though employees in the related industries assumed considerable numbers . |
| 17 | The Kings did not need to be at their pearly best to win 111-77 . |
| 18 | Brig Cumming said he remained happy with the choice of Vitez , which he did not consider to be under threat at the moment . |
| 19 | Among those who voted against it were some closeted gays : if there was to be a purge , they did not wish to be among the victims . |
| 20 | Maidstone had now stepped up to the bar beside Sandison but he still did not look to be at ease . |
| 21 | At that time it was paying £3 per fathom but the vein did not prove to be worth following very far . |
| 22 | I have found that employers who are registered with the CITB feel that it is unfair if other companies which have set up just down the road do not appear to be on the board 's records . |
| 23 | The secret is to arrange the stripes so that they do not appear to be in regular order and this can be done in a number of ways . |
| 24 | arrangements for the systematic collection of feedback information from research students do not appear to be in place . |
| 25 | Poland , on all available evidence , do not deserve to be in Stockholm . |
| 26 | But our sons now do not want to be like us . " |
| 27 | They do not want to be in the position of having to make decisions . |
| 28 | It is always almost impossible for a single practitioner to obtain more than the other firms in the area are obtaining and you do not want to be in a position of being undersold because your colleagues in other firms have an unrealistic view about what should be charged . |
| 29 | Obviously we do not want to be in two minds up to the last day and he would n't do that but there is quite a a period of discretion where the time gets shorter and er he would have to make a judgement . |
| 30 | Well I 've visited both Cambodia itself and the camps , er first of all in the camps , the situation is appalling because there are very many people who do not want to be in those camps and are really in effect being held there against their will , and what has been extraordinary until this year , is that the people who 've been holding them there against their will have been the Phol Pot dominated so-called coalition government and on the basis of the people being in the camps , that , that , that regime has gone on to claim recognition at the United Nations ; an appalling situation . |