Example sentences of "do not [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well that 's the best thing , yo you should n't er you do n't have to be aware . |
| 2 | He simply did not want to be solemn . |
| 3 | He did not want to be young again — that time had had particular and transcendent horrors — but the thought of being any older filled him with panic . |
| 4 | I really did not want to be black because it was different to what my parents and the other children were . |
| 5 | He did not want to be small . |
| 6 | Perhaps after all she was a good , dutiful girl , he thought ; he did not want to be unreasonable . |
| 7 | She did not want to be specific so that Tait could press her further . |
| 8 | Similar impressions are obtained from other examples of this type : ( 22 ) He did not want to be alone , and had expected to find some of his friends at the bar . |
| 9 | She did not want to be responsible for the reckless consumption of any of the earth 's resources in the shape of fuel , and so a round on foot suited her perfectly . |
| 10 | He did not want to be difficult . |
| 11 | She did not want to be rude to him . |
| 12 | Where she did not want to be exact , she hinted : secreting at the back of her mind the disgust , the shame … |
| 13 | She did not want to be evil with Ryan either , but fortunately , Ryan understood all that . |
| 14 | She did not expect to be Prime Minister into the next millenium . |
| 15 | Larger libraries were also more likely to want trainee supernumerary posts , perhaps because small libraries did not expect to be able to achieve this and therefore rarely mentioned it . |
| 16 | Here the person referred to did not expect to be alone at the bar . |
| 17 | Sara did not care to be beholden to Matthew Preston for even one pupil , but she knew at this moment she could not afford to be choosey . |
| 18 | Cross-domain collocations did not appear to be effective , as was expected , which underlined the importance of accurate domain identification when using domain-specific dictionaries . |
| 19 | At one of the interviews where both an arts adviser and an administrator were present , differing views were expressed , but surprisingly , the ambiguity of this did not appear to be apparent to either interviewee . |
| 20 | Although he did not appear to be undernourished , he was pale-faced . |
| 21 | For households that did not qualify for council tax discount , data on adults other than the liable person did not appear to be necessary . |
| 22 | He was perturbed that , according to Eleanor , she did not appear to be well or happy . |
| 23 | Simon , though , did not appear to be annoyed . |
| 24 | It is precisely a feature of the debate that no statement was innocent : employers and unionists used the arguments they hoped would further their own cause and did not appear to be aware of the contradictions in their logic . |
| 25 | The less critical saw a city which was indeed made for pleasure — though as always it did not pay to be poor — and which was above all beautiful . |
| 26 | The study did not spring into being overnight of course , and for over a decade a number of community groups throughout Appalachia have tried to combat the worst excesses of a pattern of landownership which breeds power without responsibility . |
| 27 | ‘ I did not mean to be unkind . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I did not mean to be selfish . |
| 29 | She did not like to be alone . |
| 30 | And as the Conservative Party was already on its third leader within thirteen months , this did not begin to be likely . |