Example sentences of "and [adv] do [not/n't] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Roy 's Dream had won the Town Arms and Ladhope Inn Novices ' Chase , so his owner pocketed £2,788 prize-money and presumably did not feel harshly treated either .
2 Molten copper oxidises in air and so does not flow well in enclosed moulds .
3 The remedies have been grouped for easier comparison and so do not appear alphabetically .
4 There are many types of reading test currently used in primary schools ; most of them , however , are norm-referenced rather than criterion-referenced , and so do not relate directly to the levels of attainment described above .
5 But these distinctions and considerations were not expressly addressed in the Convention 's negotiating process and so do not feature explicitly in its text .
6 Some children who are able to read and have learned to read effortlessly are unaware of the rewards of reading and so do not read voluntarily .
7 Unfortunately I have been unable to trace any documents after the survey , and so do not know exactly why the scheme fell through or even whether the bill was ever presented .
8 Ranulf and the lay brother were left behind as Thomas explained that the Picti were secretive people , hostile to those races who had pushed them from their lands and so did not take kindly to strangers .
9 Another difficulty with the idea of the novel as an intentional act of communication is that until the writer has completed it he does n't know what it is that he is communicating , and perhaps does n't know even then .
10 According to Richards , therefore , critics need two things that they did not habitually possess at the time he was writing , and usually do not possess now : a theory of communication and a theory of valuation .
11 But screw-worms look like normal maggots and usually do n't come singly .
12 But he 'd never known for certain and still did n't know now .
13 She was busy serving and really did n't think much about it .
14 Norm was very busy these days , and often did not come home for dinner .
15 It is a funny world in which a child , however mature they may seem , is allowed to just go out without leaving an address or phone number and simply does not come home .
16 So stick with it and please do n't cheat once today !
17 And please do n't worry either about the fact that you do n't love me . ’
18 She was n't one of these poor deprived kids who slipped in through an open window or an inadequately locked door and then did not know better than to steal a television or a video .
19 Now this next part is very important — READ THE NEXT SENTENCE AND THEN DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER UNTIL YOU HAVE DONE AS I ASK .
20 Early , who wore his hat funnelled down over his eyes and ordinarily did n't talk much , said , " I guess anybody can come in here . "
21 Alice swore that he only took tea once , and certainly did not stay overnight .
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