Example sentences of "do not [vb infin] it [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 The past could be in evidence today , but do not let it stop you making progress along your chosen route .
2 Do not let it distract you again , ’ and he pulled her towards him .
3 Although they do not need it to fight they are usually armed with a big club made from a tree trunk .
4 Did n't think it helped he 'd , just before we got there his biro had exploded in his pocket .
5 Because it was the last one left and we did n't want to get another bearded collie because it would when our old bearded collie eventually goes we did n't want it to remind us too much so we said we 'd go completely different .
6 I did n't want it to get you down .
7 You really did n't want it did you ?
8 Even in a joke he did n't want it called his .
9 He did n't feel it did he ?
10 Absolutely , tried , I tried to put you off , but I did n't manage it did I .
11 Did n't manage it did you ?
12 Yeah well changes platforms of all these trains , anyway after a bit we decided that the Redditch train was going to come in before the train , so , er they did n't change it to say it was n't going to Redditch cos once when I was doing that they said to me , the lad was it , because it 's not to ready to change that time , you would n't matter , cos oh there 's people here waiting to go to Redditch , change it , so he said oh anyway it came , the twelve six came all the young folks going to you should of seen the number that had got off
13 ‘ I did , fool that I was , but I did n't intend it to hurt you so badly . ’
14 I did n't expect it to hit me quite so hard , but when I think about it it 's because I 'm so bloody sad that the last fourteen years were spent in dying not in living .
15 He did n't let it affect him for too long , although he put his second into the bunker at the 10th .
16 The players took knocks but did n't let it affect them . ’
17 ‘ In the year before my vision went , I did n't let it get me down , ’ Andrew said .
18 And she was gon na , aye trying to do her ironing because she said if she did n't get it done they 'd be all next week 's as well to do , and I said to Tracy what 's he doing all day ?
19 ‘ As a matter of fact , ’ Nell said , her brow wrinkling , ‘ I suppose I did get a message days ago to say the Chairman was coming , but I did n't know it meant him .
20 But you did n't try it did you , really ?
21 ‘ I did n't say it gave me no satisfaction . ’
22 ‘ I did n't say it bothered me , ’ she denied softly as she sipped at her wine .
23 Well some p , parents did n't like it did they ?
24 Yes , but you did n't like it did you ?
25 She did n't like it did she ?
26 WordPerfect for Windows Power Macros is one of those weighty ( 500+ pages ) books/manuals and although designed for the ‘ couple of steps up from a basic knowledge ’ reader , I did n't find it got me into the harder bits gently .
27 But the Sixties gave him a background to emerge from ; in fact , he wrote part of the script for the age and it never left him ; he did n't allow it to leave him .
28 Oh you did n't see it did you ?
29 You do n't miss it do you , not just putting it in a tin like that .
30 Oh we had much more discipline when we were young than they have nowadays and I do n't think it does them any harm .
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