Example sentences of "[noun] not do [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I begged him on my knees not to do it , but he was besotted with her . |
| 2 | It appears to be a case of my fingers not doing what my brain tells them to do ! |
| 3 | You are consciously suppressing , your ego is consciously making a decision not to do something even though you know you want to do it . |
| 4 | You could n't afford to have drivers sitting around for ten minutes not doing anything , so you married these routes up together and were able to , by manipulation , get them to a more economical run . |
| 5 | But true to his plan not to do anything to interrupt , or to deflect me from , my studies , while I was up at Oxford , he took the first opportunity , now that I had gone down , to enlist my services with The Criterion . |
| 6 | ‘ If they tell the child not to do something , there 's a good reason . |
| 7 | There are clear reasons why state power should encompass the means to conserve soil , reafforest and so on , but why do governments not do it successfully ? |
| 8 | It seems a shame not to do it just because of what old Bedwelty said . ’ |
| 9 | It did n't occur to Philip not to do what she said . |
| 10 | The British Government have become spineless jellyfish who seem prepared to stand back and watch these Marxist death squads murdering their way through the people of Ulster not doing anything too ‘ adventurous ’ in case they upset friends in Dublin . |
| 11 | Why 's she looking at excuses not to do it like ? |
| 12 | At least she had the sense not to do her grovelling and pleading in front of other people . |
| 13 | ‘ Can the old man not do anything ? ’ |
| 14 | Fran stiffened , glaring up at him , hating him for his cool self-assurance , but he ignored the look as his hands tightened painfully around her waist in a silent warning not to do anything silly , before he spoke again , louder this time for the benefit of their audience . |
| 15 | Why have the Government not done something about that ? |
| 16 | ‘ I thought about it , ’ says Chris , ‘ and , to be honest , I wanted to find a reason not to do it . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , I forgot , ’ she murmured , ‘ your resolution not to do it but just have some fun on the way to not doing it . |
| 18 | Ross is probably right that his is the more common sense view , but it may still strike us as extremely odd that it could ever be one 's duty not to do what which would certainly have the best results . |
| 19 | Punitive measures become sanctions which will encourage offenders not to do it again , rather than righteous rebukes administered for doing wrong . |
| 20 | do the Biro not do it using actors now then as well ? |
| 21 | Oh Hayley not doing you no good love . |
| 22 | They may sit around watching their child play but only say something when the child starts to misbehave ; injunctions not to do something or to be careful or not to make so much noise focus on control issues only . |
| 23 | Example 1:1 Definitions clause for business lease ( 1 ) The following definitions apply : " Act " means an Act of Parliament whenever passed and a reference to a specific Act includes any legislation amending or replacing it or made under it " Approved " means approved in writing by the Landlord " Consent " means the Landlord 's written consent " Insured Risks " means the risks covered by the policy of insurance arranged by the Landlord to include ( subject to cover being available on reasonable terms ) loss or damage by fire storm tempest flood earthquake aircraft and articles dropped from them riot or civil commotion malicious damage impact bursting and overflowing of pipes tanks and other apparatus and any other risks insured against by the Landlord " Landlord " includes the successors in title of the original landlord and where there is a superior landlord includes him as well " Last Year " means the period of twelve months ending on the Termination of the Term " Legislation " means any regulation or directive of the European Community , any Act and any subordinate legislation made under or by virtue of them " Notice " means written notice " Tenant " includes the successors in title of the original tenant " Term " includes both the term expressly granted by this Lease and also any statutory continuation of it " Termination of the Term " includes termination by effluxion of time , notice , forfeiture , surrender , disclaimer or any other means ( 2 ) Where a party consists of two or more persons the obligations of that party are joint and several ( 3 ) Any covenant by the tenant not to do something includes a covenant not to permit or suffer that thing to be done ( 4 ) All payments to be made by the tenant are exclusive of VAT |
| 24 | By ignoring concealed households , it is in fact not seeking to house its people , and is in fact not doing what in fact it says it should be doing within the explanatory memorandum . |
| 25 | They come in , the doctor , the Warden , me social worker , the nurse , any of them lot , and you 're sitting staring at the walls not doing nothing … . |
| 26 | Let none persuade you it is cruelty to do this ; it is cruelty not to do it . |